Amangeldy Imanov

Amankeldı Üderbaiūly İmanov (; – 20 April or 18 May 1919), often referred to mononymously as Amankeldı or Amangeldy, was a Kazakh revolutionary who was leader of the Central Asian revolt of 1916 in Kazakhstan. Later fighting alongside the Red Army, he was killed under unclear circumstances in April 1919. He has since emerged as a Kazakh folk hero for his leadership of the revolt.

Early life Amankeldı Üderbaiūly İmanov was born on 3 April 1873 into a family of poor nomads in the Turgaysky Uyezd of the Turgay Oblast (now the Amangeldi District in Kostanay Region). His grandfather was , a Kazakh rebel commander during the Rebellion of Kenesary Kasymov. When Amankeldı was young, he was sent to an aul mullah, where he spent three years before another four-year stint at a madrasa. In this time, he learned Arabic, Persian, and Turkish.

İmanov's early political beliefs were influenced by those of Ybyrai Altynsarin, a Kazakh educator and progressive activist who died when İmanov was 12. It has been claimed by the Great Soviet Encyclopedia that İmanov supported imprisoned Kazakhs in the Russian capital of Saint Petersburg, but evidence has yet to emerge to prove this. He was first arrested by Tsarist authorities in 1896 for inciting Kazakh peasants to armed rebellion against beys, and either remained in prison until 1911 or was imprisoned several times between 1896 and 1908, having participated in the Russian Revolution of 1905. which had by October 1916 grown in size to 50,000 participants across 20 detachments. İmanov personally trained rebels in weaponry and warfare. Books were written in his honour, and villages and streets were renamed after him (such as Amangeldi, formerly known as Batbakkara). İmanov's life was depicted in the 1938 film , where he was portrayed by actor .