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The Poet Akbar Toktakunov
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The Poet Akbar Toktakunov

Poet A. Toktakunov was born in the village of Chym-Korgon in the Kemin district of the Kyrgyz SSR into a family of poor peasants. In 1945, he graduated from Kyrgyz Secondary School No. 5 named after A. S. Pushkin in Frunze. From 1961 to 1963, he studied at the Higher Literary School under the Union of Soviet Writers in Moscow. He began his work biography in 1945 as the secretary of the board in his native collective farm. From 1947, he was a correspondent for the newspaper "Leninchil

11.08.2017, 06:00
Poet Svetlana Tokombaeva (Suslova)
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Poet Svetlana Tokombaeva (Suslova)

Poet S. Tokombaeva was born on March 13, 1949, in Chita in a family of a doctor. Since 1952, she has lived in Frunze. In 1966, she graduated from Secondary School No. 51 in Frunze, and in 1971, she graduated from the philological faculty of KGU. In 1965, while still a schoolgirl, she worked as a announcer for the Kant District Radio, and during these years she collaborated with the newspapers "Banner of Victory" and "Kyrgyzstan Komsomol". Her first poems appeared in the

10.08.2017, 23:00
Poet, Prose Writer Ulan Tokombaev (Ulan-Sher)
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Poet, Prose Writer Ulan Tokombaev (Ulan-Sher)

Poet and prose writer U. Tokombaev was born on February 10, 1941, in the village of Kureneekeevo, Kemin District, Kyrgyz SSR, in a family of a writer. In 1958, he graduated from Secondary School No. 6 in Frunze, and in 1967, he graduated from the scriptwriting faculty of VGIK in Moscow. From 1960 to 1962, he studied at the Frunze Institute of Physical Culture. He began his work biography in 1958 as a center worker at the M. V. Frunze Agricultural Machinery Plant, and in 1959 he moved to a

10.08.2017, 21:00
Poet, Prose Writer, Playwright Aaly Tokombaev (Balky)
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Poet, Prose Writer, Playwright Aaly Tokombaev (Balky)

Poet, prose writer, playwright A. Tokombaev was born in the village of Kainy in the present-day Kemin district of the Kyrgyz SSR to a poor family. During the events of 1916, he ended up in China with refugees; upon returning in 1917, he lost his parents on the way and wandered as a homeless child until 1922. In 1922, he was accepted into a Soviet party school (boarding school) in Tashkent. From 1923 to 1927, he studied at the V. I. Lenin Central Asian University. In 1927, he worked for a time

10.08.2017, 20:00
Poet, playwright Moldogazy Tokobaev
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Poet, playwright Moldogazy Tokobaev

Poet and playwright M. Tokobaev was born in 1905 and passed away on May 21, 1974, in the village of Toru-Aygyr, Issyk-Kul district, Issyk-Kul region, in a peasant family of poor farmers. Having lost his parents at an early age, he was raised by relatives and from 1921, he lived in the Karakol orphanage. In 1926, he graduated from the Tyup Agricultural Technical School. From 1929 to 1931, he studied at the Communist University in Moscow. From 1926 to 1929, he worked as the secretary of the

10.08.2017, 18:53
Dramatist, Literary Scholar, Poet, Translator Myrzabek Toybaev
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Dramatist, Literary Scholar, Poet, Translator Myrzabek Toybaev

Dramatist, literary scholar, poet, translator M. Toybaev was born on January 25, 1935, in the village of Taldy-Bulak, Chui region of the Kyrgyz SSR, in a peasant family. In 1952, he graduated from Alchalin Secondary School, and in 1958, he graduated from the philological faculty of KGU. From 1966 to 1970, he studied in graduate school at the Institute of Language and Literature of the Academy of Sciences of the Kyrgyz SSR. He earned a Candidate of Philological Sciences degree in 1970.

