Kozhomurat SARYKULAKOV (1892-1918) — a public figure, one of the first Kyrgyz students who studied at European universities. He was born in the Uzun-Kyrskaya volost (now - Kant district) of the Pishpek county. In 1911, he graduated from the Vernensky Gymnasium (in present-day Almaty) with a silver medal. From 1911 to 1913, he studied in Kyiv at Saint Vladimir University in the medical faculty, and from 1914 to 1917, he studied at the law faculty of Kazan University. After the fall of the tsarist regime due to the February Democratic Revolution, he returned to Kyrgyzstan and actively engaged in political life. On September 10, 1917, he was elected chairman of the Union "Bukhara" ("The Poor"). An early death prevented him from fully realizing his potential.
