Shamurzina Reiya Sultanovna (1931),
Doctor of Philological Sciences (1995)
Kyrgyz. Born in Frunze.
Graduated from Leningrad State University (Leningrad, 1954), and completed her postgraduate studies there (1963).
Worked as a lecturer, senior lecturer at KJPI, senior lecturer, associate professor, research fellow, and since 1995 - professor at KGNU.
Specialist in the history of Russian literature of the 20th century.
Awarded the Order of the Badge of Honor (1982), Honorary Certificate of the Supreme Council of the Kyrgyz SSR (1979), and the USSR medal (1985).
Published more than 40 scientific works.
Main works:
1. A Reading Book for the Russian Language in Kyrgyz Schools (co-authored). Frunze, 1958.
2. Modern Kyrgyz Prose. Frunze, 1985.
3. The Works of Chinghiz Aitmatov. Frunze, 1982.
4. Modern Soviet Novella. Problems of Historicism. Bishkek, 1994.
5. The Dynamics of Artistic Search in the Prose of L. Petrushevskaya. Bishkek, 2002.