Kasymbekov Tologon - People's Writer of Kyrgyzstan Kasymbekov was born in the village of Ak-Jol in the Jani-Jol district of the Osh region to a collective farm worker's family. In 1949, he graduated from the Kara-Dzhygach Secondary School, and in 1957, he graduated from the philological faculty of KGU. He began his career as a primary school teacher in his native village. From 1951, he worked as the responsible secretary of the Kichi-Akzhol Village Council. A few years later, he
Hero of the Soviet Union Tsarenko Lavrenty Ivanovich Lavrenty Ivanovich Tsarenko was the commander of a tank in the 43rd Guards Tank Regiment of the 7th Guards Mechanized Brigade of the 3rd Guards Mechanized Corps of the 1st Baltic Front, Guards Lieutenant. He was born on January 1, 1914, in the aul of Massy, now the village of Leninskoye in the Suzak district of the Osh region of Kyrgyzstan, into a peasant family. He was Ukrainian. A member of the VKP(b)/CPSU since 1944. He had incomplete
Zima Boris Mikhailovich – Honored Teacher and Honored Figure of Science of the Kyrgyz SSR. Professor, who made a significant contribution to the development of higher education and the training of scientific and pedagogical personnel in the republic, as well as to the study of many issues in the history of Kyrgyzstan. Studying at the Moscow Historical and Philosophical Institute was an important stage in his life. Here, the former worker and turner, a graduate of the labor faculty, mastered
Hero of the Soviet Union Khimenko Andrei Maksimovich Born on December 7, 1915, in the village of Yelizavetovka, Soviet (now Akkayin) district of North Kazakhstan region, in a peasant family. Ukrainian. Education: 7 grades. Member of the VKP(b) since 1939. Hero of the Soviet Union (March 24, 1945). Awarded the Order of Lenin and a medal. The war found communist Khimenko in the city of Frunze (now Bishkek), where he had arrived as a boy in 1927.
Uleev Valery Sergeyevich - artist, master of decorative and applied arts in the technique of marquetry. A prominent public figure in Kyrgyzstan, director of the human rights organization "Justice" in Jalal-Abad, a bright representative of the movement of Russian compatriots, founder and chairman of the Jalal-Abad regional association "Slavic Diaspora" since 1992, and a publicist. Born on October 12, 1939, in Omsk. He graduated from a pedagogical college and then from the
Galitsky Vladimir Yakovlevich – a remarkable local historian, scholar, and specialist in the history of pre-revolutionary Kyrgyzstan. Compared to the works of well-known scholars, the role of such Masters of Culture as V.Ya. Galitsky in the overall process of the spiritual life of society may seem ordinary and almost nameless. However, it is precisely thanks to their constant, painstaking work that society is ensured the stability of traditions and the continuity of immortal cultural
Hero of the Soviet Union Alexander Vasilievich Fukovsky Alexander Vasilievich Fukovsky was born in 1920 in the village of Zarubitsy, Monastyryshchensky District, Cherkasy Oblast, into a peasant family. He was Ukrainian and a member of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (CPSU). In 1938, he moved with his mother and older brother to Kyrgyzstan, to the city of Osh. In the autumn of 1939, he was drafted into the Soviet Army and sent to serve in the Baltic Military District.
Vasily Vasilyevich Vereshchaginwas born on October 14 (26), 1842, in Cherepovets (now in the Vologda region) into the family of a local noble leader. Even during his studies, his talent for painting became evident—he attended an art school and got acquainted with artists. After graduating from the cadet corps, Vereshchagin did not join the navy. In 1860, against his parents' wishes, he enrolled in the Academy of Arts. At the same time, he tried his hand at literary creativity: he
Hero of the Soviet Union Usenbekov Kalinur Usenbekovich Kalinur Usenbekovich Usenbekov - party organizer of the 1008th Rifle Regiment of the 266th Rifle Division of the 5th Shock Army of the 1st Belarusian Front, senior lieutenant. He was born on September 23, 1921, in the village of Oi-Bulak, Tyup District, Issyk-Kul Region of Kyrgyzstan, into a peasant family. Kyrgyz. Member of the VKP(b)/CPSU since 1943. In June 1941, he graduated from the Przhevalsk Pedagogical School. He worked for less
Cholponbek Bazarbaev - the first and only People's Artist of the USSR in classical dance in the Central Asian republics, he made an invaluable contribution to the development of national classical art and the cultural heritage of the peoples of the Kyrgyz Republic. He was born on February 4, 1949, in the village of Kum-Dyobyo in the Kochkor district of the Naryn region of the Kyrgyz SSR in a family of civil servants.
