Iskhak Mashbash

All of his works were published in 20 volumes in Adyghe and Russian in 2015. His works have been translated to Turkish by Fahri Huvaj, a prominent Circassian activist in Turkey. Mashbash received various awards, including the title Hero of Labor of the Russian Federation (2019), People's Writer of Adygea (1993), Kabardino-Balkaria, Karachay-Cherkessia, the USSR State Prize (1991), the State Prize of the RSFSR (1981), the State Prize of the Republic of Adygea. He is respected by Circassians worldwide. In 2016, a monument of Iskhak Mashbash was built in his homeland, in the village of Urupsky.

Iskhak Mashbash studied at Maxim Gorky Literature Institute. The recorded working language is Adyghe, Circassian and Russian. Subjects and genres recorded for the work are verse, narrative poetry, long poem and poetry. Distinctions recorded are USSR State Prize, Order "For Merit to the Fatherland", 2nd class, Order "For Merit to the Fatherland", 3rd class and Order "For Merit to the Fatherland", 4th class.

• Name — Iskhak Mashbash • Birth Name — Iskhak Shumafovich Mashbash (Russified form) • Born — 28 May 1930 • Birthplace — Urupskiy, North Caucasus Krai, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union • Died — 7 September 2026 • Place of death — Maykop, Adygea, Russia • Genre — Poem, novel • Language — Adyghe, Russian • Awards — * State Prize of the USSR • State Prize of the RSFSR • Hero of Labour of the Russian Federation • Order "For Merit to the Fatherland" • Order For Services to the Republic of Adygea • Order For Services to the Republic of Dagestan • Order of Honor and Glory of Abkhazia • Order of Friendship of Peoples • Citizenship — Soviet Union Russia • Occupation — * Novelist • poet • translator • Years Active — 1950–2026 • Illustration — Mashbash in 2019

• Illustration — Mashbash with Murat Kumpilov, the president of Adygea Iskhak Shumafovich Mashbash was born on 28 May 1930 in the village of Urupsky, now in the Uspensky district of the Krasnodar Krai. In 1957 he graduated with honors from the Maxim Gorky Literature Institute in Moscow. In 1962 he graduated from the Department of Press, Television and Radio Broadcasting of the Higher Party School under the Central Committee of the CPSU. From 1956 to 1959 he worked as the head of the department of the regional newspaper "Socialist Adygea". In collaboration with Umar Tkhabisomov, he created the Anthem of the Republic of Adygea. Mashbash died in Adygea on 7 September 2026, at the age of 96. • Illustration — Mashbash with Circassian scientist Rashid Khungarov

He belonged to USSR Union of Writers, first Civic Chamber of the Russian Federation, Sixth Civic Chamber of the Russian Federation (2017–2020), Public Chamber of the Russian Federation of the seventh composition (2020–2023) and Fifth Civic Chamber of the Russian Federation (2014–2017).