Mirsaid Sultan-Galiev

Tatar Bolshevik (1892–1940)

Mirsaid Khaydargalievich Sultan-Galiev (Tatar: Мирсәет Хәйдәргали улы Солтангалиев, romanized: Mirsäyet Xäydärğäli ulı Soltanğäliev, pronounced [ˌmirsæˈjet xæɪˌdærɣæˈli ulɯ sɔlˌtɑnɣæˈliəf]; Russian: Мирсаид Хайдаргалиевич Султан-Галиев; 13 July 1892 – 28 January 1940), also known as Mirza Sultan-Galiev, was a Tatar Bolshevik revolutionary who rose to prominence in the Russian Communist Party in the early 1920s. He was the architect of Muslim "national communism". His views were seen as a direct threat to the policies of the Comintern; he was imprisoned briefly in 1923 and expelled from the Communist Party.

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