Albert Razin

Albert Alexeyevich Razin (Udmurt: Альберт Алексеевич Разин, dem born am 12 June 1940 – he die 10 September 2019) na he be Udmurt language rights activist den Neopaganist wey na she dey commit traditional self-immolation (tipshar) insyd de centre of Izhevsk as act of protest against de language policy of de Russian federal government den de Russification of de Udmurt people.

 Ein Biography 
Dem born Albert Razin for sam peasant family insyd Alnashsky District of de Republic of Udmurtia.

Insyd 1962, wey he graduate from de Udmurt State Pedagogical University. He later cam turn Candidate of Sciences insyd philosophy. Insyd de early 1990s, Razin lead sam institute for Udmurt State University.

Na Razin be activist of de Udmurt national movement wey na he actively dey engage insyd de protection of de Udmurt language. Together plus other activists, he issue numerous formal protests against de Russification policies of de federal government, such as de cancellation of obligatory teaching of minority languages for schools. Na sana know am as active revivalist of Udmurt traditions den Udmurt neopaganism.

 Ein Self-immolation 
Insyd 10 September 2019, Albert Razin cam out for de front of de State Council of Udmurtia wey dey de Udmurt capital city of Izhevsk together plus ein fellow Udmurt language activist Andrey Perevozchikov. Na Razin dey hold two posters wey dem rep for Russian language insyd, wey one dey talk say "If my language die morow, then I make ready say ago die today - (If my language dies tomorrow, then I'm ready to die today)" (sam quote from Rasul Gamzatov, sam Avar poet) den "I get Poppyland anaa? - (Do I have a Fatherland?)". He then put ein body for petrol insyd wey he set ein body for fire top. Na Perevozchikov be unaware of Razin ein intentions, attempt say he go off de flames plus fire extinguisher from de Council building, but na de extinguisher be faulty. Dem take Razin go hospital insyd sam critical condition, plus burns wey be nearly 100 percent of ein body, wey he die several hours later.

De Udmurt State Council postpone demma session secof de incident.

Linguistic rights activists from several regions of Russia (Chuvashia, Bashkortostan den others) as well as academics den officials from Finland den Estonia den Human Rights Watch express dema solidarity plus Razin ein demands.

 Ein Family 
Na Razin get wifey den 18-year-old daughter.

 References 
Category:Language activists
Category:Anti-Russification activists
Category:1940 births
Category:2019 deaths
Category:2019 suicides
Category:Russian modern pagans
Category:Russian activists
Category:Russian ethnographers
Category:21st-century Russian philosophers
Category:20th-century Russian philosophers
Category:Russian sociologists
Category:Udmurt people
Category:Suicides insyd Russia
Category:Suicides by self-immolation