[Needs updating many from 1992]
Tatar Ichtimagi Uzegi(Tatar People's Center) Rafik Abzanov-President
Ittifak Partisi(National Freedom Party) Fevziye Fauizia Bairamova-Chairperson-Pro Independence
Azatlik Komiteti(Freedom Committee)Rim Gilfanov or Ramai Yuldashev(Arrested 9/15/93) or Akhmadishin, Talgat-President-Pro Independence Tatar Youth Organization
Suvirenitet Komitesi(Sovereignty Committee)Amir Mahmudov-President
Magarif Komitesi(Educational Committee) Rejuvenate Tatar Language
Merjani Uyushmasi(Merjani Association) Zeki Zainullin - President - Cultural & Religious Affairs [forerunner of most political Associations]
Grajdani Rosiski Federati(Citizen's of Rus.Fed) - Alexander Salagayev - Pro-Russia Org.
Vatann Jemgiyeti(Homeland Association) President Remzil Veli, Vice Presidents -Ildus Sadik & Damir Gismetdin - Society promoting ties w/Tatar Diaspora
[This info is from a post on TMG taken from from OMRI digest]
Key Figures in Tatarstan
LAST UPDATE: May 20, 1993
AKHMETOV RASHIT-------------- LEADER OF THE TATARSTAN BRANCH
OF THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY OF RUSSIA
BELYAEV VLADIMIR------------- MEMBER OF THE PRESIDENTIAL
COUNCIL; LEADER OF THE 'SOGLA-
SIE' MOVEMENT; CHAIRMAN OF THE
TATARSTAN BRANCH OF THE PEOPLE'S
PARTY OF FREE RUSSIA
GRACHEV IVAN----------------- LEADER OF THE 'PEOPLE'S POWER'
FACTION IN THE SUPREME SOVIET
(NARODOVLASTIYE) (PRO-MOSCOW)
ISKHAKOV DAMIR--------------- CHAIRMAN OF THE POLITICAL COUNCIL
OF THE TATAR PUBLIC CENTER
FANIL KHAZRET---------------- LEADER OF THE ISLAMIC DEMOCRATIC
PARTY OF TATARSTAN
OROL'KOV ALEXANDR----------- LEADER OF THE YOUTH FACTION
OF THE LOCAL CHAPTER OF THE
DEMOCRATIC PARTY OF RUSSIA
KUZNETSOV ANATOLIJ----------- CHAIRMAN OF OF THE KAZAN DIVISION
OF THE 'RUSSIAN NATIONAL ASSEMBLY'
(RUSSKOE SOBRANIE OR RUSSKIJ NA-
TSIONAL'NIJ SOBOR ?)
LATIPOV Z.------------------- MEMBER OF THE PRO-MOSCOW FACTION
IN THE SUPREME SOVIET
MAGDEYEV MUKHAMET SUNGATOVICH- TATAR WRITER, PUBLIC FIGURE
MAKHMUDOV AMIR--------------- CHAIRMAN OF THE 'SOVEREIGNTY'
COMMITTEE; DEPUTY CHAIRMAN OF
'MILLI MEJLIS'
MANSUROV NAIL---------------- ONE OF THE LEADERS OF 'TATAR-
STAN' FACTION OF DEPUTIES IN
THE SUPREME SOVIET (PRO-
INDEPENDENCE)
MIKHAILOV V.----------------- MEMBER OF THE PRO-MOSCOW FACTION
IN THE SUPREME SOVIET
MULUKOV MARAT---------------- CHAIRMAN OF THE TATAR PUBLIC
CENTER (PUBLIC ORGANIZATION
SIMILAR TO SAJUDIS IN PRE-
INDEPENDENCE LITHUANIA)
SALAGAYEV ALEXANDR----------- LEADER OF THE MOVEMENT 'CITIZENS
OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION' (PRO-
MOSCOW)
SAFIN RESHAT----------------- COLONEL IN RESERVE,HEAD OF THE
'NATIONAL GUARD'(NARODNOYE OPOL-
CHENIE); DEPUTY CHAIRMAN OF THE
TATAR PUBLIC CENTER
SAFIULLIN FANDAS------------- MEMBER OF THE PRESIDIUM OF TATAR-
STAN'S SUPREME SOVIET
SAFIULLIN ZHAMIL------------- CHAIRMAN OF THE EXECUTIVE
COMMITTEE OF THE TATAR PUBLIC
CENTER'S BRANCH IN NABEREZHNYE
CHELNY
SHTANIN ALEXANDR------------- ONE OF THE LEADERS OF THE
'PEOPLE'S POWER' FACTION IN THE
SUPREME SOVIET (NARODOVLASTIE)
(PRO-MOSCOW)
SULTANOV I.------------------ MEMBER OF THE PRO-MOSCOW FACTION
IN THE SUPREME SOVIET
TAHIROV INDUS --------------- CHAIRMAN OF THE WORLD TATAR
CONGRESS
USMANOV MIRKASIM A.---------- VICE-RECTOR OF KAZAN UNIVERSITY,
PUBLIC FIGURE
YUSUPOV R.A.----------------- LEADER OF THE REPUBLICAN PARTY
OF TATARSTAN
ZAINULLIN ZAKI--------------- CHAIRMAN OF THE 'MARJANI' SOCIETY
ZAINULLINA FLERA------------- DEPUTY CHAIRMAN OF THE 'ITTIFAK'
PARTY; DEPUTY CHAIRMAN OF THE
'MILLI MEJLIS' (NATIONAL
'PARLIAMENT')
The following list includes a brief description of political parties and movements in Tatarstan Autonomous Republic
'Azatlik' is a collective member of the Tatar Public Center.
