Zunun Taipov

Zunun Taipov
Born(1917-08-18)18 August 1917
Jarkent, Russian Empire
Died12 October 1984(1984-10-12) (aged 67)
Alma-Ata, Kazakhstan
Buried
Dostyk, Kazakhstan
Allegiance
Service / branch
Rank Major General of the PLA
Battles / warsIli Rebellion (1944–1946)
Chinese name
Simplified Chinese祖农·太也夫
Traditional Chinese祖農·太也夫
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinZǔnóng Tàiyěfū
Alternative Chinese name
Simplified Chinese祖农·塔约夫
Traditional Chinese祖農·塔約夫
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinZǔnóng Tǎyuēfū
Uyghur name
Uyghurزۇنۇن تايوف‎
Transcriptions
Latin YëziqiZunun Tayof
Siril YëziqiЗунун Тайоф
Russian name
RussianЗунун Таипович Таипов

Zunun Taipovich Taipov (18 August 1917 – 12 October 1984) was a Chinese Tatar military officer in the armies of the Second East Turkestan Republic and the People's Republic of China.[1] He defected to the Soviet Union in the 1962 Yi–Ta incident, amid the Sino-Soviet split. He died in Alma-Ata (Almaty), Kazakhstan, in 1984.[2]

References

  1. ^ Wang, Ke (15 March 2020). The East Turkestan Independence Movement, 1930s to 1940s. Translated by Fletcher, Carissa. The Chinese University of Hong Kong Press. p. 119. ISBN 978-962-996-769-7.
  2. ^ Chen, Jack (1977). The Sinkiang Story. Macmillan. p. 287. ISBN 978-0-02-524640-9.


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