09.08.2017, 08:00
The poet-writer Togolok Moldo (Bayymbet Abdrakhmanov)
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The poet-writer Togolok Moldo (Bayymbet Abdrakhmanov)

Akin-writer Togolok Moldo was born on June 17, 1860—January 4, 1942, in the area of Kurtka (now Ak-Talinsky district of Naryn region) in a peasant family. The father of the future akyn, Abdrakhman, was a connoisseur of Kyrgyz lyrics and often performed songs among the people. At the age of 9, Bayimbet learned to read and write from a local mullah. At 14, after losing his father, he was raised by his grandfather's brother, Muzooke, a well-known akyn and komuz player of that time. Four

09.08.2017, 07:00
Akin, Singer-Komuzist, Folk Comic-Satirist Sharshen Termechikov
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Akin, Singer-Komuzist, Folk Comic-Satirist Sharshen Termechikov

Akin, singer-kumuz player, folk comic-satirist Sh. Termechikov was born in the Kyonok area (now Sokuluk district of the Kirghiz SSR) in a poor family. Orphaned at an early age, he wandered from village to village, working as a laborer for wealthy landowners and manaps. From 1929 to 1931, he managed his small peasant farm. In 1931, he was hired by the Kyrgyz Drama Theater, and from 1936 until the end of his life, he worked as a comic soloist at the Toktogul Satylganov Kyrgyz Philharmonic. The

09.08.2017, 05:30
Prose Writer Akzholtoy Tekinaev
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Prose Writer Akzholtoy Tekinaev

Prose writer A. Tekinaev was born on January 20, 1942, in the village of Alchaluu, Chui region of the Kyrgyz SSR, in a family of a civil servant. In 1959, he graduated from high school in the village of Ak-Beshim, in 1964 he graduated from the philological faculty of KGU, and in 1971 he completed the Higher Party School in Alma-Ata. In 1964, he was appointed head of the department of the Kemin District Committee of the Komsomol of Kyrgyzstan. From 1966 to 1969, he worked as the responsible

08.08.2017, 23:00
Poet Usman Tashtemirov
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Poet Usman Tashtemirov

Poet U. Tashtemirov was born in the village of Chek-Abad in the Aravan district of the Osh region in a peasant family. In 1958, he graduated from high school, and in 1972—he completed the correspondence department of the journalism faculty at Tashkent State University named after V. I. Lenin. He began his labor biography as a primary school teacher at the I. V. Michurin School. From 1962, he worked as a proofreader and a correspondent for the inter-district newspaper "Galaba bayragi"

08.08.2017, 22:00
Literary scholar, prose writer, poet Dzaki Tashtemirov
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Literary scholar, prose writer, poet Dzaki Tashtemirov

Literary scholar, prose writer, poet Dz. Tashtemirov was born on October 15, 1913—October 7, 1988, in the village of Onbir-Dzhylga, Chui region of the Kyrgyz SSR, in a peasant family. He lost his parents early and was raised by his older sister in the Tokmak orphanage. In 1931, he entered the Tokmak Agricultural Technical School, and in 1932, he transferred to the preparatory department of the Zooveterinary Institute in Frunze, but did not complete it. In 1947, he graduated from the Kyrgyz

08.08.2017, 21:00
Poet Karymshak Tashbaev
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Poet Karymshak Tashbaev

Poet K. Tashbaev was born in the village of Shyrkyratma in the Soviet district of the Osh region in a peasant family. In 1953, he graduated from high school in his native village, and in 1965— from the journalism department of the Philological Faculty of KGU. He began his work biography in 1953 as an accountant in his native collective farm. From 1954 to 1957, he served in the ranks of the Soviet Army. Since 1957, he has been working as a drilling worker in a geological exploration team, and

08.08.2017, 20:00
Theater Scholar, Critic, Translator Avas Syrymbetov
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Theater Scholar, Critic, Translator Avas Syrymbetov

Theater scholar, critic, translator A. Syrymbetov was born on August 22, 1936, in the village of Kyzyl Oktyabr, Kalinin District, Kyrgyz SSR, in the family of a civil servant. In 1951, he graduated from a seven-year school in the village of Taldy-Bulak, in 1957— from high school there, and in 1962— from the theater studies faculty of the Tashkent Theater and Art Institute named after A. N. Ostrovsky. He began his career in 1951 as an actor at the Kyrgyz Drama Theater. In 1962, he was appointed

