Bagrat Shinkuba

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Bagrat Shinkuba

Abkhazian writer and political figure

Also known as: Bagrat Vasilevich Shinkuba, Bagrat Wasil-ipa Shinkuba

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Abkhaz in full:: Bagrat Wasil-ipa Shinkuba

Russian in full:: Bagrat Vasilevich Shinkuba

Born:: May 12, 1917, Chlow, Abkhazia [now , Georgia]

Died:: February 25, 2004, Sokhumi, Abkhazia, Georgia (aged 86)

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Bagrat Shinkuba (born May 12, 1917, Chlow, Abkhazia [now Abkhazia, Georgia]—died February 25, 2004, Sokhumi, Abkhazia, Georgia) was an Abkhazian writer and political figure, best known for his poetry. Shinkuba was trained as a teacher and subsequently worked in the field of Abkhazian philology. A member of the Abkhazian Institute for Language, Literature, and History, he was involved in translating literary works into Abkhaz and in documenting Abkhaz oral tradition. He compiled a volume of Abkhaz folk poetry (1959) and edited a version of the Abkhaz Nart epic The Adventures of Nart Sasrykva and His 99 Brothers, which was published ...(100 of 276 words)

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