Hero of the Soviet Union Tuleberdiev Cholponbay. Born on April 13, 1922, in the village of Chimkent, now Chymgent in the Talas region of the Republic of Kyrgyzstan, into a peasant family. Kyrgyz. Completed 7 grades. Before the war, he worked on a collective farm — herding horses with his father. In 1941, when the Great Patriotic War began, nineteen-year-old Cholponbay was drafted into the ranks of the Red Army. The first and last step of the young soldier's military career was as a
Aristov Nikolai Alexandrovich (1847—1910[2]) A Russian historian, orientalist, and ethnographer, he was one of the prominent representatives of Russian science in the late 19th century, a full member of the Imperial Russian Geographical Society, and a researcher of the ethnic history of the Kyrgyz people. N.A. Aristov's historical works are dedicated to Anglo-Afghan relations in the late 19th century; his ethnographic works focus on the peoples of Central Asia and Afghanistan. His
Hero of the Soviet Union Trjasin Erminingeld Vasilyevich Erminingeld Vasilyevich Trjasin was the commander of a battery in the 16th Heavy Mortar Brigade of the 1st Guards Artillery Division of the Reserve of the Supreme Command (RGK) of the 13th Army of the 1st Ukrainian Front, captain. He was born on November 2 (15), 1911, in the city of Alma-Ata, now Almaty (Almaty), Republic of Kazakhstan, in a family of civil servants.
Arefyev Anatoly Vasilievich – Soviet theatrical artist, People's Artist of the USSR since 1967. Born on November 24, 1918, in the city of Stavropol, Samara Province. Studied at the Art-Pedagogical Technical School in Penza from 1936 to 1938. Since 1947, he worked as a scenic artist at the Kyrgyz Opera and Ballet Theater in Frunze, and from 1949, he served as the chief artist of this theater. Over more than thirty years of creative life, A.V. Arefyev designed more than 70 opera and ballet
Hero of the Soviet Union Tikhonov Grigory Matveevich Grigory Matveevich Tikhonov was born in 1912 in the village of Semyonovka, Ruzaevsky District, Kokshetau Region, in a poor peasant family. Russian. Member of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union. He was drafted into the Soviet Army in 1940 from the city of Frunze, Kyrgyz SSR. Guard senior lieutenant. Commander of a saber squadron of a cavalry regiment. Participant in the war with the White Finns. He fought on the fronts of the Great
Hero of the Soviet Union Islamov Yuri Verikovich Islamov Yuri Verikovich – commander of a platoon of the 22nd separate special forces brigade of the GRU of the General Staff of the 40th Army of the Red Banner Turkestan Military District (Limited contingent of Soviet troops in the Democratic Republic of Afghanistan), junior sergeant. He was born on April 5, 1968, in the village of Arslanbob, Bazar-Korgon district, Osh region of the Kyrgyz SSR, in a family of a forester. Uzbek.
Antipina K.I. - a renowned domestic ethnographer, specialist in the ethnography of the Kyrgyz people. An indefatigable and selfless worker in science, she dedicated over 60 years of her life to the noble and challenging task of researching the traditional material culture, applied arts, and folk creativity of the Kyrgyz people. Klavdiya Ivanovna Antipina was born on May 5, 1904, in the village of Turki, Balashov District, Saratov Province, and went through a significant labor path, starting
Hero of the Soviet Union Titov Andrey Alekseevich Andrey Alekseevich Titov was born in 1905 in the village of Pokrovka, Przhevalsky district, in a peasant family of poor farmers. He was Russian. A member of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union. He began his working life in 1918. He worked as a field worker, livestock keeper, and fisherman in the artel "Red Wave," in the Kirov collective farm, and in the district industrial combine of the Jety-Oguz district of the Issyk-Kul region.