08.08.2017, 19:52
Prose Writer Tugelbay Sydykbekov
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Prose Writer Tugelbay Sydykbekov

Prose writer T. Sydykbekov was born in the village of Ken-Suu in the current Tyup district of the Issyk-Kul region in a peasant family. He learned to read and write at a rural primary school, then studied at the Russian primary school named after A. P. Chekhov in the city of Karakol, graduating in 1927. He studied for one year at the N. K. Krupskaya Secondary School; from 1928 to 1931, he attended the Frunze Agricultural Technical School, and in 1931, he enrolled in the Central Asian

08.08.2017, 18:00
Prose Writer Kachkynbay Sydygaliev
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Prose Writer Kachkynbay Sydygaliev

Prose writer Kachkynbay Sydygaliev was born on February 2, 1934, in the village of Karoy, Chui region of the Kyrgyz SSR, in a peasant family. In 1950, he graduated from high school in the village of Onbir-Dzhilga, and in 1957— from the medical faculty of the Kyrgyz State Medical Institute. Since 1957, he worked as the chief physician of a district hospital in the village of Bek-Abad, Suzak district of Osh region, from 1960— as a therapist, then as deputy chief physician of the Chui Central

08.08.2017, 17:00
Poet, Prose Writer Omor Sultanov
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Poet, Prose Writer Omor Sultanov

Poet and prose writer O. Sultanov was born on November 6, 1935, in the village of Tosor, Jeti-Oguz district of the Issyk-Kul region, in a family of civil servants. In 1953, he graduated from Barskoon Secondary School, and in 1959, from the philological faculty of KGU. He began his labor biography in 1959 as a literary employee at the editorial office of the magazine "Ala-Too". In 1971 and 1986, he was elected secretary of the board of the Writers' Union of Kyrgyzstan. For

08.08.2017, 15:00
Poet, Translator Orozbay Sulaymanov
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Poet, Translator Orozbay Sulaymanov

Poet and translator O. Sulaymanov was born on February 20, 1928, in the village of Novorossiysk, Kemin district, Kyrgyz SSR, into a peasant family. In 1944, he graduated from high school in his native village, in 1946— from the Frunze Teacher's Institute, and in 1950— from the Kyrgyz State Pedagogical Institute. He began his labor biography in 1946 as the director of the Toktogul Satylganov High School in Gulcha (Alaï district of Osh region). From 1950, he worked as a teacher at the Osh

08.08.2017, 14:00
Poet, Prose Writer Israil Sulaymanov
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Poet, Prose Writer Israil Sulaymanov

Poet and prose writer I. Sulaymanov was born in the village of Taldyk in the Kara-Suu district of the Osh region into a poor family. In 1934-1935, he studied at the Jalal-Abad Pedagogical College, and in 1955, he graduated from the Osh Pedagogical Institute. He began his labor biography as a teacher at the primary school "Bakdjar" in the Kara-Suu district. From 1940 to 1946, he served in the ranks of the Soviet Army, and during the Great Patriotic War, he was at the front. Since

08.08.2017, 13:00
Prose Writer Duyshen Sulaymanov
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Prose Writer Duyshen Sulaymanov

Prose writer D. Su laymanov was born in the village of Jilaymash in the Sokuluk district of the Kyrgyz SSR into a peasant family. In 1947, he graduated from Kyrgyz Secondary School No. 5 named after A. S. Pushkin in Frunze, and in 1952 — from the philological faculty of KGU. He began his labor biography in 1947 as a pioneer leader at the M. I. Kalinin Secondary School in the Sokuluk district. From 1952 to 1954, he worked as a junior researcher at the Institute of Language and Literature of the

08.08.2017, 12:00
Prose Writer Asaneyek Stamov
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Prose Writer Asaneyek Stamov

