Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Khozh-Akhmed Bersanov (born April 12, 1926 in Shami-Yurt, Chechnya) is a famous Chechen ethnographer and author noted for his efforts to preserve Chechen culture throughout the 20th century. Bersanov served as the head of the Chechen-Ingush Ministry of Culture for nearly forty years, and his prolific writings edified moral responsibility and ethics in Chechen culture. Khozh-Akhmed Bersanov was born in the village of Shami-Yurt to Chechen parents. His father died at the age of five, leaving his mother to struggle to raise her four children. Nevertheless, Bersanov was regarded as intellectual youth among his community he had advanced two grades within one academic year at the boarding school in the nearby village of Sernovodsk and was often seen as wise and helpful.