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Critic, Literary Scholar. Omurkul Dzhakyshev
Writers of Kyrgyzstan

Critic, Literary Scholar. Omurkul Dzhakyshev

Critic, literary scholar. O. Dzhakyshev was born in 1909 and died on June 1, 1978, in the village of Uch-Emchek, now part of the Kant district of the Kyrgyz SSR, in a peasant-poor family. From 1921 to 1925, he was raised and studied at the Pishpek boarding school No. 3, then until 1929 at the Kyrgyz Pedagogical Technical School, from which he was sent to the Central Asian State University in Tashkent, and from 1931 to 1934, he continued his education at the Moscow Institute of Editorial and

20.02.2015, 10:23
The Poet Alymkan Degenbaeva
Writers of Kyrgyzstan

The Poet Alymkan Degenbaeva

Poet A. Degenbaeva was born on May 12, 1941, in the village of Belovodskoye, Moscow District, Kyrgyz SSR, in a peasant family. In 1961, she graduated from the School of Working Youth No. 7 in Frunze, and in 1967, she completed the correspondence department of the philological faculty of KGU. Since 1964, she worked as an educator at the V. Tereshkova boarding school in Osh, from 1965 as a laboratory assistant, from 1967 as a lecturer at the Osh Pedagogical Institute, from 1976 as a consultant

18.02.2015, 16:12
Critic, Literary Scholar K. Dautov
Writers of Kyrgyzstan

Critic, Literary Scholar K. Dautov

Critic and literary scholar K. Dautov was born in the village of Uch-Tyube in the Alay district of the Osh region in a peasant family. In 1958, he graduated from the Toktogul Secondary School in the Karasuu district, in 1961 — from the Republican Cultural and Educational College in the city of Tokmak, and in 1969 — from the Philological Faculty of KSU. From 1970 to 1973, he studied in the graduate school of the A. M. Gorky Institute of World Literature of the USSR Academy of Sciences. In 1973,

18.02.2015, 09:27
Prose Writer Oskan Danikeev
Writers of Kyrgyzstan

Prose Writer Oskan Danikeev

Prose writer O. Danikeev was born in the village of Chon-Jar in the Sokuluk district of the Kyrgyz SSR into a peasant family. Losing his parents at an early age, he was raised in a boarding school at Kyrgyz Secondary School No. 5 named after A. S. Pushkin in Frunze. In 1956, he graduated from the Moscow Mining Institute. From 1975 to 1977, he was a student at the Higher Party School under the Central Committee of the CPSU in Moscow. From 1956 to 1960, he worked as an engineer at the mines of

18.02.2015, 09:13
Critic, Translator Veniamin Goryachikh
Writers of Kyrgyzstan

Critic, Translator Veniamin Goryachikh

Critic and translator V. Goryachikh was born on March 29, 1916—July 22, 1972, in the city of Biysk, in a working-class family. In 1935, he graduated from high school in the city of Alexandrovsk on Sakhalin. He studied at the Moscow Institute of Communication Engineers, and from 1935 to 1940—at the correspondence department of the Moscow Institute of History, Philosophy, and Literature. He began his working biography at the age of 13 as an apprentice at brick and lime factories, working as a

18.02.2015, 08:59
Prose Writer, Playwright, Screenwriter Murza Gaparov
Writers of Kyrgyzstan

Prose Writer, Playwright, Screenwriter Murza Gaparov

Prose writer, playwright, screenwriter M. Gaparov was born on March 22, 1936, in the village of Noigut, Nookat District, Osh Region, in a peasant family. In 1953, he graduated from Nookat Secondary School named after Fedorov, and in 1962, he graduated from the philological faculty of KGU. From 1965 to 1967, he was a student at the Higher Scriptwriting Courses in Moscow. He began his labor biography as a collective farmer and then worked as a laborer in a geological exploration team until 1957.

