December 16, Sukhum. The President of the Republic of Abkhazia Raul Khadzhimba participated in the conference dedicated to the memory of Arseny Konstantinovich Khashba.
The conference was conducted in the conference-hall of Abkhazian institute of humanitarian studies n.a. D.I. Gulia of the Academy of Sciences of Abkhazia and was dedicated to 110th anniversary of an eminent linguist, Abkhazian language scientist, first director of the Abkhaz scientific and research institute of local area study Arseniy Khashba. Within the framework of the conference, where the representatives of scientific intellegentsia were present, the presentation of a republished anthology “Abkhazian fairytales” of 1935 took place. This book was firstly published under editorship of A.K.Khashba and V.I.Kukba – first Abkhazian professional linguists.