History / Historical records

Kara-Kyrgyz and Balasagun

Balasagun One of the capitals of the Karakhanid state was the city of Balasagun, located in the Chui Valley. The question of the origin and semantics of the name of this city is one of the complex and very interesting topics. According to Mahmud of Kashgar (11th century), the term "sagun" was used among the Karluks, which was a title for noble people. It is known that among the ancient Turks, the word "balyk" (balyg) meant city, capital, residence, "as the Turks called

22.08.2017, 18:30

History / Historical records

"Descendants of Afrasiab" and the Ilek Khans

“Descendants of Afrasiab” and Ilek-khans In the surviving Eastern written sources, the Karakhanid dynasty is also referred to as the “descendants (or clans) of Afrasiab.” According to Iranian beliefs, the mythical king of Turan (the land of the Turks) was Afrasiab. Therefore, the Samanids could refer to the population of the “Talas” biilik (domain) and the dynasty that headed it in this way. After all, the proto-Karakhanids were in close relations with the Samanid state, and thus, even at that

22.08.2017, 17:47

History / Historical records

Turkic Authority

Turkic Beilik In the work "Hudud al-'alam," the word "Turk" appears as the name of a tribe or some ethnic community. It is quite possible that here we encounter a mention of the proto-Qarakhanids, which, in turn, may support the idea that the population of the "Talas" beilik (domain) already referred to themselves with the term "Turk." This domain can also be referred to as the "Turkic" beilik. Incidentally, in one place in "Hudud

22.08.2017, 16:58

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Chigili

Chigili. Chinese sources from the mid-7th century, as part of the Karluk union, mention certain — zhisi, who lived between the Tashlaks and Bulats, reaching the desert areas of Dzungaria in the south. If the reconstruction of zhisi as — chigili is correct, then the chigili mentioned in medieval sources in the regions of Ili and Northern Preissykul could have been them. Perhaps later, a group of these chigili could have migrated to the Taraz area and lived in a city that might have derived its

22.08.2017, 16:44

Sculpture

The Original Associative Thinking and Artistic-Plastic Mastery of S. Aitieva

Mosaic of Satyr Aitiev The mosaic by Satyr Aitiev on the laboratory building of the Kyrgyz State University is imbued with the metaphorical nature of its image-plastic language and exceptional richness of pictorial form. The artist brought into this monumental form the experience of his easel painting, characterized by its coloristic and textural refinement, as well as the allegorical content. The central composition, "Path of Enlightenment," occupies a large area of the protruding

22.08.2017, 15:30

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Famous Masters of Kyrgyz Easel Art

Mosaic Masters. In the 1980s, Momunbek Akmatkulov began working in the field of monumental painting. He created a mosaic made of smalt (1980) that blends into the environment on the building of the Republican Sports Profile Boarding School and a mosaic on the facade of the administrative building of the Orto-Tokoy Reservoir Management (1983), as well as stained glass that decorates the interiors of the "Ocean" café (1984) and the building of the State Security Committee of the Kyrgyz

22.08.2017, 14:44

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Active Multifaceted Monumentalist Dzhyldyz Moldakhmatov

Clarity of the creative task presentation. As an active multifaceted monumental artist, Jyldyz Moldakhmatov asserts himself, having graduated in 1972 from the Moscow Higher Artistic and Industrial School (formerly Stroganov School). The mural he created in the interior of the Kyrgyz State Circus building (1978) speaks of a clear understanding of the creative task, emotionality, and the artist's coloristic gift, as well as an understanding of architectural genre and style. The mural,

22.08.2017, 13:58

Sculpture

Wall painting, mosaic, panels, reliefs by A. N. Kamensky

The Versatility of Alexei Nikolaevich Kamensky. Alexei Nikolaevich Kamensky has developed into a unique master of monumental painting, participating in the creation of several significant architectural and artistic ensembles as a monumental artist with a broad professional culture, a sense of color, rhythm, and spatial harmony. He has also made a vibrant mark in easel painting, decorative sculpture, and ceramics. In his early mosaic "Song" (1965) in the concert hall of the Frunze

22.08.2017, 10:21

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The Creative Face in the Field of Monumental Painting of Yevgeny Stepanovich Gerdyuk

