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14.03.2018


On March 14, President of the Republic of Abkhazia Raul Khadzhimba attended the presentation of the translation of A.S. Pushkin’s work “Eugene Onegin” into the Abkhazian language. The work was translated by the National poet of the Republic of Abkhazia, Chairman of the Association of Writers of Abkhazia, academic of the Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Abkhazia, recipient of the “Golden Delvig” prize, Head of the Literature Department of the Abkhazian State Institution of Humanitarian Studies, and recipient of the “Akhdz-Apsha” Order, First Class, Mushni Lasuria.

Mushni Lasuria thanked the Moscow publisher “Molodaya Gvardiya”, the staff of the publisher “Zvonnitza”, and also expressed special gratitude to the editor, writer Nikolai Kvitsinia.

He commented on the role of the Head of State in the publication of the book and thanked him because he made it possible for the readers to have a quality Abkhazian language translation of a great work.

“Translating the works of Alexander Pushkin is a difficult and responsible task since it is not easy to translate the thoughts and the mood of a great poet into a different language”, - said Mushni Lasuria.

The President congratulated everyone present with the publication of the Abkhazian translation of “Eugene Onegin”.

“Today is a festive day since it brought two countries closer”, - said Raul Khadzhimba.

The Head of State thanked Mushni Lasuria and everyone who worked on the publication of the translation. He also stressed that the state will try to find the resources to support such projects.

“The state will find the resources to solve such issues and even more. We are on the right path”, - added the President.

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation in the Republic of Abkhazia Semyon Grigoriyev stressed that the translation of A.S. Pushkin’s work into the Abkhazian language is a big event for the Abkhazian culture and literature and for the Russian-Abkhazian relations.

“To be holding this book is a real pleasure, a celebration. It is a true work of art. Thank you, Raul Djumkovich! Without you it would not be possible to publish this book”, - he added.


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