Prose writer A. Stamov was born on August 28, 1938, in the village of Chon-Aryk, Moscow District, Kyrgyz SSR, in a peasant family. In 1957, he graduated from Budennovskaya Secondary School in Moscow District, and in 1962— from the philological faculty of KRU. He began his labor biography in 1962 as a teacher at a secondary school in the city of Tokmak. Since 1964, he served as a correspondent for the republican radio committee, from 1967 as a senior editor, and from 1971 to 1973 as the

08.08.2017, 11:00
Prose Writer, Playwright Anatoly Sorokin
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Prose Writer, Playwright Anatoly Sorokin

Prose writer, playwright A. Sorokin was born on May 9, 1939, in the village of Martovka, Khabar District, Altai Krai, in a peasant family. In 1957, he graduated from high school in his native village, in 1959— from Trotsky Technical School, where he received the qualification of a cinema mechanic, and in 1962— from Almaty Cinema Technical School. He began his labor biography in 1957 as an accountant in his native state farm. From 1962 to 1966, he worked in gold mines in the Far North and

08.08.2017, 10:00
Poet, Critic, Literary Scholar Omor Sooronov
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Poet, Critic, Literary Scholar Omor Sooronov

Poet, critic, literary scholar O. Sooronov was born in the village of Gologon in the Bazar-Kurgan district of the Osh region into a farmer's family. In 1957, he graduated from Secondary School No. 1 in the village of Bazar-Kurgan, and in 1967— from the philological faculty of KGU. He began his labor biography in 1957 as a typesetter at the Bazar-Kurgan printing house, and from 1959 worked as a senior pioneer leader at the secondary school. From 1959 to 1962, he served in the ranks of the

08.08.2017, 09:00
Prose Writer, Poet Zuurа Sooronbaeva
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Prose Writer, Poet Zuurа Sooronbaeva

Prose writer, poet Zura Sooronbaeva was born in the village of Djolgolot in the present-day Ak-Suu district of the Issyk-Kul region in a peasant-poor family. In 1940, she graduated from high school. She began her labor biography that same year as a secretary-typist at the editorial office of the regional newspaper "Ysyk-Kol Pravdasy." From 1959 to 1974, she was a correspondent for the inter-district newspaper "Kommunistik Emgek," and from 1974 to 1979, she worked again as a

08.08.2017, 08:00
Prose Writer Akmatbek Soltobaev
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Prose Writer Akmatbek Soltobaev

Prose writer A. Soltobaev was born on January 10, 1929—September 19, 1978, in the village of Ak-Beshim in what is now the Chuy region of the Kyrgyz SSR. In 1948, he graduated from high school as an external student, in 1965—he completed the correspondence department of KGU, and in 1951, he studied at the Central Committee School under the Central Committee of the Komsomol in Moscow. He began his labor biography in 1946 as a teacher at the Ak-Beshim Secondary School. In 1948, he was elected as

08.08.2017, 06:00
Poet, Translator Yuri Smyslyayev
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Poet, Translator Yuri Smyslyayev

Poet and translator Y. Smyshlyaev was born on April 16, 1937, and passed away on December 26, 1983, in the village of Petrovskoye, Urum district, Kirov region, in a teacher's family. In 1954, he graduated from high school in Urum, and in 1959, he graduated from the A. M. Gorky Literary Institute under the USSR Writers' Union in Moscow. He began his working biography in 1954 as a laborer; he collaborated with the newspaper "Priziv" of the Bui district in Kirov region, and

07.08.2017, 21:00
Prose Writer, Translator Bakan Sexenbaev
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Prose Writer, Translator Bakan Sexenbaev

Prose writer and translator B. Sexenbaev was born on August 20, 1932, in the village of Burana, Chuy region of the Kyrgyz SSR, in a peasant family. In 1949, he graduated from high school, and in 1962— from the philological faculty of KGU. He began his working biography in 1949 as a teacher at the seven-year school of the "Shamsi" state farm in the Chuy region. From 1954 to 1957, he served in the ranks of the Soviet Army. From 1962 to 1967, he worked as a literary employee at the

07.08.2017, 20:30
Poet, Prose Writer Medetbek Seitaliev
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Poet, Prose Writer Medetbek Seitaliev

