People from Adygea - Presidents of Adygea, Hazret Sovmen, Anna Kareyeva, Yana Uskova, Aslan Tkhakushinov, Aslan Dzharimov, Kazbek Paranuk (Paperback)

Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Presidents of Adygea, Hazret Sovmen, Anna Kareyeva, Yana Uskova, Aslan Tkhakushinov, Aslan Dzharimov, Kazbek Paranuk, President of Adygea, Vladimir Samozhenkov. Excerpt: Hazret Medzhidovich Sovmen (Adyghe:, Russian: ) (born May 1, 1937) was the second President of the Republic of Adygea in the Russian Federation, having succeeded Aslan Dzharimov at the post. Sovmen is a university professor hailing from Maykop. Before he became the President Hazret Sovmen had been a successful businessman (with links to Russian entrepreneurs in Siberia), having started off as a bulldozer driver in a gold mine in Chukotka. He is the founder of Polyus Gold, Russia's leading gold-mining company. Sovmen was born in a village in Takhtamukaysky District. He did his military service in the Black Sea Fleet and graduated from the Saint Petersburg Mining Institute. He started working at a gold mine in Chukota in 1961 and also worked on mines in the Krasnoyarsk Krai and Magadan Oblast. He became manager of the Polyus Mine in 1981 Sovmen was elected to the office of President on January 13, 2002 by direct suffrage in the Republic. He was faced with the challenges of leading one of a Russia's poorest republics, officially declared bankrupt by the Government of Russia. Sovmen was involved in political activities with the Slavic people Union, Adygeya's principal opposition party. Russian president Vladimir Putin is believed to have supported Sovmen. In 1997, Russian President Yeltsin awarded him with the Order of Merit for the Fatherland 3rd class. On January 13, 2007 he was succeeded as Adygean President by Aslan Tkhakushinov. He is a member of the United Russia party. Sovmen's interests include hunting and fishing. This article is sourced from Russian Wikipedia ... More: http: //booksllc.net/?id=539397