Yuldash Akhunbabaev | |
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| Yoʻldosh Oxunboboyev (Uzbek) Юлдаш Ахунбабаев (Russian) | |
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| Chairman of the Presidium of theSupreme Soviet of the Uzbek SSR | |
| In office 21 July 1938 – 28 February 1943 | |
| Preceded by | Usman Yusupov (as Chairman of the Supreme Soviet) |
| Succeeded by | Abduvali Muminov |
| Chairman of theCentral Executive Committee of the Uzbek SSR | |
| In office 17 February 1925 – 19 July 1938 | |
| Preceded by | Office established |
| Succeeded by | Office abolished |
| Chairman of theMargilan branch of theKoshchi Peasant Union | |
| In office November 1917 – 17 February 1925 | |
| Preceded by | Office established |
| Succeeded by | Office abolished |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Yuldash Akhunbaba ogli 13 July 1885 |
| Died | 28 February 1943(1943-02-28) (aged 57) |
| Party | CPSU |
| Awards |   |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance |  Soviet Union |
| Branch/service | .svg) Workers' and Peasants' Red Army |
| Years of service | 1925–1938 |
| Battles/wars | Basmachi Revolt |
Yuldash Akhunbabaevich Akhunbabaev (Uzbek:Yoʻldosh Oxunboboyevich Oxunboboyev;Russian: Юлдаш Ахунбабаевич Ахунбабаев; 13 July 1885 – 28 February 1943) was aSovietUzbek politician, revolutionary, and communist activist who was one of the founding fathers of theUzbek Soviet Socialist Republic.[1]
An ethnicUzbek andUyghur,[2] Yuldash Akhunbabaev was born near the city ofMargilan in a village called Dzhuybazar inRussian Turkestan. He was born into a poor peasant family and began to work as a farmworker for a large landowner from the age of nine.[3] After his father's death in 1901, he began working at a ginnery inMargilan. Soon after in 1904, he left forUzgen and worked there as a laborer and handyman until 1914. Due to his situation, he was unable to receive a proper education and was illiterate and did not speakRussian very well.[4]
In 1914, Akhunbabaev returned to Margilan and joined anti-Russian and anti-monarchist movements in the area. He later took part in theCentral Asian revolt of 1916. As a result, he was arrested by theOkhrana, which was theTsarist secret police force, and was imprisoned for two months. He was a supporter of theFebruary Revolution, but later supported theOctober Revolution and became pro-Bolshevik.[5] After the formation of the Turkestan Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic, he was appointed as the Chairman of theMargilan branch of theKoshchi Peasant Union.[6]
Akhunbabaev officially joined theCommunist Party in May 1921.[7] He actively fought against theBasmachi movement and its supporters, calling the supporters of the movement "a traitor to the people and the motherland."[8]
Yuldash Akhunbabaev took part in theNational delimitation in the Soviet Union, becoming one of the founding fathers of theUzbek Soviet Socialist Republic. In February 1925, he was a delegate to the First Constituent Congress of theCommunist Party of Uzbekistan. At this congress, Akhunbabaev was elected a member of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Uzbekistan and a member of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Uzbekistan.[9] On top of that, he was elected as the Chairman of the Presidium of theCentral Executive Committee of the Uzbek SSR, becoming the de facto head of state of theUzbek SSR. He served as the Chairman of the Presidium of the Central Executive Committee of the Uzbek SSR until July 19, 1938, when the Central Executive Committee of the Uzbek SSR was dissolved and replaced with theSupreme Soviet of the Uzbek SSR.[10] On July 21, 1938, he became the first Chairman of the Presidium of theSupreme Soviet of the Uzbek SSR, partially succeeding himself andUsman Yusupov as the head of theUzbek SSR. He held the position of Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the Uzbek SSR until his death in 1943. He was also a deputy of theSupreme Soviet of the Soviet Union from 1937 until his death.
He often met and spoke withJoseph Stalin and other representatives of leadership in theSoviet Union. Although he did not directly participate in theGreat Patriotic War, Akhunbabaev mobilized the entire labor force of theUzbek SSR for rear support in the war. He also sent thousands of wagons loaded with flour, oil, fabrics, wool, metals, and other useful items to the front, using railways.[11]
Yuldash Akhunbabaev died on 28 February 1943 inTashkent,Uzbek SSR,Soviet Union.[12][13] He managed to stay alive and unharmed during theGreat Purge, despite the fact that he was a first generation Uzbek Communist, which increased the chances of being purged. The reason for Akhunbabaev's death is a subject of debate, with there still being no reliable sources that explain the cause of his death. He is buried at theChigatai Cemetery.[14]
There is a memorial museum dedicated to Yuldash Akhunbabaev inTashkent,Uzbekistan. The memorial museum is located in a one-story mansion where Akhunbabaev lived from 1938 to 1943.[17] There is also a theater in theAndijan Region, a theater in Tashkent, and a hardware factory in Tashkent named after him. There used to be a monument to Akhunbabaev inSamarkand, but was demolished after the independence of Uzbekistan in 1991. Another monument of him used to be inAngren, but was demolished sometime between 2016 and 2017.[18]