Background
Pepinov was born in 1893 in a small city of Akhalkalaki in Samtskhe-Javakheti region of Georgia.
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Ahmed Pepinov
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Education
Moscow State University.
Career
After completing Tiflis Gymnasium in 1913, he left for Russia to study at the Law Department of Moscow State University. In Moscow, he joined the Azerbaijani Compatriots Organization and published articles in the local Open Argument newspaper under pseudonym "Ahmed Jovdat from Akhalkalaki". In 1918, he graduated from the university and moved to Baku.
In the first half of 1918, he joined the Azerbaijani National Council and was among the members who proclaimed independence of Azerbaijan on May 28, 1918.
On December 22, 1919 when the fifth government of Alternative Dispute Resolution under the leadership of Nasib Yusifbeyli was formed, he was appointed the Minister of Agriculture serving until April 1, 1920 when the government dissolved. He played an important part in establishment of Baku State University in 1919.
After Bolshevik takeover of Azerbaijan, he supervised cultural and educational activities within the government of Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic. Avoiding constant persecution, he moved to Ulyanovsk in 1930, and from there to Alma Ata. In 1934, he was appointed Deputy Minister of Education of Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic. In 1938, Pepinov was arrested as a result of Stalinist repressions.
He died the same year in Alma Ata.
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Nationality
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Religion
Islam