Background
Butaev, Kazbek was born on December 4, 1893.
Butaev, Kazbek was born on December 4, 1893.
Studied at the Institute of Red Professors, 1925-1929. Studied at the Institute of Red Professors, 1925-1929.
Active in the communist takeover in the North Caucasus, secretary of the Mountaineers Party Committee, commissar of a partisan division. Subsequently in senior planning posts. In 1931-1934, professor of the Institute of Red Professors, and editor of the magazine Problemy ekonomiki.
First secretary of the North Ossetia party obkom, 1934-1936.