Scholar Rabiga Afzalovna Khakimova: Academic Work and Life Path

• Main Author: Khalida Z. Bagautdinova
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Tatarstan Academy of Sciences, Marjani Institute of History 2021-04-01
• Series: Историческая этнология
• Subjects: khakimova rabiga afzalovna; autobiography; department of the tatar language and literature
• Online Access: https://historicalethnology.org/news/en-2021-t6-n1-11/

The article highlights the life and scientific and pedagogical work of the outstand-ing Tatar linguist, associate professor, founder of the department of the Tatar Lan-guage and Literature of Kazan State University, Khakimova Rabiga Afzalovna. R.A. Kha¬kimova worked her way up from a rural teacher to an associate professor at uni-versity. For many years of work she was awarded with medals and signs of honour. She knew German, Russian, Bashkir and Tatar languages well, as well as she could also communicate in Kazakh and Kyrgyz. R.A. Khakimova completed her postgraduate studies at the Institute of Linguistics of the USSR Academy of Sciences in Moscow and defended her Ph.D. thesis. The article provides a list of some of the published academic works of the scholar. Khakimova Rabiga Afzalovna was actively involved in the politi-cal work, due to which she had to receive reprimands. All of that became an obstacle to a happy family life. The article also analyzes the work of the Tatar Language and Literature Depart-ment in the period from 1944 to 1951. An excerpt from the work of Professor Khatip Guzman “Formation of a new specialty”, which has been kept in the N.I. Lobachevsky library of Kazan University, provides information about the teachers who worked du-ring those years, as well as about the students. On May 9, 1951 R.A. Khakimova was dismissed for health grounds. Unfortunate-ly, the obstacles that arose in the scholar’s life left their mark: Rabiga Afzalovna’s health deteriorated dramatically, which caused her sudden death.