Kotov Vladimir Grigorievich Cinematographer. Member of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union since 1962. Born on December 29, 1931, in the city of Abdullino, Orenburg region of the RSFSR, in the family of a railway machinist. After finishing seven grades of secondary school in Bender and then the Republican School of Cinematography, he worked as a senior film technician at the Leovo District Department of Cinematography (Moldavian SSR) from 1949 to 1951. From 1951 to 1955, he served on ships
Kopotev Veniamin Nikolaevich Sound engineer. Born on August 18, 1910, in the city of Sverdlovsk to a working-class family, he died in 1975 in the city of Frunze. After graduating from high school in Chita, he worked from 1926 to 1928 as a courier for the "Rabochaya Gazeta" expedition in Izhevsk and as a laborer at a weapons factory. From 1928 to 1931, he studied at the Chita Veterinary Technical School. Then, for two years, V. Kopotev worked as a technician-epizootiologist in the
Anna Efimovna Komendantova Production organizer. Born on July 16, 1933, in the village of Skrydlovshchina, Yartsevo District, Smolensk Region, into a peasant family. After graduating from high school in 1953, she entered the economics faculty of VGIK. In 1957, she was assigned to the "Kyrgyzfilm" studio as the director of a film. During her over 20 years in this position, A. Komendantova grew into a highly qualified specialist in the production of documentary and popular science
Kokeiev Ilike Film director. Honored Artist of the Kyrgyz SSR (1969). Member of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union since 1943. Born on October 20, 1916, in the village of Akbeshim, Chuy region, in a peasant family. He lost his parents at an early age and was raised by his grandfather, and from 1928— in the Tokmak orphanage. From 1930 to 1933, he studied at the Frunze Pedagogical College. He then worked for two years as a literary associate at the republican newspaper "Kyzyl
Kim Alexey Cinematographer. Member of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union since 1973. Born on December 1, 1937, in the city of Kzyl-Orda, Kazakh SSR, in a peasant family. After graduating from high school in 1956, he entered the Tashkent Television Studio as an assistant operator. From 1958 to 1959, he worked there as an assistant operator. In September 1959, he moved to the Frunze Television Studio. From 1961 to 1965, he studied at the cinematography faculty of VGIK, and then joined the
Kasyimbekov Aliy Cinematographer. Born on October 25, 1922, in the village of Dyurbeljin, Ak-Tal district of the Kyrgyz SSR, in a peasant family, he died in 1973 in the city of Frunze. After completing seven years of schooling in 1940, he worked as an assistant drilling master at the Orto-Tokoy Reservoir. From 1942 to 1944, he served in the ranks of the Soviet Army. In 1944-1945, he worked as an electrician at the Izhora Plant, and from 1945 to 1947, he was an electromechanic at the Tokmak
Kaipov Baltash Film director. Honored Worker of Culture of the Kyrgyz SSR (1974). Member of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union since 1973. Born on March 10, 1936, in the village of Kok-Tondy of the "Achi" forestry in the Lenin district of the Osh region, in a peasant family. After graduating from a boarding school in Jalal-Abad in 1953, he enrolled in the acting faculty of GITIS in Moscow. In 1957, he graduated with honors from the institute and was included in the troupe of the
Klimov Kasym Editor. Honored Worker of Culture of the Kyrgyz SSR (1974). Member of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union since 1946. Born on March 6, 1926, in the village of Uch-Emchek, Talas District, into a peasant family of modest means. After graduating from high school in 1942, he worked as the responsible secretary of the newspaper in the Budennovsk District. From 1943 to 1945, he was a student at the Kyrgyz Teacher Training Institute, but completed his higher education 10 years
Ishenov Sagynbek Film artist. Honored Artist of the Kyrgyz SSR (1973). Born on April 5, 1934, in the collective farm of Burana in the Chui region to a peasant family. After studying at the Don-Aryk seven-year school, he completed his secondary education at School No. 5 named after A. S. Pushkin in Frunze in 1951. He then worked at the Buruldai mining administration. In 1952, he entered the Frunze Art College. Since 1955, he has been a student at the art faculty of VGIK. In 1961, he returned to
Ibragimov Usenjan Mominovich Film director. Born on October 18, 1938, in the village of Ananyevo, Issyk-Kul District, Issyk-Kul Region of the Kyrgyz SSR in a family of a civil servant. After graduating from high school in 1956, he worked as a laboratory assistant at the Leningrad Polytechnic Institute and then at Construction Management No. 1 in Frunze. In early 1958, he became a student operator of combined filming at the "Kyrgyzfilm" studio. From October 1958 to September 1960, he
