Hywaly Babaýew () ( – ) was a Turkmen Soviet politician who served as a senior official in the Turkmen Soviet Socialist Republic (Turkmen SSR) during the late 1930s.
About Babaýew was born in 1902 in Gazanjyk, a village in the Transcaspian Oblast of the Russian Empire, which is now part of modern-day Turkmenistan. He became involved in politics and joined the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (CPSU), rising through the ranks during a period of significant political upheaval in the region.
He was a member of the All-Russian Central Executive Committee and played a role in the governance of the Turkmen SSR during a time of significant change and repression under Soviet rule. Chairman of the Central Executive Committee of the Turkmen SSR from 16 October 1937 to 24 July 1938, during a period marked by widespread political purges and restructuring throughout the Soviet Union. Following the dissolution of the Central Executive Committee, Babaýew became the first Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the Turkmen SSR from 27 July 1938 until 1941.
He was executed by firing squad on 30 August 1941, during the aftermath of the Great Purge, a campaign of political repression in the Soviet Union that targeted perceived enemies of the state. Babaýew was posthumously rehabilitated in 1956, as part of the broader process of denouncing the excesses of the Great Purge.
See also Turkmen Soviet Socialist Republic Chairman of the Supreme Soviet of the Turkmen SSR
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Further reading – Offers a detailed reference including entries on Turkmen SSR institutions and biographies. – Pre-Soviet genealogical work offering historic background used in Soviet national identity formation. – Though focused on Tajikistan, includes comparative chapters on Turkmenistan and regional Soviet policies. – Government study providing historical chapters on the Turkmen SSR. – Analyzes language and education reforms in the Turkmen SSR and post-Soviet period. – Includes sections on Soviet-era religious policy in the Turkmen SSR. – The first comprehensive Western study using archival and indigenous-language sources to explore Soviet nation-building in Turkmenistan. – Russian-language chronicle of Soviet laws and party history in the Turkmen SSR. – Soviet agroclimatic handbook, illustrating agricultural development under the SSR. – Official Soviet-era university textbook on Turkmen SSR history, in Russian. – Provides comparative context for national delimitation including Turkmenistan. – Documents religious control impacting the Turkmen SSR. – Explores political and economic strategies from the Soviet era through independence. – Covers broader Central Asian Soviet history, with references to the Turkmen SSR. – Encyclopedic overview compiled during the Soviet period in both Turkmen and Russian.
External links Dovlet Kitaphana – The State Library of Turkmenistan, which holds historical documents and publications related to the Turkmen SSR. Туркменская Советская Социалистическая Республика (Turkmen Soviet Encyclopedia) – A digital archive of the Turkmen Soviet Encyclopedia, which includes entries on key figures and institutions of the Turkmen SSR.
People executed by the Soviet Union by firing squad