Fariza Vagabovna Magomadova (Chechen: Фариза Вагабовна Магомадова) (born April 4, 1925 in Chechnya) is a former Chechen boarding school director and teacher who pioneered efforts for female education in the North Caucasus. Fariza has been awarded the Order of Lenin for her efforts in spreading secondary education, particularly for young women, in the Chechen-Ingush ASSR.
Fariza Magomadova was born on April 4, 1925 to Chechen parents. She graduate...
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Fariza Vagabovna Magomadova (Chechen: Фариза Вагабовна Магомадова) (born April 4, 1925 in Chechnya) is a former Chechen boarding school director and teacher who pioneered efforts for female education in the North Caucasus. Fariza has been awarded the Order of Lenin for her efforts in spreading secondary education, particularly for young women, in the Chechen-Ingush ASSR.
Fariza Magomadova was born on April 4, 1925 to Chechen parents. She graduated from High School No. 2 in Grozny, the Chechen capital, and attended college in Tashkent (Stalin had ordered the deportation of the Chechens and Ingush to Central Asia on February 23, 1944). After graduation Magomadova worked as a mathematics and physics teacher at a secondary school, and she served as deputy director of High School No. 31 in Grozny.
On August 15, 1959 Magomadova opened School No. 15, a boarding school for girls, on Revolution Prospekt in Grozny. At a time when parents were reluctant to allow their daughters to be educated,...
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