Career
Kulumbegov ruled as chairman of the Presidium of the South Ossetian Supreme Council, i. est, head of the self-proclaimed Republic, from December 1991 to September 1993. Before this event, he was held prisoner by Georgian police in Tblisi from 29 January 1991 until January 1992. Kulumbegov died in Moscow on 1 October 2006 after a serious illness.
He was buried in Tskhinvali.