Kosta Georgievich Dzugaev (russian: Коста Георгиевич Дзугаев; born 24 April 1956 in

Tskhinvali Tskhinvali ( ka, ცხინვალი ) or Tskhinval ( os, Цхинвал, Чъреба, Tskhinval, Chreba, ; rus, Цхинва́л(и), r=Tskhinvál(i), ) is the capital of the disputed ''de facto'' independent Republic of South Ossetia, in ...

South Ossetian Autonomous Oblast The South Ossetian Autonomous Oblast (russian: Юго-Осетинская автономная область, ka, სამხრეთ ოსეთის ავტონომიური ოლქი, os, Хуссар Ирыстоны ав� ...

Georgian SSR The Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic (Georgian SSR; ka, საქართველოს საბჭოთა სოციალისტური რესპუბლიკა, tr; russian: Грузинская Советская Соц� ...

Soviet Union The Soviet Union,. officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR),. was a List of former transcontinental countries#Since 1700, transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991. A flagship communist state, ...

), is a

South Ossetia South Ossetia, ka, სამხრეთი ოსეთი, ( , ), officially the Republic of South Ossetia – the State of Alania, is a partially recognised landlocked state in the South Caucasus. It has an officially stated populat ...

n politician, who is a former chairman (speaker) of the

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Biography of Kosta Dzugaev
/ref> Dzugaev was born in Tskhinvali in 1956. His father was the late writer Georgij Hasakoevich Dzugaev; his mother is Fatima Alihanovna Kaloeva. Dzugaev studied physics and mathematics at the South Ossetian State University, and was also a keen

piano The piano is a stringed keyboard instrument in which the strings are struck by wooden hammers that are coated with a softer material (modern hammers are covered with dense wool felt; some early pianos used leather). It is played using a keybo ...

player, which he studied at the Tskhinvali School of Music. After graduating there, he was recommended for a continuation of his piano studies at the

Moscow Conservatory The Moscow Conservatory, also officially Moscow State Tchaikovsky Conservatory (russian: Московская государственная консерватория им. П. И. Чайковского, link=no) is a musical educational inst ...

, which he did not attend, however. From 1980 to 1982, Dzugaev served in the

Soviet Army uk, Радянська армія , image = File:Communist star with golden border and red rims.svg , alt = , caption = Emblem of the Soviet Army , start_date ...

, as an artillery officer in the

Transbaikal Military District The Transbaikal Military District (russian: Забайкальский военный округ) was a military district of first the Soviet Armed Forces and then the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, formed on May 17, 1935 and included the ...

. After this, he became a teacher at the South Ossetian State University. He obtained a PhD at the

Kyiv University Kyiv University or Shevchenko University or officially the Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv ( uk, Київський національний університет імені Тараса Шевченка), colloquially known as KNU ...

. Dzugaev entered politics in 1989. He was elected into parliament in the 1994 election, where he led the committee on legislation, law and human rights. In 1996, after South Ossetia created the office of a president, Dzugaev was elected as the replacement of

Lyudvig Chibirov Lyudvig Alekseyevich Chibirov ( os, Цыбырты Алексейы фырт Людвиг ''Tseberte Alêksêye fert Lyudvig'', ka, ლუდვიგ ჩიბიროვი, russian: Лю́двиг Алексе́евич Чи́биров; bor ...

. From 1999 until 2001, Dzugaev was head of the State Committee on Press and Mass Communications. Kosta Dzugaev is currently an advisor to president

Eduard Kokoity Eduard Dzhabeyevich Kokoyty ( os, Кокойты Джабейы фырт Эдуард, Kokojty Ĝabejy fyrt Edward; born 31 October 1964) is an Ossetian politician who served as President of the partially recognized state of South Ossetia. His t ...

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Dzugaev, Kosta Living people Ossetian people 1956 births People from Tskhinvali Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv alumni