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Karakoz Abdaliev
Soviet Union soldier and Hero of the Soviet Union (1908–1943)
Mashadi Jamil Amirov
Azerbaijani composer (1875–1928)
Şamil Alâdin
crimean Tatar writer and civil rights activist (1912–1996)
Mukhamedzhan Tynyshpaev
Kazakh historian, intellectual, political activist (1879–1937)
Mohammed Sadyk-Bej
Azerbaijani army general, linguist, orientalist and politician (1865–1944)
Jamshid Nakhchivanski
Azerbaijani Soviet general (1895–1938)
Ismail Yusupov
First Secretary of the Kazakh SSR (1914–2005)
Firudin bey Vazirov
Soviet military personnel (1850-1925)
Memed Abashidze
Politician, writer
Aslan-Bey Shervashidze
Prince of Abkhazia
Murtuza Mukhtarov
Azerbaijani businessman
Galiy Adilbekovich Adilbekov
Brigade Commander of the 47th Separate Tank Brigade, Commander of the 47th Separate Guards Tank Regiment
Rashid Khan Gaplanov
Azerbaijani politician (1883–1937)
Baluan Sholak
Kazakh composer, singer, poet and wrestler (1864–1919)
Aman Kekilov
Soviet poet (1912–1974)
Mirza Abu Turab Akhundzade
Azerbaijani Islamic scholar (1817–1910)
Jafargulu Khan Nakhchivanski
Russian military officer and Azerbaijani politician
Gulsum Asfendiyarova
Kazakh medical practitioner
Syrym Datuly
leader of the Kazakh clan Bayuly
Magaza Masanchi
Soviet general (1885–1938)
Ormon Khan
khan of Kara Kyrgyz Khanate
Nariman bey Narimanbeyov
Azerbaijani politician (1889–1937)
Zakir Ramiev
Zakir Sadíq ulı Rämiev (1859–1921, Tatar: Закир Садыйк улы Рәмиев , Russian: Закир Садыкович Рамеев, Zakir Ramiyev) who used the pen name Därdemänd or Derdmend (Tatar: Дәрдмәнд, ) was a famous Tatar poet, manufacturer and patron of arts. He was a founder of the newspaper Vakit (Waqıt) and the literary magazine Şura.
Jumadurdy Garaýew
Soviet politician (1910–1960)
Yasir Shiwazi
Kyrgyzstani writer (1906–1988)
Seitnebi Abduramanov
Soviet military officer (1914–1987)
Jafargulu agha Javanshir
Poet, public figure and Major General
Aleksander Sulkiewicz
Tatar revolutionary (1867-1916)
Aleksander Jeljaszewicz
Polish military officer in WWII
Mehdigulu Khan Vafa
Azerbaijani poet (1855–1900)
Zelimkhan
Zelimkhan "Kharachoevsky" Gushmazukayev (; January 1872 – 26 September 1913) and better known simply as Zelimkhan, was a Chechen outlaw (abrek) who gained fame in the late Russian Empire due to his spectacular bank and train robberies as part of a violent struggle with the Russian authorities. Since the Russian Revolution he has been mythologized as a version of a Chechen Robin Hood, first by the Bolsheviks (for fighting against the Tsarist regime) and later by Chechen nationalists. Today the name Zelimkhan is given to Chechen and Ingush children.
Kadi Abakarov
Hero of the Soviet Union (1913-1948)
Muhammad Amin
naib of Imam Shamil, one of Caucasian leaders in Caucasus War
Ahmad Bey Pepinov
Government minister of Azerbaijan (1893–1938)
Sotim Ulugzoda
Tajik Soviet writer (1911-1997)
Gasan Alkadari
Dagestan historian, poet and faqih (1834-1910)
Daniyal Sultan
ruler of the Elisu Sultanate
Gurbansoltan Eje
mother of Turkmenistan president Saparmurat Niyazov (1913–1948)
Isatay Taymanuly
Kazakh hero (1791–1838)
Mahammad Hasan Movlazada Shakavi
Azerbaijani religious leader
Abdussalam Akhundzadeh
Azerbaijani religious educator, Islamic theologian and Sheikh ul-Islam of the Caucasus (1895-1907)
Malik Gabdullin
Hero of the Soviet Union (1915–1973)
Umer Aqmolla Adamanov
soviet Crimean Tatar partisan in Poland (1916–1943)
Teymur bäy Bayramälibäyov
Azerbaijani journalist and historian (1862–1937)
Mansur Mazinov
first Crimean Tatar pilot
Osman Achmatowicz
Polish chemist (1899-1988)
Huseyn Efendi Qayibov
Azerbaijani author, religious educator, clergyman and the Mufti of the Caucasus (1884-1917)
Aleksander Romanowicz
Russian and Polish general of Tatar origin (1871–1933)
Sultan Klych-Girey
Russian Circassian general (1880–1947)
Chakh Akhriev
Ingush academic (1850-1914)
Ahmad Huseinzadeh
Azerbaijani religious educator, Islamic theologian and Sheikh ul-Islam of the Caucasus (1862-1884)
Qäwi Näcmi
Russian writer and poet (1901-1957)
Mirtemir
Mirtemir Tursunov () (30 May 1910 — January 1978) most commonly known simply as Mirtemir, was an Uzbek poet and literary translator. In addition to writing his own poetry, Mirtemir translated the works of many famous foreign poets, such as Abai Qunanbaiuli, Aleksandr Pushkin, Heinrich Heine, Magtymguly Pyragy, Maxim Gorky, Mikhail Lermontov, Nâzım Hikmet, Nikolay Nekrasov, Pablo Neruda, Samad Vurgun, and Shota Rustaveli into the Uzbek language.
Nuri Celilov
Soviet Crimean Tatar tanker
Ehsan Khan Kangarli
Khan of Nakhchivan khanate
Abdulla Latif-zade
crimean Tatar poet, writer, and translator
Shafi Khan Qajar
Imperial Russian Army general of Iranian descent
Talhig of Shali
North Caucasian general (1800–1861)
Kanti Abdurakhmanov
Soviet WWII soldier awarded title Hero of the Russian Federation (1916–2000)
Refat Mustafaev
Crimean Tatar communist secretary and partisan leader