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Mustafa Chokay

1890–1941 · 20th century · Also known as Mustafa Shokay

Mustafa Chokay was a Kazakh lawyer and politician who headed the Turkestan Autonomy, proclaimed at Kokand in 1917 within a hoped-for democratic Russian federation. When the Bolsheviks destroyed Kokand in February 1918 he escaped, eventually settling in Paris, where he edited émigré journals and campaigned for Turkestani independence until his death in Berlin in 1941.

Mustafa Chokay
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Kokand Autonomy

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The Epoch Institute. (2026). Mustafa Chokay. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/mustafa-chokay
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