Üsein Abdurefi oğlu Bodaninskiy (russian: Усеи́н Абдрефи́евич Бодани́нский, translit=Usein Abdrefiyevich Bodaninsky; 1 December 1877 – 17 April 1938) was Crimean Tatar historian, artist,

art critic An art critic is a person who is specialized in analyzing, interpreting, and evaluating art. Their written critiques or reviews contribute to art criticism and they are published in newspapers, magazines, books, exhibition brochures, and catalogue ...

, and

ethnographer Ethnography (from Greek ''ethnos'' "folk, people, nation" and ''grapho'' "I write") is a branch of anthropology and the systematic study of individual cultures. Ethnography explores cultural phenomena from the point of view of the subject o ...

, and the first director of the

Bakhchisaray Palace The Khan's Palace ( tr, Han Sarayı) or Hansaray is located in the town of Bakhchysarai, Crimea. It was built in the 16th century and became home to a succession of Crimean Khans. The walled enclosure contains a mosque, a harem, a cemetery, livi ...

Museum.

Biography

His surname is of Russian-language

toponymic Toponymy, toponymics, or toponomastics is the study of ''wikt:toponym, toponyms'' (proper names of places, also known as place names and geographic names), including their origins, meanings, usage and types. Toponym is the general term for a p ...

derivation and means "from Bodana". "Üsein" is a variant of

Hussein Hussein, Hussain, Hossein, Hossain, Huseyn, Husayn, Husein or Husain (; ar, حُسَيْن ), coming from the triconsonantal root Ḥ-S-i-N ( ar, ح س ی ن, link=no), is an Arabic name which is the diminutive of Hassan, meaning "good", "h ...

. He was born in

Crimea Crimea, crh, Къырым, Qırım, grc, Κιμμερία / Ταυρική, translit=Kimmería / Taurikḗ ( ) is a peninsula in Ukraine, on the northern coast of the Black Sea, that has been occupied by Russia since 2014. It has a pop ...

, in the village Bodana of

Simferopol Simferopol () is the second-largest city in the Crimea, Crimean Peninsula. The city, along with the rest of Crimea, is internationally recognised as part of Ukraine, and is considered the capital of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea. However, ...

uyezd An uezd (also spelled uyezd; rus, уе́зд, p=ʊˈjest), or povit in a Ukrainian context ( uk, повіт), or Kreis in Baltic-German context, was a type of administrative subdivision of the Grand Duchy of Moscow, the Russian Empire, and the ea ...

'' (district),

Taurida Governorate The Taurida Governorate (russian: Тавріическая губернія, modern spelling , ; crh, script=Latn, Tavrida guberniyası, ) or the Government of Taurida, was a historical governorate of the Russian Empire. It included the Crime ...

Russian Empire The Russian Empire was an empire and the final period of the Russian monarchy from 1721 to 1917, ruling across large parts of Eurasia. It succeeded the Tsardom of Russia following the Treaty of Nystad, which ended the Great Northern War. ...

, now Perovo (Simferopol District). In 1917 he was appointed director of Bakhchisaray Palace. Bodaninsky's brother died fighting for the Bolsheviks during the Russian civil war in 1920. In the mid 1920s he led a major trip in Crimea for the recovery and study of historic manuscripts, folklore, and architecture. In 1937, during the

Great Purge The Great Purge or the Great Terror (russian: Большой террор), also known as the Year of '37 (russian: 37-й год, translit=Tridtsat sedmoi god, label=none) and the Yezhovshchina ('period of Nikolay Yezhov, Yezhov'), was General ...

, he was arrested in Tbilisi, accused of nationalist anti-Soviet activities, speedily charged based on

Stalin's shooting lists Stalin's shooting lists (russian: Ста́линские расстре́льные спи́ски) were the lists of extrajudicially accused persons submitted to the Military Collegium of the Supreme Court of the USSR, after the endorsement by ...

, and shot without trial on 17 April 1938, along with a number of other prominent representatives of Crimean Tatar culture:

Asan Sabri Ayvazov Asan Sabri Ayvazov ( – 17 April 1938) was a Crimean Tatar politician, journalist, writer, educator, and pedagogue in the Russian Empire. Active from the early 1890s until the late 1920s, Ayvazov was a preeminent figure among the Crimean Ta ...

, Yakub Ablyamitov, Yakub Azizov,

Osman Aqçoqraqlı Osman Nuri-Asan oğlu Aqçoqraqlı ( – 17 April 1938), also written as Aqchoqraqli or Akchokrakli, was a Crimean Tatar writer, journalist, historian, archaeologist, ethnographer, and teacher. Early life Osman Nuri-Asan oğlu Aqçoqraqlı was ...

, Ramazan Alexandrovich, Yagya Bayrashevsky, Jafar Gafarov, Kerim Dzhemaledinov, Suleiman Idrisov, Ibraim Ismailov,

Abdulla Latif-zade Abdulla Latif-zade ( crh, Abdulla Abil oğlu Lâtif-zade, russian: Абдулла Абиль огълу Лятиф-заде; 26 August 1890 17 April 1938) was a Crimean Tatar literary critic, poet, writer, and translator who was executed during ...

, Fevzi Musanif, Mamut Nedim,

Abduraim Samedinov Rasul Abduraim (born 12 December 1988 in Panfilov District, Kyrgyzstan) is a Kyrgyzstani taekwondo practitioner. At the 2008 Olympics, he competed in the men's featherweight competition but was knocked out by Daniel Manz. He competed in the 80 ...

İlyas Tarhan İlyas Ümer oğlu Tarhan (russian: Илья́с Уме́рович Тарха́н, translit=Ilyas Umerovich Tarkhan; 1900 – 17 April 1938) was a Soviet Crimean Tatar journalist, playwright, and politician who served as Chairman of the Centr ...

Server Trupçu Server Qurtseit Trupçu ( – 17 April 1938) was a Soviet Crimean Tatar politician who served as Secretary of the Crimean Regional Committee of the All-Union Communist Party (Bolshevik) and a NKVD troika for a few months in 1937 before he was ...

, Seitjilil Khattatov, and Bilyal Chagar.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Bodaninsky, Usein 1877 births 1938 deaths Crimean Tatar ethnographers Ethnographers from the Russian Empire Soviet ethnographers Historians from the Russian Empire Soviet historians Great Purge victims from Ukraine Artists from the Russian Empire Soviet artists Crimean Tatar people executed by the Soviet Union Stroganov Moscow State Academy of Arts and Industry alumni