Rakhat Achylova

Rakhat Achylova
Рахат Ачылова
Born30 May 1941
Govsubar, Kirghiz Soviet Socialist Republic
DiedMarch 5, 2015(2015-03-05) (aged 73)
CitizenshipKyrgyzstan
Occupation(s)Sociologist; politician
Academic background
EducationJalalabad State University
Alma materSaint Petersberg State University
Thesis (1988)
Academic advisorsAsanbek Tabaldiev
Academic work
DisciplineSociologist
InstitutionsKyrgyz National University

Rakhat Achylova in Kyrgyz: Рахат Ачылова (30 May 1941 – 5 March 2015) was a sociologist from Kyrgyzstan, who studied the roles of women and the family, as well as Islam in her country. She was a member of the Supreme Council from 1995 to 2000.

Biography

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Achylova was born on 30 May 1941 in the village of Govsubar, in Batken region of the Kirghiz Soviet Socialist Republic. She graduated from Jalalabad State University in 1958. In 1963 she joined the History Department at Kyrgyz National University as a lecturer. She then moved from the History Department to the Department of Sociology.[1] Here she worked in the first social sciences laboratory under the supervision of Asanbek Tabaldiev (ky).[2] In 1975, after the death of Tabaldiev, she became Head of the Department of Social Sciences, until 1987.[2][3] In 1988 she graduated with a PhD from Saint Petersberg State University.[1] She later was appointed Rector of the V. Mayakovsky Kyrgyz Women's Pedagogical Institute.[1][2] She was also chair of the Centre for Independent Women in Development in Kyrgyzstan.[4]

In 1995 she was elected to the Jogorku Kenesh (Supreme Council) of Kyrgyzstan.[1] Her tenure on the Council ended in 2000.[5] In 2006 she was a member of the Presidential Commission for National Ideology.[6]

Achylova died on 5 March 2015, after suffering a heart attack.[7][5] Her civil funeral was held on 7 March at the Kyrgyz National Academic Theatre named after T. Abdumomunov.[1] She was later buried at Baitek Cemetery.[citation needed]

Awards and honours

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  • Honoured Worker of Science and Education of the Kyrgyz Republic.[1]

Legacy

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Ala-Too International University has named an annual prize after Achylova. The prize is awarded to researchers working in the fields of sociology, economics and philosophy.[8] The award was founded by the economist, Beishenaly Nazik.[9]

Selected works

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  • 'Political culture and foreign policy in Kyrgyzstan', in Tismaneanu V., Political culture and civil society in Russia and the new states of Eurasia (1995).[10]
  • Achylova, R. (1995) ‘Bednost' v Kyrgyzstane: v anfas i profil'’ [Poverty in Kyrgyzstan: In full-face and profile], Kut Bilim, 6.
  • Achylova, R. (1987) Нация и семья [Nation & Family].[11]

Historiography

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Achylova's research covered the role of state formation in former Soviet Socialist Republics, as well as the role of women and the role of minority groups within them.[1] She recognised that there were considerable obstacles to the creation of a civil society in Kyrgyzstan.[12] Despite this she also recognised the independence and autonomy are central to Kyrgyz mentalities.[13]

As a sociologist, she was part of a movement in the 1980s and 1990s to a movement that had an increasingly critical and analytical role.[2] In the 1990s she organised the first programme of study on Kyrgyz family life and marriage.[2] Achylova also considered the role of Islam in Kyrgyz society, and its place in nationalist discourse, discussing how aspects of Tengrism were adopted into Kyrgyz Islam.[6]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g "Скончалась заслуженный деятель науки и образования Рахат Ачылова". Вечерний Бишкек. Retrieved 2021-08-08.
  2. ^ a b c d e Amsler, Sarah (2005-12-25). From 'truth in strength to strength in truth': sociology, knowledge and power in Kyrgyzstan, 1966-2003 (phd thesis). London School of Economics and Political Science.
  3. ^ "Кыргызский национальный университет имени Жусупа Баласагына". www.knu.kg. Retrieved 2021-08-09.
  4. ^ Dawisha, Karen; Parrott, Bruce (2016-09-16). The International Politics of Eurasia: Vol 7: Political Culture and Civil Society in Russia and the New States of Eurasia. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-315-28707-2.
  5. ^ a b "Рахат Ачылова көз жумду". BBC News Кыргыз Кызматы (in Kyrgyz). 2015-03-05. Retrieved 2021-08-09.
  6. ^ a b Laruelle, Marlene (2021). Central Peripheries: Nationhood in Central Asia (PDF). UCL Press. p. 107.
  7. ^ "Kyrgyzstan Honored Scientist Rakhat Achylova dies at age of 74". akipress.com. Retrieved 2021-08-09.
  8. ^ "Ala-Too International University". alatoo.edu.kg. Retrieved 2021-08-09.
  9. ^ "Beishenaly Nazik". CABAR.asia. 2018-05-25. Retrieved 2021-08-09.
  10. ^ Political culture and civil society in Russia and the new states of Eurasia. Vladimir Tismaneanu. Armonk, N.Y.: M.E. Sharpe. 1995. ISBN 1-56324-364-4. OCLC 32467734.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link)
  11. ^ Ачылова, Рахат (1987). Нация и семья (in Russian). Izd-vo "Ilim".
  12. ^ Carter, Stephen K. (1996). "Review of Striving for Law in a Lawless Land. Memoirs of a Russian Reformer". Europe-Asia Studies. 48 (8): 1426–1428. ISSN 0966-8136. JSTOR 152791.
  13. ^ Everett-Heath, Tom (2003-12-08). Central Asia: Aspects of Transition. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-135-79822-2.
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