Marina Bartsyts
Marina Bartsyts | |
|---|---|
| Born | 16 November 1964 Gudata, Abkhazia |
| Occupation(s) | Anthropologist; former politician |
| Academic background | |
| Alma mater | Rostov State University, Institute of Ethnology - Moscow |
| Academic work | |
| Institutions | Abkhazian State University |
Marina Bartsyts (Russian: Марина Барцыц; born 16 November 1964) is an anthropologist and former politician from Abkhazia.
Biography[edit]
Bartsyts was born on 16 November 1964 in the village of Blabyrkhua in Gudauta district, Abkhazia.[1] Her parents were Mkan Bartsyts and Venera Tskua; they had two sons and two daughters, of which Marina is the youngest.[1]
Education[edit]
After finishing school, Bartsyts went to study history at Rostov State University.[1] She graduated in 1987, in 1992 moved to Moscow to study at graduate school at the Institute of Ethnology in Moscow and graduated there in 1995.[2]
War in Abkhazia (1992–93)[edit]
Shortly after arriving in Moscow, however, Bartsyts heard that war in Abkhazia had broken out.[1] She returned to Abkahzia in September 1992 to join the conflict, first arriving in Gudauta to work with Vladislav Ardzinba.[citation needed] By October, Bartsyts had joined the frontline and was with the 2nd Verkhneeshersky Battalion.[citation needed] Bartsyts trained as a medic and served as a medical instructor on the Gumistinsky Front.[citation needed] During the war, Bartsyts took many photographs on a World War 2 era Soviet camera: her collection is one of the most important records of life during the war.[citation needed]
Career[edit]
Bartsyts researches Abkhazia, its settlements and its people, examining their traditional culture in terms of law, psychology and gender.[2] She has worked on the city of Sukhum and its place relative to other Abkhazian cities.[3] She has published research into traditional Abkhazian folklore.[4] Bartsyts research into Abkhaz culture sees it based on three principles: hospitality, respect for elders and respect for women.[5] In particular, she sees a historic balance of respect between men and women.[6]
From 2001 to 2007, Bartsyts served as a deputy in the People's Assembly of Abkhazia.[2][7] At the time of here election in 2007, she and her fellow deputy Emma Gamisonia were the only women serving in the parliament.[8] She is a member of the Supreme Council of the World Abaza Congress.[1]
Bartsyts works at the Abkhazian State University.[citation needed]
References[edit]
- ^ a b c d e ""Not slowing down and not looking back": Marina Bartsyts celebrates her anniversary". abaza.org. Retrieved 3 April 2020.
- ^ a b c "Марина Барцыц. Статьи". apsnyteka.org. Retrieved 3 April 2020.
- ^ Yamskov, Anatoli. "SPECIAL FEATURES OF THE CHANGES IN THE ETHNODEMOGRAPHIC SITUATION IN ABKHAZIA IN THE POST-SOVIET PERIOD".
- ^ Berezkin, Yuri (2014). "The Dog, the Horse and the Creation of Man" (PDF). Folklore: Electronic Journal of Folklore. 56: 25–46. doi:10.7592/FEJF2014.56.berezkin.
- ^ World, Abkhaz. "Women's Status in Abkhazia: From The Past To The Present, by Natella Akaba". Abkhaz World | History, Culture & Politics of Abkhazia. Retrieved 4 April 2020.
- ^ KUZNETSOVA, Rita. "WOMEN IN ABKHAZIA BEFORE AND AFTER THE WAR".
- ^ "Премиальные страсти". Эхо Кавказа (in Russian). Retrieved 4 April 2020.
- ^ "Парламент Абхазии третьего созыва рассмотрел около 800 вопросов". ИА REGNUM (in Russian). Retrieved 4 April 2020.
- 1964 births
- 20th-century anthropologists
- People from Gudauta
- Members of the People's Assembly of Abkhazia
- 21st-century Russian women politicians
- 21st-century anthropologists
- Russian women anthropologists
- People from Gudauta District
- Southern Federal University alumni
- Academic staff of Abkhazian State University
- 3rd convocation of the People's Assembly of Abkhazia
- Living people