Mullanur Waxitov
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Mullanur Mullacan ulı Waxitov Mullanur Waxitov (Tatar Cyrillic and , muˌlɑˈnur wʌˈçitəf), also spelled Vakhitov (10 August 1885 - 1918) was a Tatar revolutionary active in the Russian Revolution.
Born in Kazan
, he entered secondary school run by Social Democrats there in 1899. He participated in the 1905 revolutionary events and in 1906 he joined a Marxist study circle. In 1907 he entered economical department of St Petersburg Polytechnic Institute, moving onto the law department of St Petersburg Psychoneurological Institute
in 1912. Here he met Vladimir Bekhterev
, Mikhail Frunze
, Yakov Gamarnik
, Larisa Reisner. At this time he organised a study circle for Muslim
students. By April 1917 he was back in Kazan where got involved in the Muslim Socialist Committee
(MSK), which was influenced by the Communist Party
in Kazan. He was an editor Qızıl Bayraq.
In October 1917 Waxitov became a member of Kazan VRK. In January 1918, he was appointed commissar of Central Muslim Commissariat
of Narkomnats
(People's Commissariat on Nationalities) and a chairman of Central Military collegium attached to People's Commissariat of Military and Navy affairs. In August 1918 he fought in the defence Kazan
from attack by Czechoslovak Legion forces. However he was captured and hanged.
Waxitov had never been a member of the Communist Party, (as the Bolsheviks were known following their 7th Congress
).
Born in Kazan
Kazan
Kazan is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Tatarstan, Russia. With a population of 1,143,546 , it is the eighth most populous city in Russia. Kazan lies at the confluence of the Volga and Kazanka Rivers in European Russia. In April 2009, the Russian Patent Office granted Kazan the...
, he entered secondary school run by Social Democrats there in 1899. He participated in the 1905 revolutionary events and in 1906 he joined a Marxist study circle. In 1907 he entered economical department of St Petersburg Polytechnic Institute, moving onto the law department of St Petersburg Psychoneurological Institute
Saint Petersburg State Medical Academy
The St. Petersburg I. I. Mechnikov State Medical Academy is a public university located in St. Petersburg, Russian Federation. The SPSMA is one of the oldest and largest Russian Higher Medical Schools. Over its 100 years of history, the Academy remains a leading institution of Russia in medicine...
in 1912. Here he met Vladimir Bekhterev
Vladimir Bekhterev
Vladimir Mikhailovich Bekhterev was a Russian Neurologist and the Father of Objective Psychology. He is best known for noting the role of the hippocampus in memory, his study of reflexes, and Bekhterev’s Disease...
, Mikhail Frunze
Mikhail Frunze
Mikhail Vasilyevich Frunze was a Bolshevik leader during and just prior to the Russian Revolution of 1917.-Life and Political Activity:Frunze was born in Bishkek, then a small Imperial Russian garrison town in the Kyrgyz part of Turkestan, to a Moldovan medical practitioner and his Russian wife...
, Yakov Gamarnik
Yakov Gamarnik
Jankel Borysovych Pukhdykovych , better known as Jan Gamarnik or Yakov Gamarnik was a Soviet politician of Jewish ethnicity.-Biography:...
, Larisa Reisner. At this time he organised a study circle for Muslim
Muslim
A Muslim, also spelled Moslem, is an adherent of Islam, a monotheistic, Abrahamic religion based on the Quran, which Muslims consider the verbatim word of God as revealed to prophet Muhammad. "Muslim" is the Arabic term for "submitter" .Muslims believe that God is one and incomparable...
students. By April 1917 he was back in Kazan where got involved in the Muslim Socialist Committee
Muslim Socialist Committee of Kazan
Muslim Socialist Committee of Kazan was an organization which existed briefly in Kazan during the Russian Revolution.It was the best known of a number of Muslim Socialist Committees set up between February and April 1917...
(MSK), which was influenced by the Communist Party
Communist party
A political party described as a Communist party includes those that advocate the application of the social principles of communism through a communist form of government...
in Kazan. He was an editor Qızıl Bayraq.
In October 1917 Waxitov became a member of Kazan VRK. In January 1918, he was appointed commissar of Central Muslim Commissariat
Muskom
Muskom was the Central Commissariat of Muslim affairs in Inner Russia and Siberia set up by the Bolsheviks in January 1918 as part of Narkomnats Mullanur Waxitov was appointed as chair, although he was not a member of the Communist Party. Mirsäyet Soltanğäliev served as the representative of the...
of Narkomnats
Narkomnats
People's Commissariat of Nationalities was the Government of the Soviet Union body set up to deal with non-Russian nationalities...
(People's Commissariat on Nationalities) and a chairman of Central Military collegium attached to People's Commissariat of Military and Navy affairs. In August 1918 he fought in the defence Kazan
Kazan Operation
Kazan Operation was the Red Army's offensive against the Czechoslovak Legion and the People Army of Komuch during the Russian Civil War.- Background :...
from attack by Czechoslovak Legion forces. However he was captured and hanged.
Waxitov had never been a member of the Communist Party, (as the Bolsheviks were known following their 7th Congress
7th Congress of the Russian Communist Party (b)
The 7th Congress of the RSDLP is also known as the Extraordinary 7th Congress of the RCP was held during 6-8 March 1918...
).