Maxim Kirovich Ammosov (1897 - 1937) Born on December 10 (22), 1897, in the Khatyryk nasleg of the Namsky ulus in the family of a Yakut peasant. Due to poverty, his parents gave him for "upbringing" to a wealthy relative, where little Maxim grew up as a healthy and cheerful child. From the age of nine, he studied at the Namsk one-class school with a three-year curriculum. Even then, under the influence of the democratic teacher P.A. Ushinsky, who taught at the school, Ammosov refused
Hero of the Soviet Union Gushchin Sergey Nikolaevich Gushchin Sergey Nikolaevich - commander of the motorized rifle battalion of the 371st motorized rifle regiment of the 5th Guards Motorized Rifle Division of the 40th Army of the Red Banner Turkestan Military District (limited contingent of Soviet troops in the Democratic Republic of Afghanistan), Guards Captain. Born on March 9, 1960, in the village of Sokuluk, Sokuluk District (Kyrgyz SSR) in a working-class family. Russian. In 1977, he
Hero of the Soviet Union Teshabaev Mamasaly Mamasaly Teshabaev was born in 1923 in the village of Toguz-Bulak, Kurshab district, Osh region of the Kyrgyz SSR, in a peasant family. He was Kyrgyz. A member of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union. Before the Great Patriotic War, after finishing primary school, he worked in the collective farm "Kyzyl Oktyabr" in the Osh region. He was drafted into the Soviet Army in 1942. Private. Gunner.
Zalman Lvovich Amitin-Shapiro (1899-1968) — a Soviet Orientalist, ethnographer, and classic of Kyrgyz scientific bibliography. Born in Belarus and the son of a rabbi.
Hero of the Soviet Union Taranchiev Ismailbek Pilot of the 566th Assault Aviation Regiment of the 277th Assault Aviation Division of the 13th Air Army of the Leningrad Front, Junior Lieutenant. Born on April 6, 1923, in the village of Bashkungey, now in the Bishkek region of Kyrgyzstan, in a peasant family. Kyrgyz.
Torokul Aitmatov (1903 - 1938) Born in aul No. 5 (Sheker) of the Kukuryevskaya volost of the Auliye-Ata district in the Semirechye region. Kyrgyz. According to his autobiography, he was born into a "peasant-poor" family; his father died in 1919. His grandfather, Kimbildi, "was a wealthy man." A member of the Communist Party since March 1925. A member of the Komsomol since 1921. He studied at the Russian-native mining school (1916-18) until its disbandment; studied for 8
Abdumomunov Toktobolot, writer, playwright, screenwriter Playwright and prose writer T. Abdumomunov was born on August 15, 1922, in the village of Jany-Alysh, Kemin district of the Kyrgyz SSR, in the family of a civil servant. In 1938, he graduated from a medical college in Frunze. In 1939, he enrolled in the Kyrgyz State Medical Institute, but had to leave his studies due to illness in his third year. In 1938, he worked as the head of a paramedic station in the village of Josholu, Gulkhin
Hero of the Soviet Union Tykhayraev Tukubai Tukubai Tykhayraev was born in 1923 in the village of Kedei-Aryk, Suzak district, Osh region of the Kyrgyz SSR. Kyrgyz. Member of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union. In the Soviet Army since September 1942. At the age of nineteen, he volunteered to go to the front. Sergeant. Assistant squad commander. Political officer of the company. He participated in the Great Patriotic War from June 1943 as part of the 2nd Baltic Front. He distinguished
“If we cease to exist, Semirechye will continue to live…” Chekmenyev Nikolai Simonovich is a writer, one of those who stood at the origins of Russian literature in Kyrgyzstan. “A great writer rarely enjoys the noisy glory of universal recognition during their lifetime. Away from literary skirmishes, on untrodden paths of understanding life and humanity, their talent quietly but firmly takes root, while other literary brethren, heroes of sensational brawls, either do not notice them at all or
AGAIN HODJA VALIKHAN, AGAIN SHLAGINTWEIT The caravan of Musabay occupied eleven stalls in the "Kunak" shed. The trade was successful, and by the very first week, almost all the goods were sold at a great profit. According to the calculations of the caravan-bashi, it took at least two months to fatten the pack animals. Valikhanov decided to take advantage of this and make a trip across the country. He wanted to visit the Yarkand oasis and the city of Yarkand. There was still some un
Hero of the Soviet Union Stepan Zakharovich Sushchev Stepan Zakharovich Sushchev was born in 1914 in the village of Georgievna, Pishpek County. Russian. In 1931, he moved with his parents to the city of Frunze. Since 1933, he began his independent working life at the Frunze brick factory as a transport worker. He served in the Soviet Army since 1937. Senior sergeant.