The Independence of Artistic Thinking of Yevgeny Stepanovich Herdyuk. Yevgeny Stepanovich Herdyuk has his own creative identity in the field of monumental painting. He arrived in Kyrgyzstan in the 1960s, taught at the Frunze Art College for more than ten years, worked for several years as deputy director, and then as director, nurturing dozens of artists who now contribute to the development of the art of environmental design. He most often creates multi-figure compositions in various

22.08.2017, 09:30

Sculpture

The Narrative Type of Figurative-Plastic Thinking of Theodore Theodorevich Herzen

New Trends in Herzen's Creativity While S. Bakashev represents the decorative direction of Kyrgyz painting, Teodor Teodorovich Herzen is distinguished by a narrative type of figurative-plastic thinking. He works in a strictly realistic manner, infusing his images with specific life content. A landmark work of monumental painting in Kyrgyzstan in the 1960s was T. Herzen's monumental fresco "Rest" (1967) in the foyer of the Ilyich State Farm club in the Kemin district. Here,

21.08.2017, 19:19

Sculpture

Original Artist Sabitjan Bakashev

Painter and easel artist S. Bakashev with a heightened sense of plasticity Sabitjan Bakashev possesses a vividly decorative vision of pictorial form, typically linking the search for artistic expressiveness with the spatial interaction of painting and architecture. Like other monumentalists, he participated in group projects (alongside A. Voronin, A. Kamensky, Z. Khabibulin, I. Chokoev, and others), for example, in the artistic design of the "Kyrgyzstan" cinema in Moscow, the circus

21.08.2017, 18:33

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The Development of Monumental Painting in Kyrgyzstan

Diversity of Monumental Painting and Decorative Plastic Arts. In the 1960s, the traditional narrative line in monumental painting continued to develop, maintaining the principles of figurative thinking and compositional-plastic construction established in the ceiling paintings of the Kyrgyz State Opera and Ballet Theater, created in the 1950s. This direction is represented by the smalt mosaic-stele by A. Mikhalev titled "Meeting of Guests" (1963), installed at the entrance to the

20.08.2017, 17:57

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New Synthesis of Plastic Arts with Architecture in Frunze

Harmoniously solved tasks by a team of painters. In the first half of the 1960s, the team in Frunze created decorative compositions in the technique of sgraffito in the interiors of the cafes "Son-Kul" and "Yunost", the "Ala-Too" hotel, and reliefs made of foam concrete in the foyer of the "Oktyabr" cinema, which drew public attention to the tasks of artistic organization of the environment and the issues of new synthesis of plastic arts with

20.08.2017, 16:23

Sculpture

Monumental Painting of the Kyrgyz People

Creative Team on a Breakthrough to Kyrgyzstan The period under consideration is a time of intense development in Kyrgyzstan of all forms of monumental art, including monumental painting, which is an essential component of new architectural and artistic ensembles, fulfilling social functions defined by Lenin's plan for monumental propaganda. It embodies the content of the multifaceted Soviet reality, labor, spiritual and moral issues, and the fundamental ideas of socialist society.

20.08.2017, 15:30

Sculpture

Sculpture Park in Bishkek

Opening of the Sculpture Park in Frunze. The opening of new opportunities for sculptors in the republic in the field of monumental-decorative plastic art is facilitated by the practice of holding sculpture symposiums. In 1984, an inter-republican plein air sculpture event took place in Frunze. The stone works (limestone), created by sculptors representing various plastic schools of the country, as well as sculptures donated to the republic from the funds of the Ministry of Culture and the

20.08.2017, 14:26

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Memorial-Decorative Genre of Tombstones in Kyrgyzstan

The Beginning of the Development of the Tombstone Genre. In the last decade, the development of the traditional memorial-decorative genre of tombstones in the art of sculpture has begun in Kyrgyzstan. For several years, sculptor 3. Khabibulin worked on the tombstone of the brilliant Kyrgyz ballerina B. Beishenaliev, who left this world too soon. The sculptor took his task very seriously and decided to create a figure for the first time in the memorial plastic of Kyrgyzstan, relating it to the

20.08.2017, 12:58

Sculpture

Monumental-Decorative Sculpture of Kyrgyz Masters

Design Solutions for Public Areas A creative success of Khabibulina in the field of monumental-decorative plastic is the decorative composition-fountain in the resort city of Cholpon-Ata (1982, copper, architect K. Abdrakov). The crowning structure of the fountain, a decoratively interpreted figure of a woman seemingly frozen in the rhythm of dance, is plastic, exquisitely graceful, and brings a note of emotionality to the environment. It complements and aesthetically enriches the