18.02.2015, 05:41
Butanaev Viktor (Astaybek) Yakovlevich (1946)
Scientists of Kyrgyzstan

Butanaev Viktor (Astaybek) Yakovlevich (1946)

Butanaev Viktor (Astaybek) Yakovlevich (1946), Doctor of Historical Sciences (1993), Professor (1996). Khakassia. Born in Russia. Graduated from Tashkent State University named after V. I. Lenin (1968). Works as the head of the Department of Archaeology, Ethnography, and Local History at Khakass State University named after N. F. Katanov. Specialist in the field of ethnography, Kyrgyz studies, and Turkology.

31.01.2015, 15:20
Burkser Gavriil Vladimirovich (1903-1978)
Scientists of Kyrgyzstan

Burkser Gavriil Vladimirovich (1903-1978)

Burkser Gavriil Vladimirovich (1903-1978), Doctor of Veterinary Sciences (1953), Professor (1959). Born in the city of Alexandria, Ukrainian SSR. Graduated from Kharkov Veterinary Institute (1927). Worked as the chief veterinarian of the district, region, head of the veterinary department in the People's Commissariat for Land Management, director of the Research Institute of Veterinary Medicine, deputy director of the Uzbek Research Institute of Animal Husbandry, head of the Department of

31.01.2015, 15:13
Bugazov Anvar Khusainovich (1958)
Scientists of Kyrgyzstan

Bugazov Anvar Khusainovich (1958)

Bugazov Anvar Khuzaevich (1958), Doctor of Philosophy (2000). Dungan. Born in Frunze. Graduated from KazGU (Almaty, 1980), postgraduate studies at Moscow State University (Moscow, 1986). Worked as a lecturer, associate professor, head of department, dean, and since 2001 - professor of the sociology department at KGNU.

31.01.2015, 15:07
Bugazov Khusain Bugazovich (1922)
Scientists of Kyrgyzstan

Bugazov Khusain Bugazovich (1922)

Bugazov Husain Bugazovich (1922), candidate of philological sciences (1954), professor (1996). Dungan. Born in the village of Yrdyk in the Jeti-Oguz district of the Issyk-Kul region. Graduated from the Kyrgyz State Pedagogical Institute (1950), postgraduate studies at Moscow State University named after M. V. Lomonosov (Moscow, 1954).

31.01.2015, 15:04
Dirty Aron Abramovich (1932)
Scientists of Kyrgyzstan

Dirty Aron Abramovich (1932)

Brudny Aron Abramovich (1932), Doctor of Philosophy (1970), Professor (1972), Corresponding Member of the Academy of Sciences of the Kyrgyz SSR (1987), Laureate of the State Prize of the Kyrgyz Republic in the field of science and technology (1996). Jewish. Born in Frunze. Graduated from KGMI (1954), KGU (1953), postgraduate studies at KGMI and KGU. Worked as a senior researcher, and since 1964 - head of the department at the Institute of Philosophy and Law of the Academy of Sciences of the

31.01.2015, 14:14
Dirty Abram Lvovich (1896-1959)
Scientists of Kyrgyzstan

Dirty Abram Lvovich (1896-1959)

Abram Lvovich Brudny (1896-1959), Doctor of Medical Sciences (1943), Professor (1951). Jewish. Graduated from Leningrad Medical Institute (1923). Worked in the Uzbek SSR as a doctor, head of the clinic, head of the otolaryngology department at KGMI. Specialist in the field of otolaryngology. Awarded the Orders of the Red Banner of Labor, Red Star, Badge of Honor, and medals of the USSR. Honored Scientist of the Kirghiz SSR. More than 200 scientific works published.