ASSEMBLY OF THE PEOPLES OF THE VOLGA REGION AND THE URALS
founded in 1991; an umbrella organization uniting political and public organizations and groups of the formerly autonomous republics of the Volga-Urals area. Chairman-Gabdelbar Faizrakhmanov (deputy of the Milli Mejlis) tel. 32-43-27
ASSEMBLY OF THE TURKIC PEOPLES
founded in 1991 in Kazan; chairman of the coordinating committee--Rafael Mukhametdinov (tel. 32-32-86); deputy chairman-Sanya Akhmetova (tel. 32-73-9O).
BULGHAR NATIONAL CONGRESS
founded in 199O in Kazan; advocates the return to the Kazan Tatars of their historic name-Bulghars; about 7O members; publishes its own newspaper 'Bulghar ile' (Bulghar state); president--Gosman Khalilov (tel. 39-24-12). The organization has branches in such cities as Orenburg, Moscow, Saint-Petersburg, Kiev, Ulyanovsk. The local organization in Kazan is called 'Bulghar al-Jadid' (founded in 1988; is a collective member of the Tatar Public Center; chairman--Rashit Kadyrov, tel. 75-53-43)
CITIZENS OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION
founded in 1991; about 5O members; chairman--Alexandr Salagayev (tel. 32-64-93)
DEMOCRATIC PARTY OF RUSSIA (of Nikolai Travkin)
Chairman of the Tatarstan branch--Rashit Akhmetov; HQs-42OO44 Kazan, Prospekt Yamasheva 3O (tel. 53-92-61)
INITIATIVE CENTER OF THE PEOPLE'S FRONT OF TATARSTAN
founded in 1988; chairman of the organizational committee-Albert Gatin (tel. 76-54-75); HQs- Kazan, Komleva Street 4 (tel. 36-93-74)
ISLAMIC DEMOCRATIC PARTY
founded in 1991; chairman of the coordinating council--imam-khatib of the Moscow mosque Fanil Akhmadi
LIBERAL-DEMOCRATIC PARTY (of Vladimir Zhirinovsky)
chairman of the Tatarstan branch--Valery Gordeyev
MARJANI SOCIETY
founded in 1988; about 1OO members; president--Zaki Zainullin; HQs- Kazan, Komleva Street 14 (tel. 36-98-12)
MILLI MEJLIS (national 'parliament')
founded in 1992; chairman--Talgat Abdullin
NATIONAL INDEPENDENCE PARTY 'ITTIFAK'
founded in 199O; about 5OO members; chairman--Fauzia Bayramova (Naberezhnye Chelny)
ORGANIZATION OF LEFT-WING SOCIALIST-ORIENTED FORCES
founded in 1991; chairman--Victor Kudryavtsev (tel. 74-23-12; 74-14-94)
PEOPLE'S PARTY OF FREE RUSSIA (of Alexandr Rutskoi)
Kazan branch founded in 1991; about 5O members; leaders--Vladimir Belyaev (tel. 36-5O-11) and Yevgeni Bagayev
REPUBLICAN PARTY OF TATARSTAN
founded in 1992; about 1OO members; chairman--Ruzal Yusupov (tel. 32-42-87)
REPUBLICAN PARTY OF THE PEOPLES OF TATARSTAN
(former Social-Democratic Party); chairman--Alexandr Kuznetsov (tel. 36-74-21)
SOVEREIGNTY COMMITTEE
Chairman--Amir Makhmudov; HQs--Kazan, Kayum Nasiry Street 1/5 apt. 22 (tel. 32-95-64)
TATAR PUBLIC CENTER
The largest political organization in Tatarstan; founded in 1989; about 2OOO members in Tatarstan; has many branches in other cities; president-Marat Molukov; HQs--42OO111 Kazan, Lobachevsky Street 6/27 (tel. 32-45-37)
'VATAN' SOCIETY (promotes ties with Tatars living abroad)
founded in 199O in Kazan; about 300 members; president- Remzil Veli ; vice-president--Damir Gismetdin and Ildus Sadik Office Address 4200111 Kazan Lobachevsky Street 6/27 Tel: 32-63-77 & Tel/Fax 32-48-52
YOUTH FOR DEMOCRACY
founded in 1991; about 6O members (mostly students of Kazan university); chairman--Niyaz Akhmadullin (tel. 32-38-33)