Roza Abdulbasirovna Eldarova (russian: Роза Абдулбасировна Эльдарова; 21 December 1923 – 4 July 2021) was a
Soviet
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and
Russian
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journalist of
Kumyk ethnicity, writer, and politician who was the first woman to hold the highest political office in
Dagestan
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. She was elected chairwoman of the
Presidium
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Communist states
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of the
Supreme Soviet
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of the
(DASSR) in March 1962.
[Gamzatova, Venera (2008)]
''"V svet vyshla kniga izvestnogo dagestanskogo obshchestvenno-politicheskogo deyatelya Rozy Eldarovoy"''.
RIA Dagestan. Retrieved 10 January 2012.
Simultaneously elected to the
Supreme Soviet of the RSFSR
The Supreme Soviet of the Russian SFSR (russian: Верховный Совет РСФСР, ''Verkhovny Sovet RSFSR''), later Supreme Soviet of the Russian Federation (russian: Верховный Совет Российской Федерации, ...
as a deputy for the DASSR, she became a member of the Presidium of the RSFSR Supreme Soviet in April 1962.
Eldarova retired from active involvement in politics in 1989 but continued to write. She published a memoir in 2008.
Eldarova died on 4 July 2021 at the age of 97.
Honours
*
Order of Lenin
The Order of Lenin (russian: Орден Ленина, Orden Lenina, ), named after the leader of the Russian October Revolution, was established by the Central Executive Committee on April 6, 1930. The order was the highest civilian decoration b ...
*
Order of the October Revolution
The Order of the October Revolution (russian: Орден Октябрьской Революции, ''Orden Oktyabr'skoy Revolyutsii'') was instituted on October 31, 1967, in time for the 50th anniversary of the October Revolution. It was conferr ...
* Twice
Orders of the Red Banner of Labour
*
Order of Friendship of Peoples
The Order of Friendship of Peoples (russian: oрден Дружбы народов, translit=orden Druzhby narodov) was an order of the Soviet Union, and was awarded to persons (including non-citizens), organizations, enterprises, military unit ...
*
Medal "For Labour Valour"
The Medal "For Labour Valour" (russian: Медаль «За трудовую доблесть») was a civilian labour award of the Soviet Union bestowed to especially deserving workers to recognise and honour dedicated and valorous labour or ...
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Women leaders in the former Soviet Union
1923 births
2021 deaths
People from Buynaksky District
Kumyks
Communist Party of the Soviet Union members
Recipients of the Order of Friendship of Peoples
Recipients of the Order of Lenin
Russian women journalists
Russian memoirists
Russian non-fiction writers
Soviet journalists
Soviet non-fiction writers
Soviet women in politics
20th-century Russian women politicians
Soviet women writers
Soviet writers
Women memoirists
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