Hero of the Soviet Union Vasily Ivanovich Sukhov Vasily Ivanovich Sukhov was born in 1910 into a peasant family in the village of Baranovka, Zmeinogorsk District, Altai Krai. Russian. Member of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union. Since 1928, he lived in the Jety-Oguz District of the Kyrgyz SSR. In 1932, he was drafted into the active service of the Soviet Army. After active service, he returned home in 1936. In 1939, he rejoined the ranks of the Soviet Army. Battalion commander, captain.
Hero of the Soviet Union Semen Zakharovich Sukhin Semen Zakharovich Sukhin was born in 1905 in the village of Orlovka, Tugan district, Tomsk region, in a peasant family of modest means. He was Ukrainian and a member of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (CPSU). Since 1935, he lived in the Kirghiz SSR in the village of Kirovka, Talas district. He was drafted into the Soviet Army in September 1941, serving as a platoon commander and lieutenant. He participated in battles on the Western and
Hero of the Soviet Union Stepanenko Vasily Vasilievich Vasily Vasilievich Stepanenko was born in 1923 in the city of Pavlodar. Russian. Member of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union. Before the Great Patriotic War, he lived and studied in the village of Belovodskoye in the Frunze region of the Kyrgyz SSR. Commander of a mortar battery, Guards Captain. Since 1941, he was a cadet at the Frunze Military Infantry School. From 1942, he participated in combat operations on the Central and 1st
Hero of the Soviet Union Pavel Semyonovich Svechnikov Pavel Semyonovich Svechnikov was born in 1925 in the village of Kyzyl-Tuu, Sokuluk District of the Kyrgyz SSR, into a peasant family. Russian. Komsomol member. He was drafted into the Soviet Army in 1943. Guards sergeant. Gunner of the anti-tank regiment. He received his combat baptism on the Voronezh Front. From the first days of his time at war, he fought bravely and boldly.
Hero of the Soviet Union Mikhail Grigoryevich Sapozhnikov Mikhail Grigoryevich Sapozhnikov was born in 1905 in the city of Pishpek. Russian. Member of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union. In the ranks of the Soviet Army since 1926. Graduated from the Central Asian United Military School named after V. I. Lenin in Tashkent. Lieutenant Colonel, commander of an anti-tank artillery brigade.
Hero of the Soviet Union Sadikov Samat Samat Sadikov was born in 1920 in the village of Kara-Sai, Laylak district, Osh region of the Kyrgyz SSR, into a peasant family. He was Kyrgyz. A member of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union. After finishing seven years of school, he worked in a collective farm. In October 1940, he was drafted into the ranks of the Soviet Army. Guards junior sergeant. Commander of a machine gun crew. From March 1943, he participated in the battles of the Great
Hero of the Soviet Union Rud' Nikolai Mikhailovich Nikolai Mikhailovich Rud' was born in 1922 in the city of Iman, Ussuriysk region, in a family of civil servants. Russian. Member of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union. In childhood, he moved with his parents to the city of Frunze. In 1940, after graduating from high school and the Frunze Aero Club, he studied at the Chkalov Military Aviation School, which he graduated from in 1942. Lieutenant, bomber pilot.
Hero of the Soviet Union Alexander Ivanovich Romanyutin Alexander Ivanovich Romanyutin was born in 1924 in the village of Georgievka, Kurday District, Jambyl Region of the Kazakh SSR. Russian. Member of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union. In 1930, he moved with his parents to the workers' settlement of Kant in the Kyrgyz SSR. From there, in September 1942, he was drafted into the Soviet Army and sent to the Kharkov Artillery School. Senior lieutenant, commander of an anti-tank gun
Hero of the Soviet Union Rodenko Konstantin Gerasimovich Konstantin Gerasimovich Rodenko was born in 1923 in the city of Tashkent. Russian. Komsomol member. Before the war, he lived with his mother in the village of Leninpol, Leninpol District, Kyrgyz SSR. He fought on the front lines of the Great Patriotic War starting in 1944. He was a gun commander in an artillery regiment, sergeant. He fought on the 1st Baltic Front in the Zemland Group of Forces. He displayed exceptional bravery and
Hero of the Soviet Union Ivan Semyonovich Reshetnik Ivan Semyonovich Reshetnik was born in 1924 in the village of Novo-Troitskoye, Pakhta-Aral district of the South Kazakhstan region, in a peasant family. He was Ukrainian. A Komsomol member. He moved with his parents to the village of Leninskoye in the Uzgen district of the Osh region. In August 1942, he was drafted into the Soviet Army. He served as a junior lieutenant and commander of a machine gun platoon. He participated in the Great
Hero of the Soviet Union Ponomaryov Pavel Sergeyevich Pavel Sergeyevich Ponomaryov - gunner of a 45-mm gun in the 307th Guards Rifle Regiment of the 110th Guards Rifle Division of the 37th Army of the Steppe Front, Guards Red Army soldier. He was born on January 22, 1924, in the village of Belovodskoye, Moscow District, Kyrgyzstan, in a peasant family. Russian.
