Muhadin Kishev
Early life
Early life
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Kishev was born in 1939 in the village of [Chegem](/wiki/Chegem "Chegem") II, near [Nalchik](/wiki/Nalchik "Nalchik"), the capital of [Kabardino\-Balkaria](/wiki/Kabardino-Balkaria "Kabardino-Balkaria") in the [Caucasus](/wiki/Caucasus "Caucasus"), in the former Soviet Union. His father, Ismail Hazhretovich Kishev perished in the [Battle of Stalingrad](/wiki/Battle_of_Stalingrad "Battle of Stalingrad") in 1943\. His mother Marusya Isufovna Kisheva, brought him up alone in the difficult post\-war years and supported him in his dream of becoming an artist. His first exhibition was of literary portraits (Dostoevsky, Gogol and others) and took place in the school library at the age of eleven organised by the librarian Zoya Elgarova. At the age of thirteen he joined the Art Club run by Andrei Lukich Tkachenko in the House of Pioneers in [Nalchik](/wiki/Nalchik "Nalchik") and every Sunday walked the fourteen kilometres from his home to the capital. This prepared him to study at the State University of [Krasnodar](/wiki/Krasnodar "Krasnodar") from which he graduated with a First Class Diploma in Graphic Arts. At the same time Kishev was awarded the medal for acrobatic aviation at the [Enem](/wiki/Enem_%28urban-type_settlement%29 "Enem (urban-type settlement)") Aviation Club in [Krasnodar](/wiki/Krasnodar "Krasnodar"), so completing his Military service.Котлярова М.А., Котляров В.Н. Ладони протяни к огню души моей... Нальчик, 2002\. 2\-е изд. 2004\. (Russian).


Why did Kishev have to walk 14 kilometers every Sunday?