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Zeki Velidi Togan

1890–1970 · 20th century · Also known as Ahmet-Zaki Validi, Akhmetzaki Validov

Zeki Velidi Togan, born Akhmetzaki Validov, was a Bashkir national leader and historian. In 1917 to 1920 he led the government of autonomous Bashkurdistan, negotiating between the Whites and the Bolsheviks before breaking with Soviet power and joining the Basmachi in Central Asia. In exile he became a leading scholar of Turkic history at Istanbul University.

Zeki Velidi Togan
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Bashkurdistan

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