Zunun Taipov
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| Born | 18 August 1917 Jarkent, Russian Empire | ||||||
| Died | 12 October 1984 (aged 67) Alma-Ata, Kazakhstan | ||||||
| Buried | Dostyk, Kazakhstan | ||||||
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| Rank | Major General of the PLA | ||||||
| Battles / wars | Ili Rebellion (1944–1946) | ||||||
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| Simplified Chinese | 祖农·太也夫 | ||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 祖農·太也夫 | ||||||
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| Simplified Chinese | 祖农·塔约夫 | ||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 祖農·塔約夫 | ||||||
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| Uyghur | زۇنۇن تايوف | ||||||
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| Russian | Зунун Таипович Таипов | ||||||
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Zunun Taipovich Taipov (18 August 1917 – 12 October 1984) was a Chinese Tatar military officer 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 1984.