Poet and prose writer M. Seitaliev was born in the village of Uch-Emchek in the Talas district of the Talas region in a peasant family. In 1952, he graduated from Kyrgyz Secondary School No. 5 named after A. S. Pushkin in Frunze, and in 1957— from the philological faculty of KGU. He began his labor biography in 1957 as a literary employee at the editorial office of the newspaper "Kyrgyzstan Pioneer." From 1958, he worked as a methodologist at the Ministry of Culture of the Kyrgyz

07.08.2017, 19:30
Prose Writer, Essayist Vladimir Svetlichny (V. Berezin)
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Prose Writer, Essayist Vladimir Svetlichny (V. Berezin)

Prosaist and essayist V. Svetlichny was born on March 31, 1906, in the village of Polibino, Ryazan province, now in the Lipetsk region, into a peasant family. In 1924, he graduated from Berezovskaya Secondary School and studied at evening courses at the Mining Academy in Moscow from 1928 to 1930. He began his labor biography in 1924 as an inspector for the elimination of illiteracy in the Dankovsky district of the Lipetsk region, while also working as a rural correspondent for the district

07.08.2017, 19:00
Translator Kalmak Sayakbaev
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Translator Kalmak Sayakbaev

Translator K. Sayakbaev was born in the village of Tegizchil in the present-day Ak-Suu district of the Issyk-Kul region in a peasant-poor family. In 1940, he graduated from the Frunze Medical College, and in 1954— from the philological faculty of KSU. He began his labor biography in 1940 as a paramedic in the Lenin district of the Talas region, then worked in the Ala-Buka district military enlistment office. From 1944, he transitioned to journalism, serving as a literary employee for the

07.08.2017, 18:48
Akin-Democrat, Singer-Improvizer, Virtuoso-Komuzist Toktogul Satylganov
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Akin-Democrat, Singer-Improvizer, Virtuoso-Komuzist Toktogul Satylganov

Akin-democrat, improvisational singer, virtuoso komuzist T. Satylganov was born on October 25, 1864—February 17, 1933, in the village of Kyshta in the Ketmen-Tyubinskaya valley of the Susamyr volost of the Namangan district (now Toktogul district of Osh region) in a poor family. He did not receive formal education. At the age of 12, his parents were forced to send him to work as a shepherd for a wealthy landowner. Close interaction with impoverished people played a decisive role in shaping his

07.08.2017, 18:39
Prose Writer, Essayist, Publicist Satkyn Sasykbaev
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Prose Writer, Essayist, Publicist Satkyn Sasykbaev

Prose writer, essayist, publicist S. Sasykbaev was born on September 25, 1907, in the village of Karagaylyu-Bulak, now in the Kemin district of the Kyrgyz SSR, in a family of poor peasants. During the events of 1916, he fled to China with refugees. In 1917, upon returning to his homeland, he worked as a laborer for wealthy landowners. After losing his parents, he was accepted into the Tokmak orphanage in 1920. There he learned to read and write, and from 1924 he became one of the first rural

07.08.2017, 18:22
Prose Writer Aman Saspaev
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Prose Writer Aman Saspaev

Prose writer A. Saspaev was born in the village of Ken-Suu in the current Tyup district of the Issyk-Kul region in a poor family. After the death of his father, he and his mother moved to China in 1933 to the city of Kuldja. He received his primary education in Arabic. From 1937 to 1944, he studied at Kazakh and Uyghur schools in the city of Tekes, graduated from high school in Tekes in 1950, and in 1952 entered the Central Institute for National Minorities in Beijing, where he studied

07.08.2017, 16:21
Prose Writer, Playwright Sadyr Sarygulov
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Prose Writer, Playwright Sadyr Sarygulov

Prose writer and playwright S. Sarygulov was born in the village of Bayetovo in the Ak-Tal district of the Naryn region in a family of civil servants. In 1958, he graduated from the Toktogul Secondary School in Naryn, and in 1963, he graduated from the Faculty of Russian Language and Literature at the Przhevalsky Pedagogical Institute. From 1963 to 1968, he worked as a teacher in schools in the Naryn region and at the pedagogical college in Naryn. From 1968 to 1975, he worked as an editor and

