Background
ATABAYEV, Kankhizis was born in 1887.
ATABAYEV, Kankhizis was born in 1887.
1907 graduate teachers’ seminary.
1907-1912 teacher; helped establish Soviet regime in Centr Asia. Assistant chairman, Transcaucasian Oblast Revol Committee. Chairman, Turkestani Council of People's Commissar.
Chairman, Turkm Council of People's Commissar and member, Revol-Military Council, Turkm Front. 1935 elected member and Presidium member, Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics Central Executive Committee.
Communist Party member from 1919.