Sagit Mryasov

Sagit Mryasov
  • Сәғит Мерәҫов
  • Сагит Мрясов
Chairman of the Bashkir Government
In office
10 May – 20 July 1917
Acting Chairman of the Provisional Revolutionary Council (Shuro)
In office
17 June – 30 June 1918
Personal details
Born1880 (1880)
Died1932 (aged 51–52)
Profession
  • Political leader
  • public figure
  • writer

Sagit Gubaidullovich Mryasov (Russian: Сагит Губайдуллович Мрясов,[1] Bashkir: Сәғит Ғөбәйҙулла улы Мерәҫов, romanized: Säğit Ğöbäyźulla ulı Meräśov; 1880–1932) was a Bashkir political leader, public figure, writer,[2] and historian.[1]

Early life and education

Mryasov was born in 1880 in Mryasovo, Orenburgsky Uyezd, Orenburg Governorate, Russian Empire (now Novosergiyevsky District, Orenburg Oblast, Russia).[3]

He attended a madrasa in his native village Mryasovo, becoming an imam.[2]

Career

From 1914 to 1917, Mryasov was a member of the board of the Union of Cooperatives of Orenburg. From May 1917, he was a member to the Bashkir Oblast Bureau.[1]

In December 1917,[1] he became a member of the Autonomous Bashkir Government, where he was responsible for the spiritual affairs of the autonomy,[2] and member of the Kese Kurultai (Little Kurultai) and the Grand Mufti of Bashkurdistan. In the same year, he also was a delegate at the First All-Russian Muslim Congress. He was also among the organizers of the All-Bashkir Kurultais.[1]

During the 1918 Assembly of the Bashkir Spiritual Administration, Mryasov was the Acting Chair. From 1918 to 1920, he led the republic's statistics.[2]

In 1918, he additionally became an editor to the newspapers "Muhbir" and "Bashkorto".[2]

In July 1918, Mryasov founded and headed the Irkutsk department of the Bashkir Military Council and the 4th Bashkir Infantry Regiment. On 3 October 1918, he raised the issue of appointing imams in the Bashkir Army.[4]

From February 1919, he worked in the agitation and educational department of the Military-Revolutionary Committee of Bashkortostan.[4]

During the Great Terror, he was repressed, and labelled a nationalist bourgeois.[5]

Outside politics, Mryasov was a writer, historian, translator, and folklorist. At some point, he became the first ever to translate the 7 poems of Salawat Yulayev to Bashkir. In the 1920s, he did science and taught Bashkir history, literature, language, and folklore. He was also among the co-creators of the modern Bashkir alphabet.[6]

Mryasov died in 1932 in Sterlitamak.[6]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e "Мрясов Сагит (1880-1932)". ebook.bashnl.ru (in Russian). National Electronic Library of the Republic of Bashkortostan. Retrieved 2 March 2026.
  2. ^ a b c d e "История ДУМ РБ". dumrb.ru (in Russian). Spiritual Administration of the Republic of Bashkortostan. Archived from the original on 3 December 2012.
  3. ^ Kulsharipov, Marat (2009). Сагит Мрясов. Vatandash. ISSN 1683-3554. Archived from the original on 18 October 2014.
  4. ^ a b Yarmullin, Azat (2009). Автономиялы Башҡортостан байрағы аҫтында: Башҡорт милли-азатлыҡ хәрәкәте эшмәкәрҙәре хаҡында ҡыҫҡаса биографик очерктар (in Bashkir). Ufa. pp. 25–28.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  5. ^ Kuskildin, D.G.; Shakurov, Rashit (1996). Мрясов Сагит Губайдуллович. // Башкортостан: краткая энциклопедия (in Russian). Ufa: Bashkir Encyclopedia. p. 411. ISBN 5-88185-001-7. Archived from the original on 3 December 2012.
  6. ^ a b "МРЯСОВ Сагит Губайдуллович". bashenc.online.ru (in Russian). 31 January 2024.