31.01.2015, 14:09
Builashev Talaybek Sabralievich (1957)
Scientists of Kyrgyzstan

Builashev Talaybek Sabralievich (1957)

Buylashev Talaybek Sabralievich (1957), Doctor of Medical Sciences (2001), Professor (2002). Kyrgyz. Born in the city of Naryn, Naryn Region. Graduated from KGMI (1981), postgraduate studies at the Research Institute of Pediatrics of the USSR Academy of Medical Sciences (Moscow, 1987). Worked as a junior researcher at the Kyrgyz Research Institute of Resortology and Physiotherapy, a doctor at the Republican Clinical Hospital, a doctor at the Children's Clinical Hospital, a senior

31.01.2015, 12:49
Zhusup Beishekadyrovich Boshoev (1962)
Scientists of Kyrgyzstan

Zhusup Beishekadyrovich Boshoev (1962)

Boshkoev Zhusup Beyshekadyrovich (1962), Doctor of Medical Sciences (1999), Professor (2002). Kyrgyz. Born in the village of Orto-Uryukty, Issyk-Kul District, Issyk-Kul Region. Graduated from KGMI (1986), and completed postgraduate studies there (1991).

31.01.2015, 12:45
Botbaeva Mira Makhmudovna (1927)
Scientists of Kyrgyzstan

Botbaeva Mira Makhmudovna (1927)

Botbaeva Mira Mahmudovna (1927), Candidate of Biological Sciences (1963), Professor (1985). Kyrgyz. Born in the village of Kara-Suu, Toktogul District, Talas Region. Graduated from KGU (1956), postgraduate studies at MSU (1958).

31.01.2015, 12:39
Botbaev Ilyas Makhmudovich (1931)
Scientists of Kyrgyzstan

Botbaev Ilyas Makhmudovich (1931)

Botbaev Ilyas Mahmudovich (1931), Doctor of Agricultural Sciences (1984), Professor (1990), Academician of the National Academy of Sciences of the Kyrgyz Republic (1997), Laureate of the State Prize of the USSR in the field of science and technology. Kyrgyz. Born in the village of Kara-Suu, Toktogul District, Talas Region. Graduated from the Kyrgyz Agricultural Institute (1953), postgraduate studies at the A. N. Severtsov Institute of Animal Morphology of the USSR Academy of Sciences (1959).

31.01.2015, 12:33
Bochkarev Yakov Vasilyevich (1928)
Scientists of Kyrgyzstan

Bochkarev Yakov Vasilyevich (1928)

Bochkaev Yakov Vasilievich (1928), Doctor of Technical Sciences (1967), Professor (1969), Corresponding Member of the Russian Academy of Agricultural Sciences (1991), Laureate of the State Prize of the Kyrgyz Republic in the field of science and technology (1976). Russian. Born in the village of Alamedin, Chui region. Graduated from the Kyrgyz Agricultural Institute (1954). Worked as an assistant, senior lecturer, head of the Department of Hydraulics and Automation, and dean of the

31.01.2015, 12:26
Borubaev Altai Asylkanovich (1950)
Scientists of Kyrgyzstan

Borubaev Altai Asylkanovich (1950)

Borubaev Altai Asylkanovich (1950), Doctor of Physical and Mathematical Sciences (1991), Professor (1992), Laureate of the State Prizes of the Kyrgyz Republic in the field of Science and Technology (1998, 2002), Academician of the National Academy of Sciences of the Kyrgyz Republic (2000)

31.01.2015, 11:14
Borbugulov Mukhtar Borbugulovich (1930)
Scientists of Kyrgyzstan

Borbugulov Mukhtar Borbugulovich (1930)

Borbugulov Mukhtar Borbugulovich (1930), Doctor of Philological Sciences, Professor (1970), Laureate of the State Prize of the Kyrgyz Republic in the field of science and technology. Kyrgyz. Born in the village of Kyz-Kol, Suzak District, Jalal-Abad Region. Graduated from KSU (1952), postgraduate studies at the Institute of World Culture of the USSR Academy of Sciences named after A.M. Gorky (1957).

