Vladimir Mikhailovich Sangi ( rus, links=no, Влади́мир Миха́йлович Санги́, , vlɐˈdʲimʲɪr mʲɪˈxajləvʲɪtɕ sɐnˈɡʲi; 18 March 1935) is a

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writer and publicist from

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. He writes in

and

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Biography

Sangi was born 18 March 1935 in the nomadic settlement Nabil (now a village in

Sakhalin Oblast Sakhalin Oblast ( rus, Сахали́нская о́бласть, r=Sakhalínskaya óblast', p=səxɐˈlʲinskəjə ˈobləsʲtʲ) is a federal subjects of Russia, federal subject of Russia (an oblast) comprising the island of Sakhalin and the K ...

). He graduated from

Herzen University Herzen University, or formally the Russian State Pedagogical University in the name of A. I. Herzen (russian: Российский государственный педагогический университет имени А. И. Герце� ...

in 1959 and became a member of the

Union of Soviet Writers The Union of Soviet Writers, USSR Union of Writers, or Soviet Union of Writers (russian: Союз писателей СССР, translit=Soyuz Sovetstikh Pisatelei) was a creative union of professional writers in the Soviet Union. It was founded ...

in 1962. In 1965 he completed upper literature courses. In 1967 he joined the

Communist Party of the Soviet Union "Hymn of the Bolshevik Party" , headquarters = 4 Staraya Square, Moscow , general_secretary = Vladimir Lenin (first) Mikhail Gorbachev (last) , founded = , banned = , founder = Vladimir Lenin , newspaper ...

. Sangi settled in Moscow in the mid-1960s, and since 1975 has been a chairman of the

Union of Russian Writers The Union of Russian Writers (russian: Союз российских писателей, translit=Soyuz rossiyskikh pisateley) is a non-governmental organization uniting Russian and writers (novelists, poets, essayists, etc.). It was established i ...

. After

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 ...

he moved back to

Sakhalin Sakhalin ( rus, Сахали́н, r=Sakhalín, p=səxɐˈlʲin; ja, 樺太 ''Karafuto''; zh, c=, p=Kùyèdǎo, s=库页岛, t=庫頁島; Manchu: ᠰᠠᡥᠠᠯᡳᠶᠠᠨ, ''Sahaliyan''; Orok: Бугата на̄, ''Bugata nā''; Nivkh: ...

, where in 1993 he was elected chief of the tribes of Ket Eastern Sakhalin and the basin of the

Tym River The Tym () is a river in Krasnoyarsk Krai and Tomsk Oblast in Russia, right tributary of the Ob. The length of the river is , and it drains a basin of . The Tym freezes up in October to early November and stays icebound until late April to May. ...

. He is also a member of the

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under the

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. A speaker of the East Sakhalin dialect of Nivkh, Sangi is the founder of Nivkh literature, one of the creators of the reformed Nivkh alphabet (introduced by an act of the

Council of Ministers of the Soviet Union The Council of Ministers of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics ( rus, Совет министров СССР, r=Sovet Ministrov SSSR, p=sɐˈvʲet mʲɪˈnʲistrəf ɛsɛsɛˈsɛr; sometimes abbreviated to ''Sovmin'' or referred to as the '' ...

on 29 June 1979), and the author of the rules of Nivkh orthography, a Nivkh language primer, a Nivkh language textbook, textbooks for Nivkh schools, and books for reading in Nivkh, as well as a publisher of Nivkh translations of Russian classics.

In his work it's clear that a connection is preserved in myths between man and nature, the world of animals and the spiritual forces that define material existence.

A roundtable discussion at the

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on 18 March 2015 entitled "Protection and Promotion of the Cultural and Linguistic Heritage of the Indigenous Peoples of Northern Sakhalin (Nivkhs)" was timed to coincide with Vladimir Sangi's eightieth birthday. The event proceeded under the auspices of the Commission of the Russian Federation for UNESCO. It was organized by

Sakhalin Energy Sakhalin Energy Investment Company Ltd. (Sakhalin Energy) is a consortium for developing the Sakhalin-2 oil and gas project with corporate head office in Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk. Roman Dashkov has been the Chief Executive Officer since 2013. The com ...

, the government of

, and the Permanent Delegation of the Russian Federation to UNESCO.

Works

* Нивхские легенды, 1961 * Солёные брызги, 1962 * Семипёрая птица, 1964, 1967 * Ложный гон, 1965, 1966 * Первый выстрел, 1965 * Легенды Ыхмифа, 1967, 1974 * Женитьба Кевонгов, 1975, 1977 * Месяц рунного хода, 1985 * Путешествие в стойбище Лунво, 1985 * Человек Ыхмифа, 1986 * Морская поэма, 1988 * Эпос сахалинских нивхов, 2013

Honours

* Maxim Gorky RSFSR State Prize (1988) — for his novel ''Путешествие в стойбище Лунво'' (1985) *

Order of the Badge of Honour The Order of the Badge of Honour (russian: орден «Знак Почёта», orden "Znak Pochyota") was a civilian award of the Soviet Union. It was established on 25 November 1935, and was conferred on citizens of the USSR for outstanding ...

(1977) *

Jubilee Medal "In Commemoration of the 100th Anniversary of the Birth of Vladimir Ilyich Lenin" The Jubilee Medal "In Commemoration of the 100th Anniversary of the Birth of Vladimir Ilyich Lenin" (russian: link=no, Юбилейная медаль В ознаменование 100-летия со дня рождения Владимира И ...

(1970) * Medal for Fidelity to the North (2009) *

Order of Friendship The Order of Friendship (russian: Орден Дружбы, ') is a state decoration of the Russian Federation established by Boris Yeltsin by presidential decree 442 of 2 March 1994 to reward Russian and foreign nationals whose work, deeds a ...

(2006)

References

Anthologies

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External links

Фундаментальная электронная библиотека "Русская литература и фольклор" (ФЭБ) (FEB Encyclopaedia of Russian Literature): article by B.L. Komanovskii
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// Russian newspaper, 1 November 2013
Владимир Санги. Если не я, то никто
// Literary newspaper, 2015, #12(6502)
Ряд мероприятий провела компания «Сахалин Энерджи Инвестмент Компани Лтд.» к 80 летию писателя
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