Aslan Tkhakushinov
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Aslan Kitovich Tkhakushinov is the current Head of the Republic of Adygea, Russia
, and is an ethnic Adyghe
.
Tkhakushinov was born in the aul
of Ulyap in Krasnogvardeysky District
and graduated in 1971 from the Adyghean State Pedagogical University. He obtained a degree in Sociology from the same university in 1977. He worked at the Maykop State Technical University from 1983 to 2006 becoming president of the university in 1994.
He was a deputy on Maykop
City Council from 1981 to 1990. He was elected to the legislature of Adygea in 1990.
Tkhakushinov is active in meeting with the members of the Circassians diasporas, and trying to solve the problem of the Circassians compatriots living abroad. In December 2010, he issued a decree to elaborate a program to help resettling the compatriots living in diaspora, whom want to return back voluntarily to the motherland
Tkhakushinvo visited different countries with an effective Circassians diasporas, such as his visit to Jordan
in 1997
He is married and has a son.
Russia
Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...
, and is an ethnic Adyghe
Adyghe people
The Adyghe or Adygs , also often known as Circassians or Cherkess, are in origin a North Caucasian ethnic groupwho were displaced in the course of the Russian conquest of the Caucasus in the 19th century, especially after the Russian–Circassian War of 1862.Adyghe people mostly speak Adyghe and most...
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Tkhakushinov was born in the aul
Aul
An aul is a type of fortified village found throughout the Caucasus mountains, especially in Dagestan.The word itself is of Turkic origine and means simply village in many Turkic languages....
of Ulyap in Krasnogvardeysky District
Krasnogvardeysky District, Republic of Adygea
Krasnogvardeysky District is an administrative and a municipal district , one of the seven in the Republic of Adygea, Russia. It is located in the northwestern portion of the republic and borders with Ust-Labinsky District of Krasnodar Krai in the north, Shovgenovsky District in the east,...
and graduated in 1971 from the Adyghean State Pedagogical University. He obtained a degree in Sociology from the same university in 1977. He worked at the Maykop State Technical University from 1983 to 2006 becoming president of the university in 1994.
He was a deputy on Maykop
Maykop
Maykop is the capital city of the Republic of Adygea, Russia, located on the right bank of the Belaya River . Population: -History:...
City Council from 1981 to 1990. He was elected to the legislature of Adygea in 1990.
Tkhakushinov is active in meeting with the members of the Circassians diasporas, and trying to solve the problem of the Circassians compatriots living abroad. In December 2010, he issued a decree to elaborate a program to help resettling the compatriots living in diaspora, whom want to return back voluntarily to the motherland
Circassia
Circassia was an independent mountainous country located in the Caucasus region of Eurasia and was the largest and most important country in the Caucasus. Circassia was located at the crossroads of Western Asia and Eastern Europe between the Black Sea and the Caspian Sea...
Tkhakushinvo visited different countries with an effective Circassians diasporas, such as his visit to Jordan
Jordan
Jordan , officially the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan , Al-Mamlaka al-Urduniyya al-Hashemiyya) is a kingdom on the East Bank of the River Jordan. The country borders Saudi Arabia to the east and south-east, Iraq to the north-east, Syria to the north and the West Bank and Israel to the west, sharing...
in 1997
He is married and has a son.