30.01.2015, 15:36
Mikhail Nikolaevich Bolshakov (1907-1992)
Scientists of Kyrgyzstan

Mikhail Nikolaevich Bolshakov (1907-1992)

Mikhail Nikolaevich Bolshakov (1907-1992), Doctor of Technical Sciences (1952), Corresponding Member of the Academy of Sciences of the Kyrgyz SSR (1954). Russian. Born in Kaluga, Russian Federation. Graduated from Leningrad Polytechnic Institute (1931).

30.01.2015, 12:41
Literary scholar, translator Valery Vakulenko
Writers of Kyrgyzstan

Literary scholar, translator Valery Vakulenko

Literary scholar, translator V. Vakulenko was born in the settlement named after M. V. Frunze in the Sokuluk district of the Kyrgyz SSR in a working-class family. In 1963, he graduated from high school in his hometown, and in 1971, he graduated from the philological faculty of Leningrad State University named after A. Zhdanova. From 1964 to 1967, he served in the ranks of the Soviet Army. He began his professional career in 1971 as an editor at the "Kyrgyzstan" publishing house, and

04.01.2015, 10:27
Poet Mariyam Bularkieva
Writers of Kyrgyzstan

Poet Mariyam Bularkieva

Poet M. Bularkieva was born in the village of Kozuchak in the Talas district of the Talas region in a peasant family. In 1954, she graduated from high school in her native village, and in 1959, she graduated from the philological faculty of KGU. From 1963 to 1965, she was a student at the Higher Literary Courses under the USSR Union of Writers in Moscow. She began her labor biography in 1959 as an editor at Kiruchpedgiz, and from 1966, she served as the responsible secretary, and from 1980, as

20.12.2014, 11:03
Poet, Playwright Tursunaly Bostonkulov
Writers of Kyrgyzstan

Poet, Playwright Tursunaly Bostonkulov

Poet and playwright T. Bostonkulov was born in the village of Ana-Kyzyl in the Uzgen district of the Osh region in a peasant family. In 1971, he graduated from the X. Tashirov Secondary School (Kara-Suu district), and in 1984 — from the A. M. Gorky Literary Institute under the USSR Writers' Union in Moscow. From 1971 to 1973, he served in the Soviet Army, and from 1973 to 1979, he worked as a collective farmer and laborer. Since 1984, he has been working as a proofreader at the

20.12.2014, 10:54
Poet Anatoly Bortsov
Writers of Kyrgyzstan

Poet Anatoly Bortsov

Poet A. Bortsov was born in the city of Odessa in a family of a doctor. In 1932, he graduated from a seven-year school in Odessa, then studied at a vocational school for tram drivers. From 1933 to 1938, he worked as a mechanic at various enterprises in Odessa. From 1938 to 1949, he served in the ranks of the Soviet Army. In 1949, he moved to Frunze. From 1950 to 1953, he worked as the commandant of the RPSH under the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Kyrgyzstan. In 1954, he was

20.12.2014, 10:31
Improvisational Poet Ismail Boronchiev
Writers of Kyrgyzstan

Improvisational Poet Ismail Boronchiev

Improvisational poet I. Boronchiev was born in 1910 - 1978 in the village of Alchaluu, Chui region of the Kyrgyz SSR, in a family of poor peasants. In 1929, he joined a collective farm. This period marks the beginning of his creative activity. He became known among the people as a singer-improviser. In 1936, he was accepted as a soloist in the Kyrgyz State Philharmonic. That same year, his poem "The First Five-Year Plan" was published for the first time, followed by the poem

20.12.2014, 10:19
Literary scholar, prose writer, playwright, poet Mukhtar Borbugulov
Writers of Kyrgyzstan

Literary scholar, prose writer, playwright, poet Mukhtar Borbugulov

Literary scholar, prose writer, playwright, poet M. Borbugulov was born on May 5, 1930, in the village of Kyz-Köl, Suzak district, Osh region, in a peasant family of modest means. From 1946, he studied at the Jalal-Abad Pedagogical School, from 1947 at the Teacher Training Institute, and in 1949 he transferred to the second year of the Kyrgyz State Pedagogical Institute in Frunze. In 1952, he entered the graduate school of the A. M. Gorky Institute of World Literature of the USSR Academy of