20.08.2017, 11:49

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Complex of Sculptural Works in the Talas Region

Complex of sculptural works at the Kirov Reservoir in the Talas region. A significant milestone in the development of monumental art in the republic was the large complex of sculptural works at the Kirov Reservoir in the Talas region (1975—1983), created by a group of artists (V. Shestopal, T. Gertsen, V. Dimov). A thematic bas-relief has been created on the retaining wall of the dam — an elaborate multi-figure narrative about the life of the workers of Kyrgyzstan. The composition of the

20.08.2017, 10:38

Sculpture

Sculptural-Architectural Complex "Manas"

Largest Ensemble of Monumental-Decorative Sculpture The largest work of ensemble monumental-decorative sculpture in the republic is the sculptural and architectural complex "Manas" (1982, sculptor T. Sadykov, architect A. Pechenkina), embodied in stone and forged copper. This extensive spatial composition adjoins the simultaneously erected building of the Kyrgyz State Philharmonic, decorated with stained glass on the theme of national ornamentation. It organizes one of the central

20.08.2017, 09:51

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Monumental-Decorative Sculpture in Kyrgyzstan

Kyrgyz Monumental-Decorative Genre. In the process of fulfilling the socio-aesthetic functions of Soviet monumental art in the life of a developed socialist society, its genre-stylistic explorations are increasingly unfolding. Alongside the creation of monuments that carry relevant propaganda-artistic content and serve as the most effective force in monumental propaganda, diverse branches of monumental-decorative plastic are developing, enhancing their urban planning and spatial-forming roles.

19.08.2017, 21:20

Sculpture

Monumental-Pathetic Representation of Lenin in the Sculpture by T. Sadykov

Monument of national significance. T. Sadykov has completed the work on the monument to F. E. Dzerzhinsky for the city of Frunze. The half-figure of the "Knight of the Revolution" seems to emerge from the dynamic form of flames — a symbol of that socially charged time. The emotionally and broadly carved granite likeness of Dzerzhinsky captivates with its willful steadfastness and the beauty of high human feelings. Here, the sculptor once again demonstrated his love for working with

19.08.2017, 20:31

Sculpture

The Founder of Systematic Science in Kyrgyzstan

Bronze Monument In the late 1970s, a competition was held in the republic to create a monument to K. I. Skryabin, Hero of Socialist Labor, member of three all-Union academies (Academy of Sciences of the USSR, VASKHNIIL, Academy of Medical Sciences of the USSR), honorary member of the Academy of Sciences of the Kyrgyz and Uzbek SSR, and a full and honorary member of the academies of Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, Poland, the GDR, Yugoslavia, France, and scientific societies in the USA, the UK,

19.08.2017, 13:00

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Portrait Monuments of Broad International Significance in Kyrgyzstan

Images of an Epic Scale. In the 1970s, T. Sadykov created a granite monument—a bust of the twice Hero of Socialist Labor Z. Kainazarova (architect V. Kurbatov), which was installed on one of the most beautiful streets of the capital—Dzerzhinsky Avenue—while this famous Kyrgyz sugar beet grower was still alive. She provided the country with record harvests and raised six orphans from the war. In this simple and strong woman from the people, the sculptor saw a bright and integral nature. In the

19.08.2017, 12:00

Sculpture

The Monumentality of the Image of Toktogul

Portrait Monument of Toktogul. In the 1970s and 1980s, the portrait monument developed more multifacetedly in various sculptural materials. Monuments were created for revolutionaries, public figures, labor heroes, scientists, and writers, in whose images the main features of our era, its ideological and creative pathos, are concentrated. The issue of erecting a monument to Toktogul in Frunze was raised again. As a result of a republican competition, the authors of the monument became G.

