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 | (1887-10-00)October , 1887 Tejen Uyezd Transcaspian Oblast,Russian Empire |
| Died | 10 February 1938(1938-02-10) (aged 50) Moscow,RSFSR,Soviet Union |
| Cause of death | Execution |
| Political party | Communist Party of Turkmenistan |
| Alma mater | Tashkent Teachers Seminary |
Gaygysyz Atabayev (Turkmen:Gaýgysyz Serdarowyç Atabaýew) (October 1887 – 10 February 1938) was aTurkmenSoviet politician. He was born inTranscaspian Oblast. He was the first prime minister of theTurkmen Soviet Socialist Republic.[1]
He was born in the village of Mäne ofTejen 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 wasorphaned. 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 ofMerv uyezd, headed a first class school inBaherden, was the translator for the head ofTejen 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 theLeft Socialist Revolutionary Party.
Between September 1920 and 1922, he was chairman of the Council of People's Commissars of theTurkestan Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic. Between February 1925 and July 1937, he was Prime Minister of theTurkmen Soviet Socialist Republic.
He was removed from office and executed during theGreat Purge.
| Preceded by New office | Prime Minister of Turkmenistan February 1925 – July 1937 | Succeeded by |
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