Shabdanov Azhiyman (1905-1939)

He was born in the village of Chon-Kemin, the grandson of the manap Shabdan from the Tynai clan of the Sarybagysh tribe. He studied at a local mekteb, then at a Russian-native school in Bishkek. He graduated from the Zheti-Su (Alma-Ata) Institute of Education.

He taught in general education schools and a pedagogical college. Since 1928, he was an employee of the Cultural and Educational Research Institute.

Here he created his textbooks on grammar, orthography, terminology, and others. He published a number of scientific articles on these topics. Persecuted for his views and background, he was transferred in 1932 to the Osh Pedagogical College. Later, he ended up in Tajikistan, where he organized educational work among the Kyrgyz of the Gorno-Badakhshan region. He continued to be persecuted there. He was arrested and brought to Tashkent. The time and place of his death are unknown. In the document regarding his rehabilitation dated February 29, 1956, it is stated that "the sentence of the Osh District Court dated October 26, 1939, was canceled due to insufficient evidence."

In 1929, together with S. Namatov, he published the book "Alphabet for Illiterate Women," and in 1930, along with M. Elebaev and Zh. Jamgyrchiev, he wrote "Reading Book for Third Graders," which was published in a print run of 10,000 copies. Together with I. A. Batmanov, he released "Elementary Grammar of the Kyrgyz Language" for Russian speakers. His textbook "Syntax of the Kyrgyz Language" ("Bizdin til") was particularly popular.