19.08.2017, 11:00

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Sculptural-Architectural Complex of the Victory Monument

Three-part sculptural composition of the monument. A new step in the monumental art of the republic in the development of the theme was the sculptural and architectural complex of the Victory monument in Frunze, built for the 40th anniversary of the victory of the Soviet people over fascist Germany (sculptors T. Sadykov, M. Anikushin, architects V. Lyzenko, V. Bukhaev, with the participation of architects E. Hertel, Z. Shambetov, A. Novolelinskiy, and others). The monument serves as the

19.08.2017, 10:30

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Memorial Complex in Honor of the Hero of the Soviet Union Cholponbay Tuleberdiev

No one is forgotten... An original structure is the memorial complex in honor of the Hero of the Soviet Union Cholponbay Tuleberdiev in his homeland in the village of Chimbkent, Talas region, created by sculptor Z. Khabibulin and architect D. Yrysqulov (1982), awarded the Silver Medal named after A. M. Grekov. The complex unites into a single whole the monument to Ch. Tuleberdiev, the building of the memorial museum dedicated to the memory of fallen fellow villagers, and steles with figurative

18.08.2017, 23:00

Sculpture

Memorial Monuments to the Heroes of the Great Patriotic War in Kyrgyzstan

Monumental Form of Commemorating the Fallen Heroes. An important place in the monumental sculpture of Kyrgyzstan in the 70s and 80s is occupied by memorial monuments that develop the theme of remembering the fallen and the heroism of the people's feat during the Great Patriotic War, the theme of the victory of the Soviet people over fascism. During these years, in the republic, as in all Soviet art, the monumental form of commemorating the fallen heroes is established —

18.08.2017, 22:29

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Monument "To the Fighters of the Revolution," created by sculptor T. Sadykov

Monument "To the Fighters of the Revolution" The greatest achievement of Kyrgyz monumental art in the 1970s was the widely recognized monument "To the Fighters of the Revolution" (1978, bronze, granite), created by sculptor T. Sadykov (architect G. Kutateladze). In terms of significance and emotional intensity of its ideological and artistic content, the monument was classified among the outstanding achievements of Soviet monumental art. For its creation, T. Sadykov was

17.08.2017, 11:00

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Kyrgyz Monumental Sculpture of the Seventies (1970s)

Monumentalists of the New Generation in Kyrgyzstan In the 1970s, with the arrival of sculptors and monumentalists of a new generation in Kyrgyz art, monumental sculpture began to develop more intensively. Expanding its ideological and thematic range and sphere of influence, it was enriched with large-scale works. The rising level of monumental propaganda in the republic is especially noticeable in the capital. The appearance of works of national significance was marked in the first half of the

17.08.2017, 10:00

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Kyrgyz Monumental Sculpture of the Sixties (1960s)

Multi-figure monuments in monumental sculpture. In the 1960s, the development of multi-figure monuments in monumental plastic art began. In 1963, V. A. Puzirevsky (with the participation of G. Tupoy) created a two-figure monumental composition — a monument to the heroes of the Komsomol of the Civil and Great Patriotic Wars on the Young Guard Avenue in Frunze. In the rhythm of a marching step, a Russian Red Army soldier from the 1920s and a soldier of the Great Patriotic War — a son of the

17.08.2017, 09:00

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Kyrgyz Monuments in Bronze and Granite

Monuments to the heroes of the revolution. One of the successful plastic embodiments of the heroic image of a fighter for the establishment of Soviet power is the bust of the hero of the Civil War, a worker-revolutionary, chairman of the district-city committee of the RCP(b) in Kyrgyzstan, who led the fight against the Belyovodsk uprising in 1918, A. Ivanitsin, sculpted by N. I. Lodyagin. The bronze bust, resting on a round granite pedestal, is installed on Dzerzhinsky Avenue. Created in the

17.08.2017, 08:00

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Sculptural Monuments. Toktogul Satylganov

The monument to Toktogul Satylganov— the greatest representative of Kyrgyz culture. In the 1960s, the issue of creating a monument to Toktogul Satylganov — the greatest representative of Kyrgyz culture during a pivotal era, whose work is inextricably linked to national folklore and became the starting point for Kyrgyz professional literature — continued to concern the sculptors of the republic. The image of Toktogul, a talented poet and musician, a singer of the revolution, a man who did not

17.08.2017, 07:00

Sculpture

Sculptural Monuments. Togolok Moldo

Sculptural Monuments. Togolok Moldo In the monumental sculpture of Kyrgyzstan, which began to be created en masse in the 1960s, the form of the portrait monument develops in its early stages, commemorating the memory of outstanding figures of national history and culture. In 1965, in Frunze, the oldest sculptor of Kyrgyzstan, O. Manuilova, created a bust monument to the national poet, one of the founders of Kyrgyz Soviet literature, Togolok Moldo, which was installed in one of the central

17.08.2017, 06:00

Writers of Kyrgyzstan

Dramatist, Translator Kasymbek Eshmambetov

Dramatist and translator K. Eshmambetov was born in the village of Orto-Sai (now in the Alamedin district of the Kyrgyz SSR) to a peasant family. Until 1920, he studied at a rural school, and in 1930, he graduated from the Kyrgyz Pedagogical Technical School in Frunze. From 1930 to 1932, he worked as a teacher at the Frunze Medical Technical School, from 1933 to 1936 at the Financial Technical School, and from 1936 to 1937 as the director of the Construction Technical School.

