Rakhat Achylova

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Rakhat Achylova
Рахат Ачылова
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Born30 May 1941
Govsubar
DiedMarch 5, 2015(2015-03-05) (aged 73)
CitizenshipKyrgyzstan
OccupationSociologist; politician
Academic background
EducationJalalabad State University
Alma materSaint Petersberg State University
Thesis (1988)
Academic advisorsAsanbek Tabaldiev
Academic work
DisciplineSociologist
InstitutionsKyrgyz National University

Rakhat Achylova in Kyrgyz: Рахат Ачылова (30 May 1941 - 5 March 2015) was a sociologist from Kyrgyzstan, who studied the roles of women and the family, as well as Islam in her country. She was a member of the Supreme Council from 1995 to 2000.

Biography[]

Achylova was born on 30 May 1941 in the village of , in Batken region of the Kirghiz Soviet Socialist Republic. She graduated from Jalalabad State University in 1958. In 1963 she joined the History Department at Kyrgyz National University as a lecturer. She then moved from the History Department to the Department of Sociology.[1] Here she worked in the first social sciences laboratory under the supervision of (ky).[2] In 1975, after the death of Tabaldiev, she became Head of the Department of Social Sciences, until 1987.[2][3] In 1988 she graduated with a PhD from Saint Petersberg State University.[1] She later was appointed Rector of the V. Mayakovsky Kyrgyz Women's Pedagogical Institute.[1][2] She was also chair of the Centre for Independent Women in Development in Kyrgyzstan.[4]

In 1995 she was elected to the Jogorku Kenesh (Supreme Council) of Kyrgyzstan.[1] Her tenure on the Council ended in 2000.[5] In 2006 she was a member of the Presidential Commission for National Ideology.[6]

Achylova died on 5 March 2015, after suffering a heart attack.[7][5] Her civil funeral was held on 7 March at the Kyrgyz National Academic Theatre named after T. Abdumomunov.[1] She was later buried at Baitek Cemetery.[citation needed]

Awards and honours[]

  • Honoured Worker of Science and Education of the Kyrgyz Republic.[1]

Legacy[]

Ala-Too International University has named an annual prize after Achylova. The prize is awarded to researchers working in the fields of sociology, economics and philosophy.[8] The award was founded by the economist, .[9]

Selected works[]

  • 'Political culture and foreign policy in Kyrgyzstan', in Tismaneanu V., Political culture and civil society in Russia and the new states of Eurasia (1995).[10]
  • Achylova, R. (1995) ‘Bednost' v Kyrgyzstane: v anfas i profil'’ [Poverty in Kyrgyzstan: In full-face and profile], Kut Bilim, 6.
  • Achylova, R. (1987) Нация и семья [Nation & Family].[11]

Historiography[]

Achylova's research covered the role of state formation in former Soviet Socialist Republics, as well as the role of women and the role of minority groups within them.[1] She recognised that there were considerable obstacles to the creation of a civil society in Kyrgyzstan.[12] Despite this she also recognised the independence and autonomy are central to Kyrgyz mentalities.[13]

As a sociologist, she was part of a movement in the 1980s and 1990s to a movement that had an increasingly critical and analytical role.[2] In the 1990s she organised the first programme of study on Kyrgyz family life and marriage.[2] Achylova also considered the role of Islam in Kyrgyz society, and its place in nationalist discourse, discussing how aspects of Tengrism were adopted into Kyrgyz Islam.[6]

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b c d e f g "Скончалась заслуженный деятель науки и образования Рахат Ачылова". Вечерний Бишкек. Retrieved 2021-08-08.
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b c d e Amsler, Sarah (2005-12-25). From 'truth in strength to strength in truth': sociology, knowledge and power in Kyrgyzstan, 1966-2003 (phd thesis). London School of Economics and Political Science.
  3. ^ "Кыргызский национальный университет имени Жусупа Баласагына". www.knu.kg. Retrieved 2021-08-09.
  4. ^ Dawisha, Karen; Parrott, Bruce (2016-09-16). The International Politics of Eurasia: Vol 7: Political Culture and Civil Society in Russia and the New States of Eurasia. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-315-28707-2.
  5. ^ Jump up to: a b "Рахат Ачылова көз жумду". BBC News Кыргыз Кызматы (in Kyrgyz). 2015-03-05. Retrieved 2021-08-09.
  6. ^ Jump up to: a b Laruelle, Marlene (2021). Central Peripheries: Nationhood in Central Asia (PDF). UCL Press. p. 107.
  7. ^ "Kyrgyzstan Honored Scientist Rakhat Achylova dies at age of 74". akipress.com. Retrieved 2021-08-09.
  8. ^ "Ala-Too International University". alatoo.edu.kg. Retrieved 2021-08-09.
  9. ^ "Beishenaly Nazik". CABAR.asia. 2018-05-25. Retrieved 2021-08-09.
  10. ^ Political culture and civil society in Russia and the new states of Eurasia. Vladimir Tismaneanu. Armonk, N.Y.: M.E. Sharpe. 1995. ISBN 1-56324-364-4. OCLC 32467734.CS1 maint: others (link)
  11. ^ Ачылова, Рахат (1987). Нация и семья (in Russian). Izd-vo "Ilim".
  12. ^ Carter, Stephen K. (1996). "Review of Striving for Law in a Lawless Land. Memoirs of a Russian Reformer". Europe-Asia Studies. 48 (8): 1426–1428. ISSN 0966-8136.
  13. ^ Everett-Heath, Tom (2003-12-08). Central Asia: Aspects of Transition. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-135-79822-2.

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