Ibragimov Israil Mominovich Screenwriter. Born on December 24, 1933, in the village of Ananyev, Issyk-Kul region. After graduating from high school in 1952, he entered the Far Eastern Faculty of the Moscow Institute of Oriental Studies. Due to the closure of this university, I. Ibragimov became a student in 1954 first at the Moscow Geological Exploration Institute, then at the Frunze Polytechnic Institute. In 1959, he worked as an engineer at the design institute
Jusupov Kazbek Film artist. Born on September 12, 1938, in the village of Oktyabrskoye, Moscow District, Kyrgyz SSR, in a peasant family. After graduating from high school, he studied at the Frunze Art College from 1955 to 1961. Then, after a brief period working as a methodologist in fine arts at the Republican House of Folk Art, he went back to study in 1961 at VGIK in the art department. In 1966, he returned to Frunze and in 1967 joined the team of the "Kyrgyzfilm" studio as a
Zhusubaliev Kubat Screenwriter. Born on October 30, 1941, in the village of Kerdegey, Alay District, Osh Region of the Kyrgyz SSR, in a teacher's family. After graduating from high school in 1957, he enrolled in the physics and mathematics faculty of the Osh Pedagogical Institute, but left after a year and became a student in the journalism department of the philological faculty of Kyrgyz State University. After graduation, he worked as a teacher of the Kyrgyz language and literature at
Zhangorozova Aliman Film actress. People's Artist of the Kyrgyz SSR (1967). Born on December 31, 1914, in the village of Sary-Tologoy, Tyup District, Kyrgyz SSR. Completed 5 grades of secondary school. At the age of 20, she entered the Kyrgyz State Drama Theater. From 1934 to 1937, she worked in the collective farm theater organized by her at the decision of the People's Commissariat of Education of the republic in the city of Uzgen. She later performed on the stages of the Issyk-Kul
Zhakiev Beksultan Film playwright. Honored Artist of the Kyrgyz SSR (1974). Member of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union since 1974. Born on January 16, 1936, in the village of Bokonbaev in the Ton district of the Kyrgyz SSR to a peasant family. After graduating from high school in 1953, he entered the philological faculty of Kyrgyz State University. From 1958 to 1959, he worked as a teacher of the Kyrgyz language at the Kyrgyz State Medical Institute. From 1960 to 1962, he was a student
Dyadyuchenko Leonid Borisovich Film dramatist. Born on February 16, 1934, in Leningrad in a family of a political worker of the Red Army. Since 1939, he has lived in Kyrgyzstan, graduated from high school in Frunze, and the mining and geological faculty of the polytechnic institute (1957). From 1957 to 1961, he worked as a junior researcher at the Geological Institute of the Academy of Sciences of the Kyrgyz SSR. He began his literary activity in the 1950s with the publication of poems and
Dumanayev Chorobek Osmonovich Film actor. Born on June 20, 1952, in the collective farm named after Kuibyshev in the Tian-Shan region of Naryn Oblast. After graduating from high school in Frunze in 1970, he began working as a freelance actor at the "Kyrgyzfilm" studio. From 1972 to 1974, he studied at the studio of the Kyrgyz Academic Drama Theater. He was then admitted as an actor to the troupe of this theater. Ch. Dumanayev made his film debut in M. Roshchaly's "Street of
Dzhumadylov Sovetbek Film actor. People's Artist of the Kyrgyz SSR (1977). Born on December 5, 1932, in the village of Tepke, Tyup District, Issyk-Kul Region, in a peasant family. After graduating from Przhevalsk Pedagogical School, he entered the acting faculty of the Tashkent State Institute of Theatre and Arts named after A. N. Ostrovsky in 1949. His entire subsequent creative life was connected with the Kyrgyz State Drama Theatre, where he joined the troupe in 1953. Over a quarter of
Dzhergalbaev Murat Uzakovich Cinematographer. Laureate of the Lenin Komsomol Prize of Kyrgyzstan (1977). Born on April 13, 1949, in the city of Frunze to a family of civil servants. In 1966, he entered the cinematography department of VGIK. He was assigned to the "Kyrgyzfilm" studio in 1970. M. Dzhergalbaev worked extensively and productively in documentary cinema. The artistic council of the studio repeatedly noted the special issues of the newsreel "Soviet Kyrgyzstan,"
Dzhamgerchinov Askar Begimalievich Cinematographer. Member of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union since 1976. Born on November 22, 1950, in the city of Frunze to a family of civil servants. After graduating from high school in 1968, he enrolled in the cinematography department of VGIK. He graduated with honors, defending his diploma project—a short film "On the Baydamtal River" (1973). A. Dzhamgerchinov has been working at the "Kyrgyzfilm" studio since 1972. Over the
