Bagrat Shinkuba
Politician, Author
1917 – 2004
Who was Bagrat Shinkuba?
Bagrat Uasyl-ipa Shinkuba, was an Abkhaz writer, poet, historian, linguist and politician. He studied history and languages of Abkhaz, Adyghe and Ubykh people. His novel "The Last of the Departed" is dedicated to the tragic destiny of Ubykh nation, which became extinct along a hundred of years.
In 1958—1978 he was the Chairman of the Supreme Council Presidium of the Abkhaz ASSR.
According to Jumber Patiashvili, in 1947 Shinkuba sent a letter "to Kremlin, requesting from Stalin and Beria separation of Abkhazia from Georgia and awarding it the status of an independent republic."
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- Born
- May 12, 1917
Ochamchira District - Ethnicity
- Abkhaz people
- Profession
- Died
- Feb 25, 2004
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on July 23, 2013
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