Gaygysyz Atabayev (Turkmen: Gaýgysyz Serdarowyç Atabaýew) (October 1887 – 10 February 1938) was a Turkmen Soviet politician. He was born in Transcaspian Oblast. He was the first prime minister of the Turkmen Soviet Socialist Republic.[1]
Gaýgysyz Serdarowyç Atabaýew | |
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| 1st Chairman of the People's Commissars of Turkmenistan | |
| Preceded by | office established |
| Succeeded by | Aýtbaý Hudaýbergenov |
| Personal details | |
| Born | October , 1887 Tejen Uyezd Transcaspian Oblast, Russian Empire |
| Died | 10 February 1938 (aged 50) Moscow, RSFSR, Soviet Union |
| Cause of death | Execution |
| Political party | Communist Party of Turkmenistan |
| Alma mater | Tashkent Teachers Seminary |
Biography
editHe was born in the village of Mäne of Tejen uyezd of the Trans-Caspian region. His father, Täçgök, was the leader of the village of Serdar and a prosperous miller; his mother was the daughter of an Afghan vizier (later, Atabayev never concealed his "non-proletarian" origin). By the age of 6 he was orphaned. He graduated from a second-class Russian-native school[2] in Tejen (1899–1903), and then the Tashkent Teacher's Seminary (1903–07). In 1908 he took the surname Atabayev in honor of his seminar classmate and friend M. Atabayev.
He taught at the workers technical school of Merv uyezd, headed a first class school in Baherden, was the translator for the head of Tejen District, and served in the office of the Merv Bank. He collaborated with the first Bolshevik government of the Transcaspian region. In 1918 he joined the Left Socialist Revolutionary Party.
Between September 1920 and 1922, he was chairman of the Council of People's Commissars of the Turkestan Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic. Between February 1925 and July 1937, he was Prime Minister of the Turkmen Soviet Socialist Republic.
He was removed from office and executed during the Great Purge.
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Atabaev, Kaigysyz Serdarovich // Great Soviet Encyclopedia : in 66 volumes (65 volumes and 1 additional) / Ch. ed. O. Yu. Schmidt . – M .: Soviet Encyclopedia , 1926–1947.
- ^ ВТОРОКЛАССНЫЕ ШКОЛЫ В РОССИЙСКОЙ ИМПЕРИИ В КОНЦЕ XIX – НАЧАЛЕ XX ВВ. (in Russian), Российская академия естествознания, retrieved 22 January 2023 A second-class school was a three-year primary school sponsored by the Russian Orthodox Church to prepare teachers able to bring basic literacy to the peasantry.
Bibliography
edit- Атабаев Кайгисыз Сердарович // Большая советская энциклопедия : в 66 т. (65 т. и 1 доп.) / гл. ред. О. Ю. Шмидт. — Москва : Советская энциклопедия, 1926—1947.