Baqi Urmançe
Urmançe Ğäbdelbaqí İdris ulı (pronounced ), Baqi Urmançe (; Janalif: Baqi Urmance; Tatar Cyrillic: Урманче Бакый (Габделбакый) Идрис улы; , Urmanche Baki (Gabdelbaky) Idrisovich; 23 February 1897 – 6 August 1990) was a Tatar painter, sculptor and graphic artist, and a pedagogue. He received the following awards and titles: People's Artist of Tatar ASSR (1960), People's Artist of the Russian SFSR (1982), and laureate of the Ğabdulla Tuqay Tatar ASSR State Prize (1967). Early life He was born on February 23, 1897, in Kül Çerkene, a village in the modern Buinsky District of Tatarstan as Ğäbdelbaqí Urmançiev. In 1907 the Urmançievs moved to Kazan, where Baqi entered ''Möxämmädiä'' madrassah. Studying at the madrassa, he became interested in Oriental languages and Tatar poetry. Ğabdulla Tuqay's poetry particularly impressed him. Other hobbies of his included drawing and playing the violin. However, Urmançe failed to pass the e ...
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