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]

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
Alternative Chinese name
Simplified Chinese祖农·塔约夫
Traditional Chinese祖農·塔約夫
Uyghur name
Uyghurزۇنۇن تايوف
Russian name
RussianЗунун Таипович Таипов

References edit

  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.