20.12.2014, 09:00
Prose Writer, Playwright, Screenwriter Erkin Borbiyev
Writers of Kyrgyzstan

Prose Writer, Playwright, Screenwriter Erkin Borbiyev

Prose writer, playwright, screenwriter E. Borbiev was born on August 12, 1937, in the village of Kashka-Suu, Sokuluk District, Kyrgyz SSR, in a teacher's family. After graduating from Kyrgyz Secondary School No. 5 named after A. S. Pushkin in Frunze in 1956, he studied at the FPI, and from 1960 to 1966 — at the journalism department of the philological faculty of KGU; from 1971 to 1973 — a student at the Higher Directing and Screenwriting Courses in Moscow. From 1960 to 1963, he worked as

20.12.2014, 08:49
Prose Writer, Translator S. Bolekbaev
Writers of Kyrgyzstan

Prose Writer, Translator S. Bolekbaev

Prose writer and translator S. Bolekbai was born in the village of Kyzyl-Dyikan in what is now the Moscow district of the Kyrgyz SSR into a peasant family. In 1937, he graduated from the Kyrgyz Pedagogical Technical School in Frunze. From 1952 to 1955, he studied in the evening department of the philological faculty of KRU. While a student at the pedagogical technical school, he worked as a correspondent for the newspaper "Leninchil Zhas," where he later worked in 1941 and from 1947

19.12.2014, 11:39
Improvising Singer, Poet-Songwriter Osmoyakul Bolebalaev
Writers of Kyrgyzstan

Improvising Singer, Poet-Songwriter Osmoyakul Bolebalaev

Improvisational singer and akyn-songwriter O. Bolebalaev was born in 1888—1967 in the village of Chondaly (now part of the Kant district of the Kyrgyz SSR) in a family of a herdsman. He learned to read and write from the village mullah. In his youth, he composed love lyrical and lyrical-epic songs. As an improvisational singer, he emerged after the Great October Socialist Revolution. The development of O. Bolebalaev's creativity as an akyn was significantly influenced by K. Akiev, with

19.12.2014, 11:28
Poet, playwright Dzhomart Bokonbaev
Writers of Kyrgyzstan

Poet, playwright Dzhomart Bokonbaev

Poet and playwright J. Bokonbaev was born on May 16, 1910 — July 1, 1944, in the village of Mazar-Sai in what is now the Toktogul district of the Osh region, into a poor family. Having lost his parents at an early age, he was raised in the Kogart orphanage near Jalal-Abad from 1924 to 1926. From 1926 to 1931, he studied first at the Osh and then at the Frunze Pedagogical Technical Schools, and from 1933 to 1935 — at the Communist Institute of Journalism in Moscow. From 1931 to 1933, he worked

19.12.2014, 11:06
Critic, Poet, Prose Writer Kambarly Bobulov
Writers of Kyrgyzstan

Critic, Poet, Prose Writer Kambarly Bobulov

Critic, poet, prose writer K. Bobulov was born on May 15, 1936, in the village of Osor, Nookat district, Osh region, in a peasant family. In 1953, he graduated from high school in his native village, and in 1958, he graduated from the philological faculty of KSU. In 1962, he entered the graduate school of the AON under the Central Committee of the CPSU in Moscow. After a brief break, he resumed his studies in 1965 and defended his dissertation for the degree of Candidate of Philological

17.12.2014, 21:44
Prose Writer Kanbolot Berdikeev
Writers of Kyrgyzstan

Prose Writer Kanbolot Berdikeev

Prose writer K. Berdikeev was born on September 1, 1939, in the village of Kairma, Jumgal District, Naryn Region, in a peasant family. In 1955, he graduated from Chayek Secondary School, and in 1960, he graduated from the veterinary faculty of the Kyrgyz State Agricultural Institute named after K. I. Skryabin. He began his labor biography in 1960 as a veterinarian in the collective farm named after V. I. Lenin, and from 1964 he worked as the deputy head of the district veterinary station, from

