Alikhan Bokeikhan 

Alikhan Nurmukhameduly Bokeikhan (1866–1937) – Kazakh state, political and social activist, teacher, journalist, ethnographer. One of the founders of the “Alash” party and chairman of the government of Alash autonomy (1917–1920), in modern historiography is considered the first prime minister of Kazakhstan.

He was a member of the Central Committee of the People's Freedom Party(cadets), a deputy of the State Duma of the Russian Empire 1st convocation. In 1917 he served as Commissioner of the Provisional Government for Kazakhstan.

He left a significant scientific and journalistic legacy, including research about the Kazakh people, the national movement and the resettlement policy of Russia. His works were included in the 15-volume collected works (Astana, “Alashorda” Kogamdyk Kory, 2017–2020).

In 1937 he was repressed and executed in the Butyrka prison in Moscow. Today Bokeikhan is recognized as one of the key figures of the Kazakh national revival.