16.08.2017, 21:00

Writers of Kyrgyzstan

Prose Writer Asankadyr Esenkhanov

Prose writer A. Esenkanov was born in the village of Kazan-Kuygan in the Tian-Shan district of the Naryn region in a family of a collective farm worker. In 1956, he graduated from the Otkuk Secondary School, in 1962— from the Philological Faculty of KSU, and in 1976— from the Higher Party School under the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union in Moscow. He began his labor biography in 1956 as a worker at the horse-breeding farm No. 53. From 1962 to 1964, he taught Kyrgyz

16.08.2017, 20:00

Writers of Kyrgyzstan

Prose Writer Kusein Esenkodzhoyev

Prose writer K. Esenkodzhoyev was born in the village of Ichke-Bulun (now the Jety-Oguz district of the Issyk-Kul region) in a family of poor peasants. In 1937, he graduated from high school and enrolled in the Kyrgyz State Pedagogical Institute. In 1941, at the beginning of the Great Patriotic War, he volunteered to go to the front. K. Esenkodzhoyev is one of the founders of the genre of science fiction in Kyrgyz children's literature. His literary activity began with the book

16.08.2017, 20:00

Writers of Kyrgyzstan

Poet and Prose Writer Shakin Esengulov

Poet and prose writer Sh. Esengulov was born on March 22, 1940, in the village of Kairma, Jumgal District, Naryn Region, in a family of a civil servant. In 1958, he graduated from Kyz-Kel Secondary School in the village of Ak-Took, Suzak District, Osh Region; in 1963, he graduated from the cultural and educational college in Tokmak; in 1971, he completed the correspondence department of journalism at the Philological Faculty of the KGU named after the 50th anniversary of the USSR; and in 1983,

16.08.2017, 19:00

Writers of Kyrgyzstan

Poet Egemberdi Ermatov (Djetimish Aliyev)

Poet E. Ermatov was born on July 10, 1951, in the village of Pum, Frunze District, Osh Region, in a peasant family. In 1967, he graduated from an eight-year boarding school, in 1970— from Osh Pedagogical College, and in 1979— from the A. M. Gorky Literary Institute under the USSR Writers' Union in Moscow. From 1970 to 1972, he served in the ranks of the Soviet Army, and after demobilization, he worked for some time as a literary employee in the editorial office of the district newspaper

16.08.2017, 18:00

Writers of Kyrgyzstan

Critic, Literary Scholar Abdygany Erkebayev

Critic, literary scholar A. Erkebayev was born in the village of Kara-Teyit in the Alaï district of the Osh region into a peasant family. Orphaned at an early age, he was raised in a boarding school. In 1970, he graduated from the V. I. Lenin Secondary School in the village of Kara-Myk, in 1975— from the philological faculty of the KGU named after the 50th anniversary of the USSR, and in 1981— from the postgraduate program at the Institute of World Literature of the USSR Academy of Sciences.

16.08.2017, 17:00

Writers of Kyrgyzstan

The Poet Suyunbai Eraliyev

Poet S. Eraliyev was born on October 15, 1921, in the village of Uch-Emchek (now the Talas district of the Talas region) into a peasant family. In 1940, he graduated from high school, and from 1951 to 1954, he was a student at the Higher Party School under the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, and from 1965 to 1967, he attended the Higher Literary School under the Union of Soviet Writers in Moscow. During the Great Patriotic War, from 1942 to 1944, he fought at the

16.08.2017, 16:00

Writers of Kyrgyzstan

Poet, Prose Writer Mukai Elebaev

Poet and prose writer M. Elebaev was born in the village of Chon-Tash in the present-day Tyup district of the Issyk-Kul region into a peasant-poor family. Orphaned at the age of 9, he worked as a laborer for the rich. In 1916, he ended up in China with refugees and returned from there in 1919. In the spring of 1920, he studied literacy for a while at the literacy school in the village of Jyluu-Bulak, and from 1921, he was raised in a boarding school in the city of Przhevalsk. From 1924 to

