- Ismail Yusupov
Ismail Yusupovich Yusupov, _ru. Исмаил Юсупович Юсупов, (
5 November 1913 -16 May 2005 ) was a member of the Uyghur minority and aSoviet Communist political figure in theKazakh SSR . From 1962 to 1964 he wassecretary-general of the Communist Party of the Kazakh SSR. [ [http://www.inform.kz/showarticle.php?lang=eng&id=123350 "Kazakhstan President condoled upon decease of Ismail Yusupov" "Kazinform" (17 May 2005)] ;]Yusupov attended an agricultural college and graduated in 1934. In 1940 he enlisted in the army and then graduated from the
Minsk Military Academy for political officers. From June 1941 to July 1942 he was on theLeningrad front attached to a skiing assault battalion as a political officer. In addition to other formal recognition he was awarded theOrder of Lenin for his service inWorld War II .Yusupov helped establish Uyghur region within the Almaty Oblast, as well as the Uyghur National Theater. [ [http://www.eurasianet.org/resource/kazakhstan/hypermail/200111/0008.html "Kazakhstani Academy of Sciences Marks its 10th Anniversary" "Kazakhstan Daily Digest" (6 November 2001)] ;]
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