Iskhak Shumafovich Mashbash (; russian: link=no, Исхак Шумафович Машбаш; ) is a Circassian poet, writer and translator. He is the author of more than 80 books in Adyghe and he has translated many works from Russian to Adyghe and Kabardian, including the

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. His works were published in English, French, Spanish, German,

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, Mongolian,

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and other languages. Despite gaining high positions in Russia and USSR, he was criticized by Russians for writing about the

Circassian genocide The Circassian genocide, or Tsitsekun, was the Russian Empire's systematic mass murder, ethnic cleansing, and expulsion of 80–97% of the Circassian population, around 800,000–1,500,000 people, during and after the Russo-Circassian War ( ...

. All of his works were published in 20 volumes in Adyghe and Russian in 2015. His works have been translated to

by Fahri Huvaj, a prominent

Circassian nationalist Circassian nationalism () is the desire among Circassians worldwide to preserve their culture, save their language from extinction, raise awareness about the Circassian genocide, return to Circassia and establish a completely autonomous o ...

in Turkey. Ishak Mashbash1

He has received several awards, some of which are the Hero of Labor of the Russian Federation (2019), People's writer of Adygea (1993), Kabardino-Balkaria, Karachay-Cherkessia, laureate of the USSR State Prize (1991), the State Prize of the RSFSR (1981), the State Prize of the Republic of Adygea. He is respected by Circassians worldwide. In 2016, a monument of Iskhak Mashbash was built in his homeland, in the village of Urupsky.

Biography

He was born on 28 May 1930 in the village of Urupsky, now in the Uspensky district of the Krasnodar Krai. In 1957 he graduated with honors from the

Maxim Gorky Literature Institute The Maxim Gorky Literature Institute (russian: Литературный институт им. А. М. Горького) is an institution of higher education in Moscow. It is located at 25 Tverskoy Boulevard in central Moscow. History The insti ...

in Moscow.''Высшая партийная школа при Центральном комитете Коммунистической партии Советского Союза – высшее партийно-политическое учебное заведение в СССР по подготовке и переподготовке руководящих партийных и советских кадров, работников СМИ. Существовало в Москве в 1939–1978 годах. На учебу в ВПШ, по рекомендации ЦК компартий союзных республик, крайкомов и обкомов партии, принимались члены партии с высшим образованием в возрасте до 40 лет, имевшие не менее пяти лет партийного стажа. Срок обучения составлял 2 года.'' In 1962 he graduated from the Department of Press, Television and Radio Broadcasting of the Higher Party School under the Central Committee of the CPSU. From 1956 to 1959 he worked as the head of the department of the regional newspaper "Socialist Adygea". In collaboration with Umar Tkhabisomov, he created the

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