Alişev Ğabdullacan Ğäbdelbari ulı (15 September 1908 – 25 August 1944), best known as Abdulla Aliş, was a

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Tatar poet, playwright, writer and resistance fighter.

Life

He wrote mostly novels for children, the most notable writings being: ''Dulqınnar'' (engl. ''The Waves'', 1934), ''Ant'' (engl. ''The Oath'', 1935), ''Minem abí'' (engl. ''My Brother'', 1940), as well as fairy-tales, collected to ''Ana äkiätläre'' (engl. ''Mother’s Fairy-Tales'', 1941). He also wrote several pieces for puppet-shows, the most notable ''Sertotmas ürdäk'' (engl. ''The Blabbing Duck''). In addition to his writing, Aliş spent his early years working towards the construction and improvement of an electric power station in the town of Menzelinsk, on the shores of the Qaban Lakes. From 1933 he worked as a professional journalist and executive secretary for the youth magazine ''Pioner kələme''. In 1941, he was appointed Chief Editor of the Tatar Radio Committee. In 1941, Aliş joined the

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and fought in

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. That same year, he was taken prisoner by the

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near the city of

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. It was here that he met resistance fighter and poet Musa Cälil; both later gained entrance into the Idel-Ural Legion. While in prison, they formed an underground resistance group to oppose the

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. Their plans were later discovered, and as a result both men were

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d in the prison of Plötzensee.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Alis, Abdulla 1908 births 1944 deaths Soviet children's writers Soviet male writers People executed by guillotine at Plötzensee Prison Resistance members killed by Nazi Germany Soviet partisans Tatar poets Soviet people executed abroad Tatar dramatists and playwrights Tatar people from the Soviet Union Soviet prisoners of war Soviet military personnel killed in World War II Writers from Kazan Executed Russian people People from Tatarstan