17.12.2014, 21:34
Poet Abdravit Berdibaev
Writers of Kyrgyzstan

Poet Abdravit Berdibaev

Poet A. Berdibaev was born on 9. 1916—24. 06. 1980 in the village of Maltabar, Moscow District, Kyrgyz SSR, in a poor family. He lost his sight in childhood. From 1944 to 1953, he worked as a soloist at the Toktogul Satylganov Kyrgyz State Philharmonic. From an early age, he became fond of oral tales and songs of his native people and performed them for his family. At the age of ten, he began to pick melodies on the komuz, and in his older years, he traveled to villages, memorizing new songs

17.12.2014, 21:28
The Poet Kemel Belekov
Writers of Kyrgyzstan

The Poet Kemel Belekov

Poet K. Belekov was born on November 23, 1956, in the village of Korumdu, Issyk-Kul district, Issyk-Kul region, in a family of civil servants. In 1974, he graduated from Korumdin Secondary School, and in 1979, he graduated from the philological faculty of KSU named after the 50th anniversary of the USSR. From 1980 to 1985, he worked as a correspondent for the newspaper "Leninchil zhash," and as a literary employee in the editorial office of the magazine "Ala-Too." Since

16.12.2014, 22:01
Poet Abdilda Belekov
Writers of Kyrgyzstan

Poet Abdilda Belekov

Poet A. Belekov was born on February 1, 1928, in the village of Korumdu, Issyk-Kul District, Issyk-Kul Region, in a poor family. In 1943, he graduated from Toktogul Satylganov Secondary School in the village of Temirovka, and then studied for a while at short-term teacher training courses. From 1948 to 1952, he studied at the Faculty of Kyrgyz Language and Literature at the Kyrgyz State Pedagogical Institute, and from 1957 to 1959, he was a student at the Higher Literary Courses under the

16.12.2014, 21:56
Translator Suyuntbek Bektursunov
Writers of Kyrgyzstan

Translator Suyuntbek Bektursunov

Translator S. Bektursunov was born on December 20, 1909, and died on June 13, 1962, in the village of Uch-Koshoy, currently in the Talas district of the Talas region, in a family of poor farmers. Orphaned at an early age, he was raised in an orphanage and studied at a rural school. In 1930, he graduated from the Kyrgyz Pedagogical Technical School in Frunze. He began his labor biography in 1930 as the director of a school in the village of Aravan in the Osh region and then worked for some time

16.12.2014, 21:47
Prose Writer, Playwright Kasymaly Bektenov
Writers of Kyrgyzstan

Prose Writer, Playwright Kasymaly Bektenov

Prose writer and playwright K. Bektenov was born in the village of Dolinka in the Issyk-Kul district of the Issyk-Kul region in a peasant-poor family. Having lost his parents early, he worked as a laborer. He studied at a workers' faculty and graduated from GITIS named after A. V. Lunacharsky in Moscow in 1941. From 1949 to 1950, he was a student at the higher directing courses at the Tashkent Theatre Institute named after A. N. Ostrovsky. During the Great Patriotic War, he was at the

16.12.2014, 19:19
Translator 3iyash Bektenov
Writers of Kyrgyzstan

Translator 3iyash Bektenov

Translator Z. Bektenov was born on October 29, 1911, in the village of Ken-Suu in the current Tyup district of the Issyk-Kul region, in the family of a rural paramedic. In 1925, he graduated from elementary school in his native village, in 1930 — from the Kyrgyz Pedagogical Technical School in Frunze, and in 1940 — from the Kyrgyz State Pedagogical Institute. He began his career in 1930 as the head of the district education department in the city of Sulyukt. From 1931 to 1932, he worked as the

