of the Great Purge on 8 October 1937 and imprisoned at Butyrskaya and then Lefortovo prisons. He was executed on 10 December 1937. Family His parents were Zavid Kaplan-Hajiyevich Kaplanov (1838-1914) — one of the largest landowners in Dagestan, and Aybala Ozdeadjieva. He had a younger brother named Ibrahim (Irbay) Kaplanov (1887-1948), who in 1918 commanded the Kumyk Cavalry Regiment of the Mountainous Republic, and later fought in the White Army of Denikin. After the defeat of the Whites, he emigrated to the USA, married Vernon Marguerite Magoffin Haskell, and died in 1947. His younger sister Najabat (1886-1979) was married to Temirbolat (Fyodor) Bekovich-Cherkassky (1870-1953), also the Kumyk biy (prince) and last Military Governor of Kabarda. Rashid-khan himself was married to Olga Efimovna Arshon (1886-1964), a Jewish student of the medical faculty of the Sorbonne University. His father was furious and disinherited him because of the choice, but they made amends after three years. With Olga Arshon he had: son Murad Kaplanov (1915-1980) — Soviet scientist, chief designer of the first Soviet space communication systems; married to Liliana Rambakh (1918-1999), issue grandson Rashid Kaplanov (1949-2007) — President of the European Association for Jewish Studies (EAJS) (2002-2006) Fatma Okuneva (1911-1992) — married to Yuri Mazel (1896—1938) and then Israel Okunev (1911-1963), had issue. See also Azerbaijani National Council Cabinets of Azerbaijan Democratic Republic (1918-1920) Current Cabinet of Azerbaijan Republic References 1883 births 1937 deaths Azerbaijan Democratic Republic politicians Azerbaijani people of Dagestani descent Azerbaijani people of Kumyk descent Finance ministers of Azerbaijan Government ministers of Azerbaijan Soviet rehabilitations Great Purge victims from Azerbaijan Members of the National Assembly of the Azerbaijan Democratic Republic