Polısh Tatars In the State Admınstratıon of Therepublık of Azerbaıjan (1918-1920). Leon Krıchınsky
Uluslararası Türkçe Edebiyat Kültür Eğitim (TEKE) Dergisi, 2019
Collection summary
An article on the life and activities of Leon Krichinsky (1887-1939), a Polish Tatar intellectual who served in the state administration of the Azerbaijan Republic.
The article examines the biography and socio-political and scholarly activity of Leon Krichinsky, a statesman of the Azerbaijan Republic (1918-1920), together with the origins of the Polish Tatars and their cultural ties with the Turkic world. It notes his early activity at Petersburg University and the works he published under the pen name Arslan Bey. Its relevance to the collection lies in illuminating the administrative cadres of the Azerbaijani state that consolidated after the Caucasus Army of Islam's campaign.
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The article is devoted to the life, socio-political and scientific activity of Leon Krichinsky (1887-1939), one of the statesmen of the Azerbaijan Republic, as well as studies the origins and history of the Polish Tatars, and the creation of mutual scientific and cultural relations of this small Turkish ethnos with the Turkic World in Eastern Europe. L. Krichinsky began his social-political activity and historicalphilological researches during his studies at the University of Petersburg. There he founded the Tatar students association, which united his compatriots in Petersburg. L.Krichinsky who wrote several works under the pseudonym of Arslan Bey, left indelible trace in the history of Azerbaijan Republic and PolishAzerbaijani - Tatar literary-cultural and public-political relations in the early 20th century.
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- People
- Leon Kriçinski
- Units and institutions
- Azerbaycan Halk Cumhuriyeti