Mikhail Gavrilov (russian: Гаврилов Михаил Борисович, translit=; he, מיכאיל גברילוב; born 29 December 1926 – 18 July 2014) was a Soviet writer and poet of

Mountain Jew Mountain Jews or Caucasus Jews also known as Juhuro, Juvuro, Juhuri, Juwuri, Juhurim, Kavkazi Jews or Gorsky Jews ( he, יהודי קווקז ''Yehudey Kavkaz'' or ''Yehudey he-Harim''; russian: Горские евреи, translit=Gorskie Yevrei ...

descent. He wrote in Judeo-Tat and Russian. Mikhail Gavrilov held the title of Honored Worker of Culture of Dagestan.

Biography

Gavrilov was born in the city Derbent, Dagestan ASSR, USSR. His father Boris Gavrilov (1908–1990) was a poet and dramatist.Red Army. Gavrilov completed the distance education courses at the Derbent Pedagogical School, after which he switched to teaching. In 1970 he graduated from the distance learning department of the history faculty of the Dagestan State University. For 45 years of teaching activity, Gavrilov published a school curriculum for the Judeo-Tat language, prescriptions and a program of optional classes, trained teachers in his native language. The first publications of Gavrilov date back to 1949–1950. He published in periodicals, in the almanac ( Juhuri:''Ватан Советиму'') – "The Soviet Motherland" in the Judeo-Tat language, stories, the poem (Juhuri:''Гhард ферзенди'') – "Filial duty", as well as collections of poems in Judeo-Tat and in Russian. During the

Perestroika ''Perestroika'' (; russian: links=no, перестройка, p=pʲɪrʲɪˈstrojkə, a=ru-perestroika.ogg) was a political movement for reform within the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (CPSU) during the late 1980s widely associated wit ...

period, when national schools began to revive, Gavrilov prepared and published textbooks in Judeo-Tat language for grades 1–4, curricula and copybooks. He taught courses for the training of teachers of the Judeo-Tat language. From 1986 to 1990 Gavrilov was the director of the Judeo-Tat theatre. Since 1990, he was the executive secretary of the Judeo-Tat's insert in the city newspaper (russian: Знамя коммунизма, translit= – "Communism banner", and since 1991 he worked as the editor of the republican newspaper ( Juhuri:''Ватан'') – "Vatan". From 1993 to 2004 he lived in Israel; organized the publication of the (russian: Кавказская газета, translit= – "Caucasian Newspaper",Kozakova M. Semyon Gavrilov – "The traveler of the fourth road or Is it easy to be ... a son?" Caucasian newspaper. was its first editor-in-chief, as well as the chairman of the

Mountain Jewish Mountain Jews or Caucasus Jews also known as Juhuro, Juvuro, Juhuri, Juwuri, Juhurim, Kavkazi Jews or Gorsky Jews ( he, יהודי קווקז ''Yehudey Kavkaz'' or ''Yehudey he-Harim''; russian: Горские евреи, translit=Gorskie Yevrei ...

section of the Writers' Union of Israel, edited books published in the Judeo-Tat language. In 2004 he with his family moved back to live in Derbent. He started to work as an editor of the department of the republican newspaper ( Juhuri:''Ватан'') – "Vatan".

Awards

* Honored Worker of Culture of the Republic of Dagestan (July 2009) – ''for many years of work and high achievements in the field of culture.''

External links

Mikhail GavrilovThe Mountain Jewish literary dynasty
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Judeo-Tat literature Judeo-Tat literature is the literature of the Mountain Jews in the Juhuri language. History Judeo-Tat literature is rich in folklore. The most popular narrators of folklore at the beginning of the 20th century were Mardahai Ovsholum (1850-1925 ...

* Judeo-Tat theatre

References

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