Atner Khuzangai | |
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| Атнер Хусанкай | |
 Atner Khuzangai in 2017 | |
| Born | (1948-10-08)8 October 1948 (age 77) |
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| School | Chuvash philology |
| Institutions | Saint Petersburg State University,Institute of Oriental Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences |
Atner Petrovich Khuzangai[a] (born 8 October 1948) is aChuvashRussian philologist, literary critic, publicist, leader of the Chuvash national movement, first President, now honorary President of the Chuvash National Congress. Member of the Chuvash Writers' Union (1987).[1][2]
Atner Khuzangai was born in the family of poetPyotr Khuzangai [ru] (1907–1970) and actressVera Kuzmina (1923–2021).
He graduated from the Oriental faculty ofLeningrad State University (specialization is Arabic philology and postgraduate studies) and postgraduate study from the Institute of Oriental studies of theAcademy of Sciences of the Soviet Union. He trained as a military interpreter inEgypt from 1970 to 1971. In 1977, he was declared a Candidate of Philological Sciences.
Head of the Department of linguistics of theChuvash State Institute of Humanities.[3]
In the late 1980s and early 1990s, Khuzangai was an active figure of the Chuvash national cultural movement. He was a deputy of theSupreme Council of the Chuvash Republic and chairman of the standing committee on culture. He was a two-time candidate for President of the Chuvash Republic in1991 and1993. Between 1992 and 1997, he was president of theChuvash National Congress, established on his initiative. From 1997 to 2002, he was also the first Vice-President of the General Assembly of theUnrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization.
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