Yagutil Mishiev | |
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 Mishiev in 2012 | |
| Born | (1927-03-29)29 March 1927 Krasnaya Sloboda,Kuba Uyezd,Baku Governorate,Azerbaijan SSR,Transcaucasian SFSR,USSR |
| Died | 2 April 2024(2024-04-02) (aged 97) Rishon LeZion, Israel |
| Occupation | Russian historian |
| Notable awards |  1984:Medal "Veteran of Labour"[1]  1992:Medal "For Valiant Labour in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945"[2]
 1997: Honored Teacher of theRussian Federation[4] |
Yagutil Israelovich Mishiev (Russian:Ягутил Израилович Мишиев;Hebrew:יאגוטיל מישייב; 29 March 1927 – 2 April 2024) was a Soviet-Israeli author of books on the history ofDerbent,Dagestan,Russia.
Yagutil Mishiev was born in Qırmızı Qəsəbə (English: Red Town, also known as Krasnaya Sloboda - a village and municipality in theQuba Rayon of Azerbaijan, USSR). In 1943 he was sent to study teachers courses and started teaching at the age of 16.[5] In 1944, he completed a diploma program using distance learning with a degree from The Kuban Pedagogical College, Kuba, Azerbaijan. In 1945, while working at a school, he started a math degree at the Kuban Pedagogical Institute. In 1947, he attained a diploma of a teacher of physics and mathematics.
From 1943 to 1951, he helped the board of the municipality ofKuba, Azerbaijan to prepare documents to award a medal to those who worked on the labor front ofWorld War II. The medal is calledDoblisneye Trud, valiant work during World War II from 1941–1945.
In 1946, he was asked by the head of the Kuba military enlistment office to complete a census of veterans in order to be able to award them the medal entitledFor the Victory Over Germany in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945. In 1951, the Mishiev family moved to Derbent, a city in the Dagestan Republic of Russia.
In 1997, Mishievimmigrated to Israel and settled inRishon LeZion.[6][7][8]
Mishiev died on 2 April 2024, at the age of 97.[9][10]
From 1954, Yagutil Mishiev worked as a teacher of mathematics inThe School for Working Youth, also titled School No. 1. In 1963, he got a master's degree of a math teacher from Dagestan State University. For many years, Mishiev worked as the director of the Museum of Regional Studies. Mishiev also collected unique materials of the history of the city. From 1976 to 1991, Mishiev worked as the principal of School No. 11 in Derbent.[11] From 1991 to 1997, Yagutil Israelovich Mishiev worked as a chief specialist in the City Department of Education.
In Israel, Mishiev has written several books about the history and the historical architectural monuments of the city of Derbent. His titles includeA Long Road of 5000 Years andDerbent andWorld Civilization. Also, he wrote aRussian-English Dictionary of Mathematical Terms. That work was written for pupils, students, teachers and parents.[12] A bookOur Roots, Mishiev wrote a record of his family and their doings. His latest book,Only memory does not get old was devoted to the history of Jewish civilization.[13]
In 1952, the Commission of the Ministry of Culture of Russia ordered the closure of themuseum of regional studies because the exhibits did not meet the minimum requirements for a particular historical period as laid out by the Ministry for a museum. Recommendations were made for certain changes, after which the museum could reopen.[14] It was necessary for new leadership of the museum. The Department of Culture of the city of Derbent sent Mishiev to work on the museum. Mishiev started to create a new exhibition. In 1953, the museum was able to re-open. Working for years in the museum, Mishiev travelled around theDerbent District to collect unique materials and information about the history of the city. He studied the archives of the city of Derbent, of theAzerbaijan State Museum of History inBaku, and of the Regional Museum of Dagestan inMakhachkala. Soon, scholars of Dagestan, theAcademy of Sciences of the USSR and theAzerbaijan National Academy of Sciences started to inquire on various issues related to the museum.[14] In the second half of the 50s, the museum started to promote the history of the historic city of Derbent and educate people about it. Mishiev conducted lectures and regularly appeared in the pages of the city's newspaper titledZnamya Kommunizma (lit. 'The Banner of Communism'), as well as in the regional newspaper titledLeninchi, written in theAzerbaijani language. The museum work that started in 1952 became a part of his life.[14]
![The Mountain Jews (2022)[18]](/mt/?noimg=&dark=on&url=http%3a%2f%2fen.wikipedia.org%2fwiki%2fFile%3aThe_Mountain_Jews_Book_by_Yagutil_Mishiev.jpg)
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![Russian-English Dictionary of Mathematical Terms (1999)[15]](/mt/?noimg=&dark=on&url=http%3a%2f%2fen.wikipedia.org%2fwiki%2fFile%3aBook_%25E2%2580%259CRussian_English_Dictionary_of_Mathematical_Terms%25E2%2580%259D_by_Yagutil_Mishiev.jpg)
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