07.08.2017, 16:14
The Poet Baidilda Sarnogoev
Writers of Kyrgyzstan

The Poet Baidilda Sarnogoev

Poet B. Sarnogoev was born on January 14, 1932, in the village of Budenovka, Talas District, Talas Region, in a peasant family. In 1951, he graduated from Kyrgyz Secondary School No. 5 named after A. S. Pushkin in Frunze, and in 1956— from the Literary Institute named after A. M. Gorky under the USSR Union of Writers in Moscow. Since 1956, he worked as the head of a department at the editorial office of the magazine "Ala-Too," and from 1959 to 1973— as a literary consultant for the

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Poet Toktosun Samudinov
Writers of Kyrgyzstan

Poet Toktosun Samudinov

Poet T. Samudинов was born on September 5, 1941, in the village of Sokuluk (now the city of Shopokov) in the Sokuluk district of the Kyrgyz SSR to a family of civil servants. In 1958, he graduated from the October Secondary School in the Sokuluk district, and in 1963, he graduated from the journalism department of the philological faculty of KGU. He began his career in 1963 as an editor in the publishing department of the N. G. Chernyshevsky RSL, worked as an editor in the State Committee for

07.08.2017, 14:00
Prose Writer Fyodor Samokhin
Writers of Kyrgyzstan

Prose Writer Fyodor Samokhin

Prose writer F. Samokhin was born in the village of Verkhne-Sadovskoye, Lower-Chirsky District of the Stalingrad Region, in a peasant-poor family. In 1940, he graduated from the Lower-Chirskaya Secondary School. In 1944, he studied at courses for newspaper workers in Moscow. He began his labor biography in 1934 as an accountant in his native collective farm, and from 1940 to 1942, he worked as a senior accountant at the Lower-Chir fishery point. From 1942 to 1943, F. Samokhin was a member of

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Literary Scholar, Translator, Playwright Tazabek Samanchin
Writers of Kyrgyzstan

Literary Scholar, Translator, Playwright Tazabek Samanchin

Literary scholar, translator, playwright T. Samanchin was born in 1909 and passed away on May 23, 1979, in the village of Jany-Jol, Kemin district of the Kyrgyz SSR, in the family of a laborer. Having lost his parents at an early age, he entered an orphanage in 1921. In 1923, he was sent to study in Almaty, and in 1929 he graduated from the Kyrgyz Pedagogical Technical School in Frunze. In 1934, he graduated from the Moscow State Pedagogical Institute named after V.I. Lenin, and in 1938, he

07.08.2017, 13:15
Critic, Literary Scholar J. Samaganov
Writers of Kyrgyzstan

Critic, Literary Scholar J. Samaganov

Critic, literary scholar Dzh. Samaganov was born in 1915 and passed away on June 1, 1980, in the village of Ichke-Dzhergez, Ak-Su district, Issyk-Kul region, in a family of a laborer. Having lost his parents at an early age, he was raised in the Karakol orphanage until 1930. In 1935, he graduated from the Frunze Pedagogical Technical School, and in 1944, he graduated from the Kyrgyz State Pedagogical Institute. From 1944 to 1947, he studied in the graduate school of the Institute of Language

07.08.2017, 13:03
Prose Writer Anatoly Salkinov
Writers of Kyrgyzstan

Prose Writer Anatoly Salkinov

Prose writer A. Salnikov was born on April 1, 1926, in the settlement of KIM in the Tajik SSR, in the family of an oil worker. From 1946, after graduating from the school for working youth, he studied at the oil technical school, and from 1949 to 1954 — at the A. M. Gorky Literary Institute under the USSR Writers' Union in Moscow.

