Eldar Kaisynovich Kouliev (born December 31, 1951) is a Soviet film director

Film director

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 and screenwriter

Screenwriter

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. He was born in Frunze while Deportation

Deportation

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 of the Balkars

Balkars

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 to Kyrgyzstan

Kyrgyzstan

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 and Kazakhstan

Kazakhstan

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 by the order of Stalin to the family of Kaisyn Kuliev

Qaysin Quli

Kaisyn Shuvayevich Kuliev aka Kaisyn Kuliev, or Qaysin Quli was a Balkar poet. He wrote in the Karachay-Balkar language and his poems are widely translated mostly to USSR languages, such as Russian, Ossetian and to many others languages all around the world.-Biography:Kaisyn Kuliev was born on...

, an acclaimed Balkar poet. His younger brother Alim Kouliev

Alim Kouliev

Alim Kaisynovich Kouliev is a Russian-American actor and director. Kouliev was born in Nalchik — a small city in USSR. His father was the Balkar poet Kaisyn Kuliev. His elder brother Eldar Kuliev is a Russian film director and a screenwriter, living in Moscow. His younger brother Azamat Kuliev...

 is a Russian-American actor

Actor

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 living and working in Hollywood. His youngest brother Azamat Kuliev

Azamat Kuliev

Azamat Kaisynovich Kouliev is a Russian artist. Kouliev was born in Nalchik – a capital of Kabardino-Balkaria – to the family of Balkar poet Kaisyn Kuliev. His elder brother Alim Kouliev is a Russian-American actor living and working in Hollywood. His eldest brother Eldar Kuliev is a Russian...

 is a Russian

Russians

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 painter

Painting

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 living and working in Istanbul

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, Turkey

Turkey

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Eldar Kuliev graduated from directing class of Aleksandr Zguridy at the All-Union State Institute of Cinematography (VGIK) in Moscow

Moscow

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. He was married to a Russian poet

Poet

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 Bella Akhmadulina. From that marriage they have a daughter Elizaveta Kulieva, a Russian poet. He is a writer of original script

Teleplay

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 for the TV miniseries

Miniseries

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  The Wounded Stones, named after his father's poetry book and developed at Dovzhenko Film Studios(USSR) in 1987. His novel

Novel

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 The Farewell Look, written in Russian, was translated to Balkar language and published in literary magazine

Literary magazine

A literary magazine is a periodical devoted to literature in a broad sense. Literary magazines usually publish short stories, poetry and essays along with literary criticism, book reviews, biographical profiles of authors, interviews and letters...

 Mingitau in Nalchik

Nalchik

Nalchik is the capital city of the Kabardino-Balkar Republic, Russia, situated at an altitude of in the foothills of the Caucasus Mountains; about northwest of Beslan in the Republic of North Ossetia–Alania. It covers an area of...

. He could not publish any other novel or accomplish any film project in the USSR.
Although Soviet Union collapsed in 1991. Kouliev could not continue his career as a result of a car accident and a subsequent serious illness. Currently, he is living in Moscow

Moscow

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External links

• Robert Conquest, The Nation Killers: The Soviet Deportation of Nationalities (London: MacMillan, 1970) (ISBN 0-333-10575-3)