Mullanur Waxitov

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Mullanur Mullacan ulı Waxitov a.k.a. Mullanur Waxitov (

Russian Revolution
.

Early life

Mullanur Vakhitov in St. Petersburg Polytechnic Institute (Vakhitov seated in the middle)

Born in

Muslim students. By April 1917 he was back in Kazan where got involved in the Muslim Socialist Committee (MSK), which was influenced by the Communist Party in Kazan. He was the editor of a journal entitled Qızıl Bayraq.[1]

After October Revolution

Vakhitov with members of Central Muslim Military Collegium on 1 August 1918 (Vakhitov sitting on center)

In October 1917 Waxitov became a member of Kazan VRK.[

Narkomnats (People's Commissariat on Nationalities) and a chairman of Central Military collegium attached to People's Commissariat of Military and Navy affairs.[citation needed
]

Death

In August 1918, he fought in the defence of Kazan from an attack by Czechoslovak Legion forces, but he was captured and hanged.

Monument to Mullanur Vakhitov in Kazan

Waxitov was never a member of the Communist Party, as the

7th Congress
.

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