Shoqan Walikhanov
Kazakh ethnographer (1835–1865) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Shokan Shyngysuly Walikhanov (Kazakh: Шоқан Шыңғысұлы Уәлихан, romanized: Shoqan Shyñğysūly Uälikhan, Russian: Чокан Чингисович Валиханов), given name Mukhammed Kanafiya (Kazakh: Мұхаммед Қанафия, romanized: Mūkhammed Qanafiya)[nb 1] (November 1835 – April 10, 1865) was a Kazakh scholar, ethnographer, historian and participant in the Great Game. His reputation "as the father of modern Kazakh history and ethnography" is recorded in the Historical Dictionary of Kazakhstan.[1] The Kazakh Academy of Sciences became the Ch.Ch. Valikhanov Kazakh Academy of Sciences in 1960.[2][3] English-language texts sometimes give his name as "Chokan Valikhanov", based on a transliteration of the Russian spelling[4] that he used himself.
Shokan Shyngysuly Walikhanov | |
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Born | November 1835 Kushmurun fort in Kostanay Province |
Died | April 10, 1865(1865-04-10) (aged 29) Village of Sultan Tezek in Almaty Province |
Nationality | Kazakh |
Other names | Shoqan Walikhanuli, Kazakh: Шоқан Шыңғысұлы Уәлихан, Şoqan Şyñğysūly Uälihan; Russian: Чокан Чингисович Валиханов, given name Mukhammed Kanafiya Kazakh: Мұхаммед Қанапия |
Occupation(s) | Scholar, Historian, Ethnographer and Folklorist, Officer in Asiatic Department of Ministry of Foreign Affairs |
Known for | Kazakh historian, ethnographer, and civil servant |
Spouse | Aisary Walikhanova |
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