On September 23, a general meeting of the Chechen Regional Branch of the All-Russian Sports Federation of Sports of the Deaf was held, attended by the Federation President Dmitry Rebrov and First Vice-President Vyacheslav Yershov. The main topic of the meeting was the termination of powers of the current leadership and the election of a new chairman, board, and audit commission for the regional branch of the Federation.

As a result of the voting, Muslim Gishayev was elected as the new chairman of the Chechen Regional Branch. A new board was also formed, including: Tamirlan Obrugov, Visam Umarov, Umar Khizirov, and Ruslan Gunashev. Kazbek Latipov became the auditor of the Chechen Regional Branch of the Federation.

During his visit to Grozny, the President of the All-Russian Sports Federation of Sports of the Deaf, Dmitry Rebrov, visited the "Special (Correctional) General Education Boarding School for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing." Accompanied by the chairman of the regional branch, Muslim Gishayev, Dmitry Rebrov held a meeting with the school director, Aishat Hashumova, and representatives of the school administration. During the visit, the director gave a tour of the school's two floors and the gym.

Dmitry Rebrov graduated from this school in 1992, although it was already destroyed by then. The new building of the boarding school was commissioned in 2008. In three years, the school for the deaf and hard of hearing will celebrate its 100^th anniversary. The President of the All-Russian Sports Federation of Sports of the Deaf presented the school with the first volume of the history of deaf sports.

Text: Maria Mazhenina

Photo: Sofya Rumyantseva

Translation: Daria Kudelina