Culture
Anufriev Alexander Zakharovich (12.09.1923-04.05.2002) – a journalist, an editor, a party worker. Born in the village of Mokhcha. He was a correspondent for the newspaper Za novyj sever (For the New North). The head of the department of the newspaper Krasnoye znamya (Red Banner). In 1966-1971 he was the chief editor of the newspaper Krasnoye znamya. In 1974-1986 he was an instructor of the Komi Regional Committee of the CPSU. The deputy of the Supreme Soviet of the Komi ASSR (in 1966-1970), the chairman of the board of the Union of Journalists of the Komi ASSR (in 1966-1970). The Honored Worker of Culture of the RSFSR (1968). The source: Encyclopedia of the Komi Republic, Vol. 3, p. 358.
Arteev Sergey Alexandrovich (22.07.1935 – 03.01.2003) – a cultural worker, a composer, a poet. Born in the village of Varysh. He wrote the songs Izhma, my joy, Miss Olympics in honor of R. P. Smetanina, Izhma Shawl. The source.
Valeev Grigory Nikiforovich (Gora Grisha) (1878-1980) – a famous Komi storyteller, the Kolva Yaran. He did not speak either Russian or Nenets. Born in Bolshezemelskaya tundra. The performer of the works of the Izhma Kolva epos, preferred a song form of performance with prosaic commentary on individual episodes. The most famous songs are The Master of the Kercha river, A Trip to Bolshoy Obdorsk, Seven-Year-Old Boy and others. The source: Encyclopedia of the Komi Republic, Vol. 1, p. 285.
Vokuev Fyodor Petrovich (01.01.1950-21.10.2000) – a poet, a composer. Born in the village of Kelchiyur. A graduate of the Naryan-Mar Pedagogical School, the Leningrad Electromechanical Institute of Communications. He worked as a music worker in the Ust-Izhma school, in the kindergartens of Kelchiyur and Maloye Galovo kindergartens. The author of over 20 children’s songs, children’s musical fairy tales, several songs for adults. Author of the collection Tilgo lov pytshkyn … (2000). Founder of the first folklore group in the village of Kelchiyur, which received recognition throughout Izhemsky district. The source, the source.
Rochev Vasily Prokopyevich (28.06.1952) – the People’s Artist of the Komi Republic. Born in the village of Nyashabozh. A graduate of the vocal department of the Syktyvkar Musical College, he sang in the state ensemble Asya kya, in the republican musical theater, worked in the Komi Philharmonic. In 1995 he created his own ensemble Meli shiyas (Favorite melodies). Over the years of its existence, the ensemble has compiled 25 concert programs with performances in the villages and cities of the Komi Republic, in Moscow, Finland, Germany. The Honored Worker of the Komi Republic. For many years Rochev headed the Center of Folk Culture of the Izvatas in Syktyvkar. The cultural and leisure institution has its own song ensemble Izhma, created by the director of the Center. The source. Источник.
Savenko Olga Nikolaevna (11.09.1956) – a TV journalist, the head of the thematic broadcasting service of the State TV and Radio Company “Komi Gor”. A native of Ust-Lyzha in Pechorsky district. The laureate of the State Prize of the Komi Republic for the creation of a series of films about the national and cultural traditions of the Komi people and the State Prize of the Government of the Komi Republic for the creation of a series of television programs “The Finno-Ugric World”, the laureate of all-Russian and international television festivals and competitions. The Honored Worker of the Komi Republic, the Honored Worker of Culture of the Russian Federation. The source: Encyclopedia of the Komi Republic, Vol. 3, p. 10.