Yekaterina Borisovna Altabayeva (Russian: Екатерина Борисовна Алтабаева; born on 27 May 1956), is a Russian politician. Member of the Federation Council from the executive authority from Russian-controlled

Sevastopol Sevastopol (; uk, Севасто́поль, Sevastópolʹ, ; gkm, Σεβαστούπολις, Sevastoúpolis, ; crh, Акъя́р, Aqyár, ), sometimes written Sebastopol, is the largest city in Crimea, and a major port on the Black Sea ...

, since 2 October 2020, as well as she served as the member from the legislative authority of Sevastopol from 2019 to 2020. Altabayeva had also served as a member of the Russian

Legislative Assembly of Sevastopol The Legislative Assembly of Sevastopol (russian: link=no, Законодательное собрание города Севастополя) is the regional parliament of Sevastopol. It ''de facto'' replaced the Sevastopol City Council after ...

and was its chair from 2016 to 2019.

Biography

Yekaterina Altabayeva was born in

Uglich Uglich ( rus, У́глич, p=ˈuɡlʲɪtɕ) is a historic town in Yaroslavl Oblast, Russia, located on the Volga River. Population: History The city was first documented in 1148 as ''Ugliche Pole'' (''Corner Field''). The town's name is though ...

on 27 May 1956 and has lived in

ever since. From 1973 to 1976, she worked as a pioneer leader in the All-Union Pioneer Camp "Artek" named after

Vladimir Lenin Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov. ( 1870 – 21 January 1924), better known as Vladimir Lenin,. was a Russian revolutionary, politician, and political theorist. He served as the first and founding head of government of Soviet Russia from 1917 to 19 ...

. In 1982, after graduating from Simferopol State University. M. V. Frunze, worked at school, as a history teacher, and head teacher for extracurricular educational work. From 1995 to 2014, she was a senior lecturer at the Department of History and Social Sciences and Humanities at the Sevastopol City University for the Humanities. On 15 September 2014, after the

Annexation of Crimea by the Russian Federation In February and March 2014, Russia invaded and subsequently annexed the Crimean Peninsula from Ukraine. This event took place in the aftermath of the Revolution of Dignity and is part of the wider Russo-Ukrainian War. The events in Kyiv th ...

, Altabayeva became a member of the Legislative Assembly of Sevastopol, elected from single-member constituency No. 2, and became the Deputy Chairman of the Legislative Assembly. From 22 March to 6 September 2016, she served as Acting Chairman of the Legislative Assembly of Sevastopol. On 6 September, she was approved as the Chairman of the Legislative Assembly of Sevastopol. On 14 September 2019, Altabayeva lost the powers of the Chairman of the Legislative Assembly of Sevastopol, as she is appointed to the

Federation Council The Federation Council (russian: Сове́т Федера́ции – ''Soviet Federatsii'', common abbreviation: Совфед – ''Sovfed''), or Senate (officially, starting from July 1, 2020) ( ru , Сенат , translit = Senat), is th ...

as a member of the legislative authority of Sevastopol for five years. Her successor, Vladimir Nemtsev became the new speaker. On 2 October 2020, the Governor of Sevastopol,

Mikhail Razvozhayev Mikhail Vladimirovich Razvozhayev (Russian: Михаил Владимирович Развожаев; born 30 December 1980) is a Russian statesman and politician. He is currently the internationally non-recognized Governor of Sevastopol since 2 ...

, signed a decree on the appointment of Altabayeva to the Federation Council from the executive body of state power of Sevastopol for a period up to 2025.

Scientific activity

She developed a training course "History of Sevastopol and its environs from ancient times to the middle of the 20th century" ("Sevastopol studies"). She is also the author of six educational books on the history of Sevastopol, more than 40 scientific and methodological manuals.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Altabayeva, Yekaterina 1956 births Living people United Russia politicians People from Uglich Members of the Federation Council of Russia (after 2000) Tavrida National V.I. Vernadsky University alumni