Ismail Yusupov

Ismail Abdurasulovich Yusupov (Uyghur: ئىسمايىل يۈسۈپ,

Early life

Yusupov was born on 1914 at Sofiiskaya. In infancy, Yusupov lost his mother, so he was raised by his stepmother. For four years Yusupov studied at the Uyghur secondary school named after A. Sufi Zarvata. After graduating from school, Yusupov's parents decided that since he had learned to read and write, he could well earn his own living.

Yusupov ended up in the Alma-Ata orphanage, where he helped in preparing children for admission to technical schools. Two years of preparatory courses and Yusupov entered the Talgar Agricultural College, where he graduated in 1934. Immediately after graduation, the Yusupov was sent to the South Kazakhstan region, to the Turkestan MTS, where he worked as an

In 1940, he enlisted in the Red Army and then graduated from the Minsk Military Academy for political officers.

From June 1941 to July 1942 he was on the

Yusupov was dismissed from the post of the first secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Kazakhstan at the suggestion of Leonid Brezhnev. After his dismissal from his position, Yusupov served as the chairman of the Ural Regional Executive Committee, from 1965 to 1966. His final position was as head of the Republican Trust of Viticulture State Farms in Kazakhstan, from 1966 to 1971.

Yusupov was the member of the Central Committee of the CPSU from 1961 to 1966. He was the candidate member of the

Later life

Yusupov was married to Anastasia Petrovna. They had three daughters and one son.

He helped establish

• Order of Lenin, twice
• Order of the Red Banner
• Order of the Patriotic War, 1st class, twice
• Order of the Red Banner of Labour, twice
• Medal "For Labour Valour"
• Medal "For Distinguished Labour"
• Medal "For the Defence of Leningrad"
• Medal "For the Victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945"

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