Jakypbekov Ashim Screenwriter. Member of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union since 1973. Born on August 12, 1935, in the village of Sheker, Kirov District of the Kyrgyz SSR, in a peasant family. He studied for six years in his native village and then two years at the Ak-Chiy Secondary School in the village of Suulu-Maymak. He completed his secondary education in Frunze at boarding school No. 5 named after A. S. Pushkin. In 1953, A. Jakypbekov entered the philological faculty of Kyrgyz
Jadrinov Marlest Suleimenovich Cinematographer. Born on February 21, 1938, in the city of Frunze in a family of civil servants. After graduating from high school in 1956, he entered the Kyrgyz State Institute of Physical Culture (graduated in 1960). In 1960-1961, he worked as a coach at the children's sports school in the city of Przhevalsk. In August 1961, he joined the "Kyrgyzfilm" studio as an assistant operator, then participated as an assistant director in the filming of
Hershtein Izy Abramovich Film director. Honored Artist of the Kyrgyz SSR (1974). Member of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union since 1953. Born on June 22, 1923, in Kyiv, Ukraine, in a working-class family. After finishing high school in 1941, he worked as a laboratory assistant at an elevator in Aktobe during evacuation. In February 1942, he moved to Frunze and began working at the studio as a lighting technician, then as an artist-animator, and from 1944 to 1949 as an assistant and
Gaparov Murza Screenwriter. Born on March 22, 1936, in the village of Noigut, Nookat District, Osh Region of the Kyrgyz SSR, in a peasant family. After graduating from high school in 1954, he worked in his native collective farm named after M. I. Kalinin, as a worker in a geological exploration team. From 1957 to 1962, he studied at the philological faculty of Kyrgyz State University. In 1962-1963, he was a teacher of the Kyrgyz language and literature at an 8-year school in the Murghab
Vilenksy Valery Vladimirovich Cinematographer. Born on January 24, 1941, in the village of Kalininskoye, Kalinin District, Kyrgyz SSR, in the family of a civil servant. After graduating from high school in 1958, he began his career at the Frunze Film Studio as an apprentice, then as an assistant cinematographer. For two years, he worked on the films "Toktogul" by V. Nemolyaev, "The Girl of Tien Shan" by A. Ochkina, and "The Pass" by A. Sakharov. In 1960, he
Vidugiris Algimantas - Stanislavas Stasevich Film director. Honored Artist of the Kyrgyz SSR (1974). Laureate of the Lenin Komsomol Prize of Kyrgyzstan (1977). Born on June 21, 1936, in the city of Kaunas, Lithuanian SSR, in the family of a civil servant. In 1955, he graduated from high school in the city of Uch-Turgen and enrolled in the hydrotechnical faculty of the Kaunas Polytechnic Institute. In 1957, he became a student of the cinematography faculty at VGIK and graduated in 1962.
Burt Boris Davydovich Cinematographer. Honored Worker of Culture of the Kyrgyz SSR (1969). Member of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union since 1930. Born on July 3, 1905, in the city of Feodosia, into a working-class family. He began his labor activity at the age of 14, working as an electrician and electrical technician in the theater of Feodosia. From 1925, he worked as an electrician and tram driver in Moscow at the Rusakovsky tram depot. In 1930, he was sent by the Sokolnicheskaya
Borbieva Nurtai Cinematographer. Honored Worker of Culture of the Kirghiz SSR (1979). Born on January 15, 1937, in the village of Kyzyl-Asker, Kyzyl-Asker District, Frunze Region of the Kirghiz SSR. In 1956, after graduating from secondary school No. 5 named after A. S. Pushkin in Frunze, he enrolled in the Pishpek Accounting Technical School. In 1958-1959, he worked as an accountant in the Kyzyl-Asker collective farm. His passion for cinematography led Borbieva N. to a studio, where he began
Bityukov Arkadiy Iosifovich Editor. Member of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union since 1962. Born on June 12, 1932, in the village of Novo-Nikanorovka, Lower-Duvan district of the Voroshilovgrad region of the Ukrainian SSR, in a working-class family. He has lived in Kyrgyzstan since 1932. After graduating from high school in Frunze, he enrolled in 1961 at the philological faculty of Kyrgyz State University. During his studies and later, he wrote poetry and articles, actively publishing in
Berdaliev Turgunbek Film actor. Born on March 2, 1947, in the village of Orto-Alysh, Alamudun District, Kyrgyz SSR, in a peasant family. From 1954, he studied at the Orto-Alysh eight-year school, and then in 1965 graduated from boarding school No. 1 in Frunze. In 1966, he entered the Kazakh State Institute of Arts named after Kurmangazy in the acting department of the theater faculty. Since 1970, after graduating, he joined the acting troupe of the Kyrgyz State Academic Drama Theater.
