After Bolshevik takeover of Azerbaijan , he supervised cultural and educational activities within the government of Azerbaijan SSR . Avoiding constant persecution , he moved to Ulyanovsk in 1930 , and from there to Alma Ata . In 1934 , he was appointed Deputy Minister of Education of Kazakh SSR . In 1938 , Pepinov was arrested as a result of Stalinist repressions . He died the same year in Alma Ata
Stalinist repressions
Great Purge
Ahmed bey Pepinov