Margub Iskhakov

Margub Iskhakov
Margub Iskhakov
Born	13 March 1923; Ghulja, Republic of China
Died	1992; Alma-Ata, Kazakhstan
Allegiance	People's Republic of China (1949–1961); East Turkestan Republic (1944–1946);
Service / branch	People's Liberation Army (1949–1961); East Turkestan National Army (1945–1949);
Rank	Major General of the PLA
Commands	PLA Fifth Army (1949–1954); Ili Military Region (1954–1960); Xinjiang Military Region (1960–1961);
Battles / wars	Ili Rebellion (1944–1946)
Relations	Asgat Iskhakov (brother)
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese	馬爾果甫·伊斯卡果夫
Simplified Chinese	马尔果夫·伊斯哈科夫
Hanyu Pinyin
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin	Mǎ'ěrguǒfǔ Yīsīkǎguǒfū
Russian name
Russian	Маргуб Тимергалиевич Исхаков
Tatar name
Tatar	Мәргуб Тимергали улы Исхаков; Märgub Timergali ulı İsxaqov

Margub Timergalievich Iskhakov (13 March 1923 – 1992) was a Chinese Tatar military officer who held several important commands in the armies of the Second East Turkestan Republic and the People's Republic of China. He defected to the Soviet Union in the 1962 Yi–Ta incident, amid the Sino-Soviet split. He died in Alma-Ata (Almaty), Kazakhstan, in 1992.