Şaja Batyrowiç Batyrow (1908–1965) was a Soviet politician who served as the first secretary of the

Communist Party of Turkmenistan The Communist Party of Turkmenistan (russian: Коммунистическая партия Туркменистана; tk, Türkmenistanyň Kommunistik Partiýasy) was the ruling communist party of the Turkmen SSR, and a part of the Communis ...

. He also was head of the

Academy of Sciences of Turkmenistan The Academy of Sciences of Turkmenistan () is a state body in Turkmenistan founded in 1951, which is responsible for the implementation of Turkmen scientific and technical policy. The academy was closed under president Saparmurat Niyazov and reope ...

from 1959 to 1965. His term as first secretary lasted from March 1947 until 1950, when

Balyş Öwezow Balysh Ovezovich Ovezov (29 December 1915 – 13 October 1975), served as General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Turkmen SSR twice, from 1950 to 1951 and again from 1960 to 1969. Biography Ovezov was born in a village in Turkmenistan, then ...

succeeded him. He received the

Order of Lenin The Order of Lenin (russian: Орден Ленина, Orden Lenina, ), named after the leader of the Russian October Revolution, was established by the Central Executive Committee on April 6, 1930. The order was the highest civilian decoration ...

Legacy

A street is named after him in the capital of Turkmenistan,

Ashgabat Ashgabat or Asgabat ( tk, Aşgabat, ; fa, عشق‌آباد, translit='Ešqābād, formerly named Poltoratsk ( rus, Полтора́цк, p=pəltɐˈratsk) between 1919 and 1927), is the capital and the largest city of Turkmenistan. It lies ...

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1908 births 1965 deaths People from Ahal Region People from Transcaspian Oblast First secretaries of the Communist Party of Turkmenistan Second convocation members of the Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union Third convocation members of the Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union Recipients of the Order of Lenin Recipients of the Order of the Red Banner of Labour {{Turkmenistan-politician-stub