Shoqan Walikhanov

Shokan Shyngysuly Walikhanov
Portrait of Shokan Walikhanov
A portrait of Shokan Valikhanov in his military uniform
BornNovember 1835
Kushmurun fort in Kostanay Province
DiedApril 10, 1865(1865-04-10) (aged 29)
Village of Sultan Tezek in Almaty Province
NationalityKazakh
Other namesShoqan Walikhanuli, Kazakh: Шоқан Шыңғысұлы Уәлихан, Şoqan Şyñğysūly Uälihan; Russian: Чокан Чингисович Валиханов, given name Mukhammed Kanafiya Kazakh: Мұхаммед Қанапия
Occupation(s)Scholar, Historian, Ethnographer and Folklorist, Officer in Asiatic Department of Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Known forKazakh historian, ethnographer, and civil servant
SpouseAisary Walikhanova
Parents
  • Shyngys Walikhanov (father)
  • Zeiynep Shormanova (mother)

Shokan Shyngysuly Walikhanov (Kazakh: Шоқан Шыңғысұлы Уәлихан, romanized: Şoqan Şyñğysūly Uälihan, Russian: Чокан Чингисович Валиханов), given name Mukhammed Kanafiya (Kazakh: Мұхаммед Қанафия, romanized: Mūkhammed Qanafiya)[nb 1] (November 1835 – April 10, 1865) was a Kazakh scholar, ethnographer, historian and participant in the Great Game. His reputation "as the father of modern Kazakh history and ethnography" is recorded in the Historical Dictionary of Kazakhstan.[1] The Kazakh Academy of Sciences became the Ch.Ch. Valikhanov Kazakh Academy of Sciences in 1960.[2][3] English-language texts sometimes give his name as "Chokan Valikhanov", based on a transliteration of the Russian spelling[4] that he used himself.


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  1. ^ Kassymova, Didar; Kundakbayeva, Zhanat; Markus, Ustina (18 May 2012). "Valikhanov, Chokan Shinghisuly (1835-1865)". In Woronoff, Jon (ed.). Historical Dictionary of Kazakhstan. Historical Dictionaries of Asia, Oceania, and the Middle East. Lanham, Maryland: Scarecrow Press. p. 279. ISBN 9780810879836. Retrieved 17 April 2024. [...] Valikhanov served in the administration of the tsarist colonial regime and is seen as the father of Kazakh history and ethnography [...].
  2. ^ Kassymova, Didar; Kundakbayeva, Zhanat; Markus, Ustina, eds. (2012). "Valikhanov, Chokan Shinghsuly". Historical Dictionary of Kazakhstan. Historical Dictionaries of Asia, Oceania, and the Middle East. Lanham, Maryland: Scarecrow Press. p. 279. ISBN 9780810879836. Retrieved 12 May 2022. [...] Valikhanov served in the administration of the tsarist colonial regime [...] and the Kazakh Academy of Sciences is named after him [...].
  3. ^ Martirosyan, Tigran; Maretti, Silvia; Starr, S. Frederick, eds. (2019). Scholars' Guide to Humanities and Social Sciences in the Soviet Union and the Baltic States: The Academies of Sciences of Russia, Ukraine, Belorussia, Moldova, the Transcaucasian and Central Asian Republics and Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania. Studies of Central Asia and the Caucasus (2 ed.). Routledge. ISBN 9781315488431. Retrieved 12 May 2022. In 1946, when the Kazakh Subdivision became the Kazakh Academy of Sciences, the Institute became part of that system. The name of Ch.Ch. Valikhanov, the outstanding nineteenth-century Kazakh scholar and educator, was added in 1960.
  4. ^ Kassymova, Didar; Kundakbayeva, Zhanat; Markus, Ustina, eds. (2012). "Valikhanov, Chokan Shinghsuly". Historical Dictionary of Kazakhstan. Historical Dictionaries of Asia, Oceania, and the Middle East. Lanham, Maryland: Scarecrow Press. p. 279. ISBN 9780810879836. Retrieved 12 May 2022. Sometimes his name is written as Chokan Valikhanov - an English version based on the Russian spelling.