Torez Kulumbegov

Torez Georgievich Kulumbegov (Ossetian: Хъуылымбегты Торез; Qwelembêgte Torêž, Georgian: ტორეზ კულუმბეგოვი, Russian: Торез Георгиевич Кулумбегов; September 2, 1938 – October 1, 2006), was a political leader of South Ossetia, a former Soviet Autonomous Oblast which unilaterally elevated its status to Republic in 1990 and declared its independence from Georgia in 1991. Kulumbegov ruled as chairman of the Presidium of the South Ossetian Supreme Council, i. e., head of the self-proclaimed Republic, from December 1991 to September 1993.[1] Before this event, he was held prisoner by Georgian police in Tbilisi from 29 January 1991 until January 1992.[2]

Torez Kulumbegov
Born(1938-09-02)September 2, 1938
DiedOctober 1, 2006(2006-10-01) (aged 68)

Kulumbegov died in Moscow on 1 October 2006 after a serious illness. He was buried in Tskhinvali.[3]

References
  1. Rulers.org: South Ossetia
  2. Human Rights Watch: Bloodshed in the Caucasus, p. 24
  3. (in Russian) Torez Kulumbegov died (5 October 2006)


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