Monument of Aslan Daurov - author of republican hymn  - opened in Cherkessk

The solemn opening of the monument devoted to composer Aslan Daurov, the author of the hymn of Karachaevo-Circassia, took place on Friday in Cherkessk. As the correspondent of "Interfax-South" agency informed, the monument’s opening was dated for the 65th anniversary of the date of A.Daurov's birth.

"Aslan Daurov - a composer, musician, conductor, musicologist and the public figure - had left a great trace in history of art of the republic. Unfortunately, a heavy illness took him away from us before his time", - KCR president Mustafa Batdyev, present at the opening of the monument told.

The monument was fixed at the main entrance in the republican school of culture and arts of the name of A.Daurov who headed it for many years. This year the school also marks its 45th anniversary of the date of the foundation.

Interfax-South