Gaygysyz Atabayev

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
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

Biography

He 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

• Russian Wikipedia – Атабаев, Кайгисыз Сердарович
• Turkmen Wikipedia – Gaýgysyz Atabaýew

References

1. Atabaev, Kaigysyz Serdarovich // Great Soviet Encyclopedia : in 66 volumes (65 volumes and 1 additional) / Ch. ed. O. Yu. Schmidt . – M .: Soviet Encyclopedia , 1926–1947.
2. 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

• Атабаев Кайгисыз Сердарович // Большая советская энциклопедия : в 66 т. (65 т. и 1 доп.) / гл. ред. О. Ю. Шмидт. — Москва : Советская энциклопедия, 1926—1947.

Preceded by New office

Prime Minister of Turkmenistan February 1925 – July 1937

Succeeded by Aitbay Khudaybergenov