Kaikhaziz Atabayev

Kaikhaziz Atabayev (October 1887 – 10 February 1938) also spelled Gaýgysyz Atabaýew, was a Soviet politician. He was born in Transcaspian Oblast. He was the 1st Prime Minister of the Turkmen Soviet Socialist Republic (modern Turkmenistan).

Kaikhaziz Atabayev
1st Chairman of the People's Commisars of Turkmenistan
Preceded byoffice established
Succeeded byAitbay Khudaybergenov
Personal details
Born(1887-10-00)October , 1887
Tedzhensky Uyezd
Transcaspian Oblast, Russian Empire
Died10 February 1938(1938-02-10) (aged 50)
Moscow, RSFSR
Cause of deathExecution
Political partyCommunist Party of Turkmenistan

Biography

He was born in the village of Mean of Tedzhensky Uyezd of the Trans-Caspian region. His father, Touch Geok was the leader of the village of Serdar, a prosperous miller, and his mother is the daughter of an Afghan vizier (later, Atabaev never concealed his "non-proletarian" origin). By the age of 6 he was orphan. He graduated from a 2-class Russian-native school in Tejen, a 2-class Tejensk Russian-native town school (1899-1903), and a Tashkent teacher's seminary (1903-07). In 1908 he took the surname Atabaev - on behalf of the seminar friend M. Atabaev.

He taught at the RTSh Mervsky district, headed a one-class school in the village of Bakharden, was the translator of the head of the Tejensky district, serving in the office of the Merv Bank. He collaborated with the first Bolshevik government of the Transcaspian region. Since 1918 he a member of the Left Socialist Revolutionary Party.

Between September 1920 and 1922, he was the 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.

Preceded by
New office		 Prime Minister of Turkmenistan
February 1925 – July 1937		 Succeeded by
Aitbay Khudaybergenov

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