Chokan valikhanov biography

Chokan Chingisovich Valihanov (his full name Mohammed – Hanafiya, the nickname was given by his mother) was a great-grandson of the renowned Ablai Khan. Valikhanov was the first Kazakh to receive a first-class European education.

Chokan (Muhammad Hanafiya) Valihanov was born in November in the fortress Kushmurun (near Kostanay) in the family of senior Sultan of Aman Karaga.

Chokan (Muhammad Hanafiya) Valihanov was born in November in the fortress Kushmurun (near Kostanay) in the family of senior Sultan of Aman Karaga.

Shokan Shyngysuly Walikhanov, given name Mukhammed Kanafiya was a Kazakh scholar, ethnographer, historian and participant in the Great Game.

(November – April 10, ) was a Kazakh scholar, ethnographer, historian and participant in the Great Game.

Walikhanov was born in November in the horde wintering place of Kuntimes in the recently established Aman-Karagai district (now the village.

The Kazakh Scientist of the 19 th Century Chokan Valikhanov is a Founder Graphic Art of Kazakhstan Margulan and in the book "Chokan and Art" of S. Mukhtaruly.

Due to the tuberculosis he pass awaya before he reached the age of 30.

Valikhanov was born in 1835 in the present-day Kostanai Region in a prominent family. His grandfather, Vali Khan, was a grandson of the Kazakh ruler Ablai Khan.

He was sent in 1847 to study at the Omsk Cadet School, as his father had done, and served thereafter as an officer in the Russian army, including as adjutant to the governor-general. This work involved travels around Kazakhstan, which he combined with scientific and ethnographic activity.

He befriended Dostoevsky during the latter’s exile in Semipalatinsk and sought out other intellectuals. He took part in expeditions to Lake Alakol, the Tian Shan and Lake Issyk Kul