Bäxtiyär Qanqayev, or Bäxtiyär Qanqay uğlı (Tatar: Бәхтияр Канкаев / Канкай углы, pronounced [bæxtiːˈær qʌnˈqajɪf], Russian: Бахтияр Канкаев, Bakhtiyar Kankayev) was a colonel in Yemelyan Pugachev's rebel army, joined the rebellion in December 1773.
In 1774 his unit was defeated by governmental forces near Balıq Bistäse.
Qanqayev is said to have possibly been a part of the Mishar Tatar ethnos.
[1][2] Tufan Miñnullin wrote a historical play "Bäxtiär Qanqay uğlı" in 1974.
There is an audio recording in the archives of Tatarstan radio from 1978.