This official correspondence from the Ministry of Education and Science of the Karachay-Cherkess Republic, dated August 27, 2002, addresses an inquiry by State Duma Deputy Sergey Kovalyov regarding the educational records of Achemez Shagabanovich Gochiyayev. Gochiyayev was a primary suspect in the 1999 apartment bombings, and this inquiry is part of the work of the independent Kovalev Commission. The document details Gochiyayev's attendance at secondary school No. 3 in Karachayevsk from the 1977-1978 academic year through his graduation in June 1987. It provides biographical data including his birth date of September 28, 1970, his mother's name and workplace, and a specific disciplinary incident in his final year involving alcohol consumption during a school field trip. The document serves to verify the personal background and identity of a key fugitive in the bombing investigation.