Abdukerim Abbasov
Abdukerim Abbasov | |||||||||
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ئابدۇكىرىم ئابباسوۋ | |||||||||
| Deputy Secretary-General of the Coalition Government of Xinjiang Province | |||||||||
| In office 1 July 1946 – 12 August 1947 | |||||||||
| Internal Affairs Minister of the East Turkestan Republic | |||||||||
| In office 18 November 1944 – 13 March 1945 | |||||||||
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| Born | 1921 | ||||||||
| Died | 27 August 1949 (aged 27–28) Kabansk, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union | ||||||||
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| Spouse |
Lü Suxin (m. 1946) | ||||||||
| Children | 2 sons and 1 daughter, Khadija Abbasova | ||||||||
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| Allegiance | East Turkestan Republic | ||||||||
| Branch/service | East Turkestan National Army | ||||||||
| Years of service | 1945–1949 | ||||||||
| Rank | Lieutenant Colonel | ||||||||
| Battles/wars | Ili Rebellion | ||||||||
| Uyghur name | |||||||||
| Uyghur | ئابدۇكىرىم ئابباسوۋ | ||||||||
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| Chinese name | |||||||||
| Chinese | 阿不都克里木·阿巴索夫 | ||||||||
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| Russian name | |||||||||
| Russian | Абдулкерим Аббасов | ||||||||
| Romanization | Abdulkerim Abbasov | ||||||||
Abdukerim Abbasov (1921 – 27 August 1949) was a Uyghur politician, revolutionary, and educator who was active in Xinjiang, China, during the early 20th century. He was one of the leaders of the Ili Rebellion of 1944, which resulted in the founding of the Second East Turkestan Republic (ETR) in northern Xinjiang. Abdukerim, along with Ehmetjan Qasimi, led the Marxist faction within the ETR, which in 1946 set aside the rebellion's declaration of independence and joined the Chinese nationalists in forming a provincial coalition government.
Abdukerim and Ehmetjan led the ETR faction which joined the Chinese communists toward the end of the Chinese Civil War. They and several other senior leaders of the ETR perished in August 1949 in a plane crash while traveling en route to Beiping (Beijing) where they were invited to participate in the Chinese communists' political consultative conference, which resulted in the founding of the People's Republic of China. Abdukerim is officially hailed in the People's Republic of China as a revolutionary martyr.