Musa Jalil

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Musa Jalil was a Soviet Tatar poet and resistance fighter whose powerful verses and martyrdom during World War II made him a symbol of courage and a central figure in Tatar literature.

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instanceOf Soviet person
Tatar person
human
poet
resistance fighter
allegiance Soviet Union
awardReceived Hero of the Soviet Union
Lenin Prize
Order of Lenin
birthDate 1906-02-15
birthPlace Mustafa village, Orenburg Governorate, Russian Empire
capturedBy Nazi Germany
causeOfDeath execution by guillotine
commemoratedIn Musa Jalil State Prize of the Tatar ASSR
conflict World War II
countryOfCitizenship Soviet Union
deathDate 1944-08-25
deathPlace Plötzensee Prison, Berlin, Nazi Germany
educatedAt Moscow State University (literature courses)
ethnicGroup Tatars
fullName Musa Mustafovich Jalil
gender male
genre poetry
hasMemorial Musa Jalil Monument, Kazan
imprisonedAt Moabit Prison, Berlin
influenced Tatar literature
languageOfWorkOrName Russian
memberOf Soviet resistance movement
linked to: Soviet partisans
militaryBranch Red Army
movement Soviet literature
name Musa Jalil
nativeName Муса Җәлил
nativeNameLanguage Tatar
linked to: Tatar language
notableFor Tatar national poetry
anti-Nazi resistance activities
notableWork Moabit Notebooks
occupation journalist
poet
soldier
placeOfBurial Novodevichy Cemetery, Moscow
politicalIdeology communism
religion Islam
subjectOf Musa Jalil (monument in Kazan)
symbolOf Tatar national identity
anti-fascist resistance
courage
workedAt Tatar-language newspapers in the Soviet Union
wroteDuringImprisonment Moabit Notebooks

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Tatar literature notableAuthor Musa Jalil
Musa Jalil name Musa Jalil