About Rina Zaripova
Rina Zaripova (Tatar: Rina Bayan qızı Zarifova; 12 (19) March 1941 – 10 January 2008) was a Tatar journalist, translator, teacher, Merited Culture Worker of Tatarstan Republic (1995), and prizewinner of the competition for journalists "Bällür qäläm", or "Crystal pen" (2001). In 1973–2002, she worked as letters department manager in the newspaper "Tatarstan yäşläre", or "Youth of Tatarstan". Her articles cover a wide range of issues related to the problems of morality, upbringing, family, etc. For the first time, Rina Zaripova discovered the "Serdäş", or "Confidante" section of the newspaper "Tatarstan yäşläre" through her students from the village Tatar Saralanı. In 2005, she was awarded the medal "In Commemoration of the 1000th Anniversary of Kazan".
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