Atner Petrovich Khuzangai (born 8 October 1948) is a Chuvash Russian 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).

Biography

Atner Khuzangai was born in the family of poet (1907–1970) and actress Vera Kuzmina (1923–2021). He graduated from the Oriental faculty of

Leningrad State University Saint Petersburg State University (SPBGU; ) is a public research university in Saint Petersburg, Russia, and one of the oldest and most prestigious universities in Russia. Founded in 1724 by a decree of Peter the Great, the university from the be ...

(specialization is Arabic philology and postgraduate studies) and postgraduate study from the Institute of Oriental studies of the

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. He trained as a military interpreter in

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from 1970 to 1971. In 1977, he was declared a Candidate of Philological Sciences. Head of the Department of linguistics of the Chuvash State Institute of Humanities. In the late 1980s and early 1990s, Khuzangai was an active figure of the Chuvash national cultural movement. He was a deputy of the Supreme 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 in

1991 It was the final year of the Cold War, which had begun in 1947. During the year, the Soviet Union Dissolution of the Soviet Union, collapsed, leaving Post-soviet states, fifteen sovereign republics and the Commonwealth of Independent State ...

and

1993 The United Nations General Assembly, General Assembly of the United Nations designated 1993 as: * International Year for the World's Indigenous People The year 1993 in the Kwajalein Atoll in the Marshall Islands had only 364 days, since its ...

. Between 1992 and 1997, he was president of the

Chuvash National Congress The Chuvash National Congress () is an interregional public organization, which unites creative and national cultural potential of the Chuvash people. Members of the CNC can be national-cultural autonomies and associations that exist in areas wher ...

, established on his initiative. From 1997 to 2002, he was also the first Vice-President of the General Assembly of the

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Proceedings

* Atner Khoosanguy, Поиск слова. Литературно-критические статьи. — Чебоксары: Чувашгосиздат., 1987. 191 с. * Atner Khoosanguy, Поэт Айги и художники (Опыт философской интерпретации поэтического и художественного сознания. — Чебоксары, 1998. * Atner Khoosanguy, Текст, метатексты и путешествия. — Чебоксары: Руссика, 2003. 387 с. * Atner Khoosanguy, Без иллюзий: мой временник. — Чебоксары: Чуваш. кн. изд-во, 2017. 255 с.

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Биографическая справка

* [https://www.idelreal.org/a/29583308.html Атнер Хузангай: "Чувашский народ должен стать нормальным субъектом международного права"]
«Spirit and ideas always win in the end»

* ttp://www.pravdapfo.ru/blogs/wwwinfpolru/87159-ih-brak-blagoslovil-hambo ИХ БРАК БЛАГОСЛОВИЛ ХАМБО ЛАМА Chuvash people Chuvash writers Politics of Chuvashia Anti-Russification activists Language activists Russian activists Russian philologists Soviet philologists Soviet translators Saint Petersburg State University alumni People from Cheboksary 1948 births Living people {{Russia-scientist-stub