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Turdakun Usubaliyev

1919–2015 · 20th century

Turdakun Usubaliyev was First Secretary of the Communist Party of Kirghizia, and so leader of the Kirghiz SSR, from 1961 to 1985, the longest tenure of any Soviet Kyrgyz leader. His rule brought industrial growth and the expansion of Frunze, now Bishkek, but also patronage that was criticised after Gorbachev removed him. He returned to public life as a member of independent Kyrgyzstan's parliament in the 1990s.

Turdakun Usubaliyev
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Kirghiz SSR

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