Turdakun Usubaliev - Prominent State and Political Figure
Usubaliev was born on November 6, 1919, in the village of Kochkor in the Naryn region of northern Kyrgyzstan to a peasant family. In 1941, he graduated from a teacher training institute, then from the higher party school at the Central Committee of the VKP(b) in 1945, and later studied at the Moscow Lenin Pedagogical Institute by correspondence.
He worked as a teacher in a school, editor of the republican newspaper "Soviet Kyrgyzstan," and began his party career in 1941. On May 9, 1961, he became the head of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Kyrgyzstan.
He was the organizer of the construction of the Naryn hydro cascade, which still supplies electricity to the entire territory of the country and is part of the Central Asian energy ring. During his leadership, 150 large industrial facilities were built in Kyrgyzstan.
His name is associated with the construction of the international-class "Manas" airport, the government building complex, the Academy of Sciences, the national library, and the philharmonic hall; under his leadership, 511,000 new apartments were built in the republic.
In 1985, Usubaliev retired from his highest state position, and in 1986 he left the ranks of the communists, surrendering his party card, but did not withdraw from politics. After the republic gained sovereignty in 1991, he became a deputy of the Jogorku Kenesh (parliament). In June 2008, he co-founded the political movement "United Kyrgyzstan."
Usubaliev was awarded three Orders of Lenin, the Order of the Red Banner of Labor, the Russian Order of Friendship, as well as the title of Hero of Kyrgyzstan and other awards.
Education
1939–1941 – Studied at the Kyrgyz State Pedagogical Institute, Frunze
1943–1945 – Student at the Higher Party School under the Central Committee of the VKP(b), Moscow
1955 – Graduated from the Moscow State Pedagogical Institute named after V. I. Lenin (by correspondence)
Career
1937–1939 – Teacher, Head of the Educational Department of the secondary school in the village of Kochkorka, Tian-Shan region (Naryn region)
1941–1942 – Deputy Head of the Propaganda and Agitation Department of the Kochkor District Committee of the Communist Party (b) of Kyrgyzstan, Tian-Shan region
1942–1943 – Instructor in the Propaganda and Agitation Department of the Central Committee of the Communist Party (b) of Kyrgyzstan
1945–1955 – Instructor at the Central Committee of the VKP(b)/CPSU
1955–1956 – Editor-in-Chief of the newspaper "Sovetтик Кыргызстан" ("Soviet Kyrgyzstan")
1956–1958 – Head of the Propaganda and Agitation Department of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Kyrgyzstan
1958 – May 1961 – First Secretary of the Frunze City Committee of the Communist Party of Kyrgyzstan
May 27, 1959 – May 11, 1961 – Chairman of the Supreme Soviet of the Kyrgyz SSR
May 9, 1961 – November 2, 1985 – First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Kyrgyzstan
October 31, 1961 – February 25, 1986 – Member of the Central Committee of the CPSU, elected at the 22nd, 23rd, 24th, 25th, and 26th Congresses of the CPSU in 1961, 1966, 1971, 1976, and 1981.
1962–1984 – Deputy of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of the VI-XI convocations.
November 2, 1985 – Retired, relieved of duties as First Secretary by the 21st Plenary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Kyrgyzstan.
1993–2005 – Deputy of the Jogorku Kenesh of the Kyrgyz Republic.
Awards
1964 – Order of the Red Banner of Labor
November 5, 1969 – Order of Lenin
November 6, 1979 – Order of Lenin
Order of the October Revolution
1996 – Order "Manas" I class (Kyrgyz Republic)
September 25, 1999 – Order of Friendship (Russia)
October 14, 1999 – Special Sign "Ak-Shumkar" Hero of the Kyrgyz Republic (Hero of the Kyrgyz Republic)
Hero of the Kyrgyz Republic