THE CHEERFUL CITY In Kashgar, a report from the outpost caused a stir. By order of the authorities, the city was declared to be in a state of martial law: an increased guard was placed on the fortress walls, and mounted patrols roamed the streets at night. Wishing to prevent bloodshed and save the city from further looting, the rulers decided to send experienced officials to scout the caravan camped twelve kilometers from the city gates, near the tomb of Kufalla-Khodja. The officials, mourned
Hero of the Soviet Union Ivan Semyonovich Ponomarev Ivan Semyonovich Ponomarev was born in 1922 in the village of Krivo-Khandala in the Taseyevsky District of the Krasnoyarsk Krai into a peasant family. He was Russian. After finishing seven years of school, he worked on a collective farm. In 1941, the Ponomarev family moved to the village of Sosnovka in the Kalinin District of the Kyrgyz SSR. Here, I. Ponomarev worked on the construction of the Big Chui Canal. In May 1941, he was drafted into
SECRET MISSION Governor-General Gasfort agreed to secretly send his adjutant Chokan Valikhanov to Kashgar — information about neighboring territories was of interest not only to Siberian military authorities but also to Petersburg. However, the most difficult task remained — to ensure the success of this complex venture, fraught with many troubles. And here, the wealthy Semipalatinsk merchant Bukash Aupayev came to the rescue. Intelligent and well-acquainted with the customs and traditions of
Hero of the Soviet Union Dmitry Nikolayevich Pichugin Dmitry Nikolayevich Pichugin was born in 1907 in the village of Kolyvan, Kolyvansky District, Novosibirsk Region, in a peasant family. In 1937, he moved with his family to Kyrgyzstan. He was Russian. A member of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union. Lieutenant. Commander of a reconnaissance platoon. He began his combat path in 1939 during the war with the White Finns. After demobilization, he returned to Kyrgyzstan and worked as a cinema
Hero of the Soviet Union Vasily Petriyshev Vasily Petriyshev was born in 1923 in the city of Talas, Kyrgyz SSR. Russian. Komsomol member. He was drafted into the Soviet Army in 1941 and sent to the Frunze Infantry School. Senior lieutenant, commander of a rifle company. He fought on the Stalingrad, Don, and Steppe fronts. On November 1, 1943, for his courage and bravery displayed in battles for the liberation of Kharkov, Vasily Petriyshev was awarded the title of Hero of the Soviet Union. His
JUST SEMENOV In the autumn of 1857, after a journey through Central Asia, Pyotr Petrovich Semenov — simply Semenov — returned to Omsk. But later, after the fame of this journey spreads around the world — Pyotr Petrovich was the first scientist to visit Central Tien Shan — his full name will be written as P. P. Semenov-Tyan-Shansky. During 1856-1857, Semenov visited many places in Kazakhstan, traveled around the high-altitude lake Issyk-Kul, located among the Tien Shan ridges, visited the upper
Hero of the Soviet Union Grigory Alekseevich Petrenko Grigory Alekseevich Petrenko - a rifleman of the 4th company of the 2nd battalion of the 1075th rifle regiment of the 316th rifle division of the 16th army of the Western Front, Red Army soldier. He was born on November 22, 1909, in the village of Chernyshe, now in the Kanevsky district of the Cherkasy region of Ukraine, into a peasant family. He was Ukrainian. He graduated from primary school. He worked in a collective farm. From 1933, he
Hero of the Soviet Union Pasko Evdokiya Borisovna Evdokiya Borisovna Pasko was born in 1919 in the village of Lipetsk in the Jeti-Oguz district of the Kyrgyz SSR to a peasant family. She was Ukrainian. A member of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (CPSU). After graduating from high school in the city of Przhevalsk, she became a student at the Mechanics and Mathematics Faculty of Moscow State University named after Lomonosov in 1938. In October 1941, at the call of the Central Committee
