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Nov 01, 1835 Sarykol District, Kostanay Region, Kazakhstan Died on 10 Apr 1865 (aged 29)
Kazakhstani ethnographer
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About Shoqan Walikhanov
- Shoqan Shynghysuly Walikhanov (Kazakh: ????? ????????? ???????, Shoqan Shynghysuly Walikhan; Russian: ????? ?????????? ?????????), given name Muhammed Qanapiya (Kazakh: ???????? ???????) (November 1835 – April 10, 1865) was a Kazakh scholar, ethnographer, historian and participant in The Great Game.
- He is regarded as the father of modern Kazakh historiography and ethnography.
- The Kazakh Academy of Sciences is named after him.
- His name is written Chokan Valikhanov in English based on the transliteration of the Russian spelling of his name, which he used himself.
- The Kazakh language variant of his name was written in the Arabic script, and was similar to the Russian version.