Belyakova Vera Mikhailovna Makeup artist. Born on May 1, 1927, in the city of Bobruisk. After completing 8 grades of secondary school, she became an apprentice in the makeup workshop of the Bobruisk Russian Drama Theater. From 1947, she headed the makeup workshop at the Minsk Musical Comedy Theater, the Daugavpils Russian Drama Theater, and the Frunze Russian Drama Theater named after N.K. Krupskaya. As a makeup artist, V. Belyakova has been working at the "Kyrgyzfilm" studio since
Beyshenaliev Bolot Film actor. Honored Artist of the Kyrgyz SSR (1974). Born on June 25, 1947, in the village of Tort-Kul, Kemin District, Kyrgyz SSR, in a working-class family. He studied at the Kalmak-Ashun Primary School, then at the Tarsuy Secondary School. In 1954, after completing ten years of education, he worked as a laborer on a state farm. From 1966 to 1957, he studied at the studio of the Kyrgyz Opera and Ballet Theater, singing in the choir. In 1958, he enrolled in the Tashkent
Baitemirov Abdrashit Film director. Born on February 2, 1936, in the city of Tokmak, Kyrgyz SSR, in a peasant family. After graduating from the Kyrgyz secondary school No. 6 named after A. S. Pushkin in 1956, he worked as a laboratory assistant at the Frunze School of Cinematography. In 1957, he worked as a technician-dispatcher at the Cinematography and Film Distribution Department of the Ministry of Culture of the Kyrgyz SSR. In 1958, Baitemirov joined the Frunze Film Studio as an assistant
Baijiev Mar Tashimovich Film playwright. Member of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union since 1966. Born on March 23, 1935, in the city of Jalal-Abad to a family of an educator and a writer. He received his secondary education from 1944 to 1954 in the city of Frunze. From 1955 to 1960, he studied at the Russian department of the philological faculty of Kyrgyz State University. In 1961-1962, he was the editor of the chronicle and senior editor for feature films at the "Kyrgyzfilm"
Bazaarov Gennady Sadyrovich Film director. Honored Artist of the Kyrgyz SSR (1974). Born on May 14, 1942, in the village of At-Bashi, At-Bashi District, Naryn Region. After graduating from high school in 1959, he began his professional career at the Frunze Film Studio as a camera assistant, and later as an assistant director on the film "The Pass" by A. Sakharov. His love for cinema and thirst for knowledge led G. Bazaarov to the directing faculty of VGIK in 1961, where he studied in
Ashimov Kaarman An analysis was conducted of the most significant documentary and feature films of the republic's film studio from 1939 to 1967. This same period in the development of Kyrgyz cinema has been covered in articles by film scholars published in volumes 3 and 4 of "History of Soviet Cinema" (Moscow, "Art", 1975, 1977) and in "History of Kyrgyz Art" (Frunze, "Ilm", 1971). K. Ashimov's book "Cinema - the Magical Art" (Frunze,
Akhmadeeva Khapisat Omarovna Sound operator. Born on February 11, 1945, in the city of Makhachkala, Dagestan ASSR, in a family of civil servants. In 1963, after graduating from high school, she entered the Leningrad Institute of Cinema Engineers in the electrical engineering faculty. Since 1968, Kh. Akhmadeeva has been working as a sound operator at the "Kyrgyztelefilm" studio. She has provided sound for more than 30 documentary and feature films, concert films, and essays. The sound
Akhmadeev Ali Agapovich Sound engineer. Honored Worker of Culture of the Kyrgyz SSR (1979). Born on May 30, 1941, in the city of Frunze. In 1958, he graduated from a secondary boarding school in the village of Kalininskoye, Moscow District. From 1958 to 1961, he worked as a film technician in the settlement of "Cement Plant" in the Tyup District. From 1961 to 1966, he studied at the Leningrad Institute of Film Engineers. Since 1967, A. Akhmadeev has been working as a sound engineer