16.12.2014, 19:09
Poet Jayloobek Bekniyazov
Writers of Kyrgyzstan

Poet Jayloobek Bekniyazov

Poet J. Bekniyazov was born in the village of Kyzyl-Dyikan in the Moscow district of the Kyrgyz SSR into a peasant family. In 1957, he graduated from Budennovskaya Secondary School, and in 1964 — from the Faculty of Russian Language and Literature at Przhevalsky Pedagogical Institute. In 1964, he was drafted into the ranks of the Soviet Army. Since 1965, he worked as a teacher at his native Budennovskaya Secondary School, from 1967 — as a proofreader at the publishing house

16.12.2014, 19:02
Prose Writer, Playwright Shukurбек Beishenaliev
Writers of Kyrgyzstan

Prose Writer, Playwright Shukurбек Beishenaliev

Prose writer and playwright Sh. Beishenaliev was born in the village of Kurtka in the current Ak-Talinsky district of the Naryn region into a peasant family. In 1943, he graduated from the incomplete secondary school named after Togolok Moldo in his native village, and in 1952, he graduated from the philological faculty of KGU. From 1962 to 1964, he was a student at the Higher Literary Courses under the Union of Soviet Writers in Moscow. He began his labor biography as a teacher at an

16.12.2014, 18:55
Taylak Batyr and Atantay-Biy
Historical figures

Taylak Batyr and Atantay-Biy

Brief information about Taylak has been preserved in Chinese chronicles of the 19th century, and he is also mentioned by the Kazakh scholar-traveler Chokan Valikhanov, who visited the Kokand fortress of Kurtka in the middle of the last century. The genealogy of the Kyrgyz — sanjyra — also assigns an honorable place to Taylak. However, more extensive information about him can be gleaned from the historical legends of the people, which have survived to this day, recorded by A. Chorobaev and

16.12.2014, 18:52
Prose Writer Kasymaly Bayalinov
Writers of Kyrgyzstan

Prose Writer Kasymaly Bayalinov

Prose writer K. Bayalynov was born on September 25, 1902—September 3, 1979, in the Kotmaldy area (village of Kok-Moynok, now in the Issyk-Kul district of the Issyk-Kul region) in a family of semi-nomadic middle peasants. Orphaned at an early age, he was raised by relatives. During the events of 1916, he found himself in China among refugees. After the Great October Revolution, upon returning to his homeland, he worked as a laborer for kulaks in the village of Kochkorka, and in 1918 he walked

16.12.2014, 18:40
Critic, Literary Scholar Khalil Bapaev
Writers of Kyrgyzstan

Critic, Literary Scholar Khalil Bapaev

Critic, literary scholar X. Bapaev was born in the village of Alim-Tep in the Karasuu district of the Osh region into a peasant family. In 1945, he graduated from the seven-year school in his native village, in 1948 — from the pedagogical college in Osh, in 1953 — from the philological faculty of KGU, and in 1962 — from the graduate school of KGU. He earned a Candidate of Philological Sciences degree in 1963. He began his career in 1953 as a teacher at the pedagogical college named after J.

16.12.2014, 18:25
Poet, Prose Writer, Playwright Nasirdin Baytemirov
Writers of Kyrgyzstan

Poet, Prose Writer, Playwright Nasirdin Baytemirov

Poet, prose writer, playwright N. Baytemirov was born on April 14, 1916, in the village of Kegety, Chuy region of the Kyrgyz SSR, in a peasant family. From 1924 to 1933, he studied at a rural school, graduated from the zooveterinary institute in Frunze in 1937, and in 1955 graduated from the A. M. Gorky Literary Institute under the USSR Writers' Union in Moscow. From 1937 to 1939, he served in the ranks of the Soviet Army, and after demobilization until 1945, he worked as an accountant,

16.12.2014, 17:51