16.08.2017, 15:00

Writers of Kyrgyzstan

Poet, Translator Turdubek Elemanov

Poet and translator T. Elemanov was born in the village of Burana, Chui region of the Kyrgyz SSR. In 1948, he graduated from Ak-Beshim Secondary School, and in 1961— from the journalism department of the philological faculty of KSU. He began his work biography in 1948 as a primary school teacher. From 1955 to 1957, he worked as a literary employee at the editorial office of the newspaper "Sovettik Kyrgyzstan." Since 1965, he taught his native language and literature at M. V. Frunze

16.08.2017, 14:00

Writers of Kyrgyzstan

Critic Kanaybek Edilbaev

Critic K. Edilbaev was born on December 5, 1952, in the village of Barskoon, Jeti-Oguz District, Issyk-Kul Region, in a peasant family. In 1969, he graduated from high school in his native village, and in 1976, he graduated from the philological faculty of the Kyrgyz State University named after the 50th anniversary of the USSR. He began his labor biography in 1969 as a collective farmer in his native collective farm. From 1976 to 1977, he worked as a scientific editor at the Main Editorial

16.08.2017, 13:00

Writers of Kyrgyzstan

Poet, Critic Abdyjapar Egemberdiyev

Poet and critic A. Egemberdiev was born in the village of Toktoyan in the Tyup district of the Issyk-Kul region in a family of civil servants. In 1969, he graduated from the M. Elebaev Secondary School in the village of Taldy-Suu, Tyup district, and in 1974, he graduated from the philological faculty of the KGU named after the 50th anniversary of the USSR. He began his career as a teacher of his native language and literature at the M. Bayetov Secondary School in the Ak-Tala district of the

16.08.2017, 12:00

Writers of Kyrgyzstan

Poet, Playwright Raikan Shukurbeков

Poet and playwright R. Shukurbeikov was born in 1913 and passed away on May 23, 1964, in the village of Ak-Chiy, now part of the Kirov district of the Talas region, in a family of livestock breeders. Having lost his parents at an early age, he was raised in a children's home in Dzhambul until 1928, where he learned to read and write. In 1928, after moving to Frunze, he studied at a Tatar school, and in 1933, he graduated from the Kyrgyz Pedagogical Technical School in Frunze. In 1933, he

16.08.2017, 11:00

Writers of Kyrgyzstan

The Poet Smar Shimeev

Poet S. Shimeev was born on November 15, 1921—September 3, 1976, in the village of Almaluu, Kemin District, Kyrgyz SSR, in a family of poor peasants. Having lost his parents early, he was raised by his maternal grandmother. In 1935, he graduated from a rural primary school, in 1938— from a workers' faculty in Tokmak, in 1940— from Kyrgyz Secondary School No. 5 named after A. S. Pushkin in Frunze, and in 1954— from the A. M. Gorky Literary Institute. He began his labor biography as a

16.08.2017, 10:00

Writers of Kyrgyzstan

The Poet Yasir Shivaza

The poet Y. Shivaza was born on May 18, 1906, and passed away on June 18, 1988, in the village of Aleksandrovka, now part of the Moscow district of the Kyrgyz SSR, in a family of a blacksmith. From 1916 to 1923, he studied Arabic script at a rural school for clergy while also working in a blacksmith workshop. From 1924 to 1930, he studied at the Tatar Institute of Education in Tashkent. Since 1930, he worked as the director of a Dungan primary school in Frunze, from 1931 to 1938 he was an

16.08.2017, 09:00

Writers of Kyrgyzstan

Playwright Viktor Shvemberger

Dramatist V. Shvemberger was born on October 23, 1892—January 23, 1970, in the city of Stavropol in a family of a military provisioner-pharmacist. His childhood and youth were spent in Pyatigorsk. In 1910, he graduated from accounting courses in Rostov-on-Don. In 1912, he moved to Moscow. In 1916, he entered the drama studio of F. Komissarzhevskaya, and later transferred to O. Gunsta's studio, where he worked under the guidance of E. Vakhtangov. From November 1917, while continuing his

16.08.2017, 08:00