Bekir Çoban-zade, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Bekir Çoban-zade

Crimean Tatar intellectual

Date of Birth: 27-May-1893

Place of Birth: Bilohirsk, Russia

Date of Death: 13-Oct-1937

Profession: poet, linguist

Zodiac Sign: Gemini

Bekir Vaap oglu Çoban-zade (pronounced [t?obanzade], Russian: ????´? ???´????? ????´?-????´; 27 May [O.S.
15 May] 1893 – 13 October 1937) was a Crimean Tatar poet and professor of Turkic languages who was one of the victims of the Great Purge. In the midst of a successful academic career, at the age of 44, Çoban-zade was arrested by Soviet authorities for alleged subversive activities against the state and was sentenced to death.
His writings have outlived him; his poetry, in particular, continues to enjoy popularity among Crimean Tatars.