Artyukhov Oleg Borisovich Film critic. Born on January 14, 1937, in Tashkent. In 1954, he graduated from high school in Frunze and enrolled in the philological faculty of Kyrgyz State University. After graduating from KSU in 1961, he worked until 1966 as an educator and seriously engaged in journalism. Since 1963, he has regularly published reviews, overview articles about Soviet and foreign films, reports from the sets of new films, and creative portraits of directors and actors of Kyrgyz
Alimbayev Alymkul Film director. Born on May 9, 1931, in the town of Kok-Yangak in the Jalal-Abad region (now Osh region) in a peasant family. In 1947, after finishing 7th grade of secondary school, he continued his education at the Frunze Vocational School, and then in 1948, he entered the acting faculty of the Tashkent Theater and Art Institute. After graduating in 1953, he became an actor at the Kyrgyz Drama Theater. Since March 1957, A. Alimbayev moved to the film studio as an assistant
Aksakov Mikhail Georgievich Film dramatist. Member of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union since 1952. Born on November 4, 1912, in the city of Voronezh to a family of civil servants, died on December 22, 1974, in the city of Frunze. After finishing school, he studied from 1929 to 1932 at the Central Asian Polytechnic Institute of Water Management.
Akmataliyev Kiridin Sartbaevich Film director. Born on April 18, 1947, in the village of Temirovka, Issyk-Kul region, in a peasant family. After graduating from high school, from 1965 to 1967, he worked as an electric locomotive driver and later as a tunneler in the Uch-Koshkon search and exploration party (Jeti-Oguz district, Kyrgyz SSR). After serving in the Soviet Army, he worked from December 1969 to April 1970 as a driver in the Northern Production Auto Trust. In May 1970, K. Akmataliyev
Chinghiz Aitmatov Screenwriter. Hero of Socialist Labor (1978). People's Writer of the Kyrgyz SSR (1968). Laureate of the Lenin Prize (1963) and State Prizes of the USSR (1968, 1977). Laureate of the State Prize of the Kyrgyz SSR named after Toktogul (1976). Academician of the Academy of Sciences of the Kyrgyz SSR (1974). Honorary Corresponding Member of the Academy of Arts of the GDR (1978). Member of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union since 1959. Born on December 12, 1928, in the
Abdyldaev Bekesh Film director. Honored Artist of the Kyrgyz SSR (1979). Member of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union since 1974. Born on January 1, 1933, in the village of Tegermet in the Kemin district to a peasant family. After completing a seven-year rural school, he continued his education at boarding school No. 5 named after A. S. Pushkin in Frunze. In 1953, he entered the Tashkent Theater and Art Institute named after A. I. Ostrovsky in the acting faculty and graduated in 1957. B.
Abdykulov Karel Aydarbekovich Cinematographer. Born on May 31, 1940, in the collective farm "Alga" of the Kant district. After graduating from a seven-year rural school, he entered an agricultural technical school in the agronomy department and graduated in 1959. Soon he began working at the Frunze studio as a worker, a crane operator on the film "The Girl of Tien Shan" (1961) by A. Ochkina, then as a lighting technician on "The Pass" (1961) by A. Sakharov, an
Abdykulov Imankul Abdykulovich Organizer of film production. Member of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union since 1963. Born on October 13, 1932, in the village of Kara-Bulak, Kemin District, in a peasant family. After completing seven years of schooling, he studied at the Frunze Pedagogical College. In 1950, he was assigned as a primary school teacher to a seven-year school in the village of Kalininsky. From 1952 to 1958, he taught at the Beishikenskaya seven-year school in Kemin District.
Abdiev Musa Costume designer. Born on February 23, 1934, in the collective farm named after Karl Marx in the Suzak district of the Osh region, in a peasant family. After graduating from the Jalal-Abad boarding school, he studied at the Frunze Art College from 1951 to 1954, then was drafted into the army. He completed his studies in 1959 and was accepted as an assistant production designer at the Frunze Film Studio. Since 1962, he worked at "Kyrgyzfilm" as a costume designer. He
