Torez Kulumbegov
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Torez Kulumbegov (born September 2, 1938 and died October 1, 2006), was a political leader of Georgia's territory of South Ossetia, a former Soviet Autonomous Oblast which unilaterally elevated its status to Republic in 1990 and declared its independence from Georgia in 1991. Kulumbegov ruled as chairman of the Presidium of the South Ossetian Supreme Soviet, i. e., head of the self-proclaimed Republic, from 1992 to 1993.