07.08.2017, 12:30
Critic, Philosopher, Psychologist Aziz Saliev
Writers of Kyrgyzstan

Critic, Philosopher, Psychologist Aziz Saliev

Critic, philosopher, psychologist A. Saliev was born on November 10, 1925, in the village of Kün-Chygysh (now the village of Bokonbaev) in the Ton district of the Issyk-Kul region, in a teacher's family. In 1940, after finishing a seven-year school in his native village, he studied at the preparatory department of the Kyrgyz State Pedagogical Institute, and in 1941 he was admitted to the Faculty of Literature of this university. After graduating in 1948, he continued his education in

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Prose Writer Kochkon Sakhtanov
Writers of Kyrgyzstan

Prose Writer Kochkon Sakhtanov

Prose writer K. Sakhtanov was born on October 10, 1942, in the village of Korul, Aksy District, Osh Region, in a family of civil servants. In 1959, he graduated from high school in the village of Gulche, and in 1967 he completed the journalism department of the philological faculty at KGU. He began his labor biography in 1959 as a locomotive driver at the Kok-Yangak mine. Since 1967, he has worked as a junior research associate at the Institute of Language and Literature of the Academy of

27.07.2016, 14:17
Poet, Playwright J. Sadykov
Writers of Kyrgyzstan

Poet, Playwright J. Sadykov

Poet and playwright J. Sadykov was born on October 23, 1932, in the village of Kichi-Kemin, Kemin District, Kyrgyz SSR, in a peasant family. In 1952, he graduated from high school in his native village, and in 1958— from the philological faculty of KGU. He began his labor biography as a collective farmer in 1948, and since 1952 he has been working as a miner at the Ak-Tyuz mining and processing plant. Since 1957, while being a student, he worked at Glavlit under the Council of Ministers of the

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Critic, Literary Scholar A. Sadykov
Writers of Kyrgyzstan

Critic, Literary Scholar A. Sadykov

Critic and literary scholar A. Sadikov was born in the village of Kara-Suu in the At-Bashinsky district of the Naryn region in a peasant family. In 1946, he graduated from high school, and in 1953— from the philological faculty of KSU. From 1956 to 1959, he studied in graduate school while simultaneously working as a lecturer at the V. V. Mayakovsky Kyrgyz State Institute of Arts. In 1961, he defended his dissertation for the degree of candidate of sciences, and in 1972— for the degree of

27.07.2016, 13:44
Poet, Prose Writer Shatman Sadybakassov
Writers of Kyrgyzstan

Poet, Prose Writer Shatman Sadybakassov

Poet and prose writer Sh. Sadibakassov was born in the village of Dykkan in the Jumgal district of the Naryn region in a peasant family. In 1950, he graduated from high school, and in 1955— from the philological faculty of KSU. He began his career as a literary worker at the editorial office of the magazine "Zhas Leninchi," and from 1961 he worked as an editor at the publishing house "Kyrgyzstan," from 1965— as head of the department, and from 1975 until the end of his

27.07.2016, 13:28
The Poet Kurbanaly Sabirov
Writers of Kyrgyzstan

The Poet Kurbanaly Sabirov

Poet K. Sabirov was born on April 17, 1942, in the village of Gordoy, in the Lailak district of the Osh region, in a teacher's family. In 1960, he graduated from high school in his native village, and in 1966, he graduated from the philological faculty of KGU. He began his labor biography in 1966 as a teacher of his native language and literature at a school in the Batken district, and from 1969 he worked as a correspondent for the Osh regional television and radio committee. From 1974

27.07.2016, 13:15
Prose Writer, Journalist Djapar Saatov
Writers of Kyrgyzstan

Prose Writer, Journalist Djapar Saatov

Prose writer, journalist Dzh. Saatov was born on February 15, 1930, in the village of Alchaluu, Chui region of the Kyrgyz SSR, in a peasant family. In 1947, he graduated from Kyrgyz Secondary School No. 5 named after A. S. Pushkin in Frunze, and in 1952— the philological faculty of KGU. He began his career in 1952 as a teacher at a secondary school. Since 1952, he has been a correspondent, head of the department at the editorial office of the newspaper "Leninchil Zhas," and since

27.07.2016, 12:56
Poet Ramis Ryskulov
Writers of Kyrgyzstan

Poet Ramis Ryskulov

Poet R. Ryskulov was born on September 9, 1934, in the village of Kyzyl-Tuu, Moscow District, Kyrgyz SSR, in a family of civil servants. In 1951, he graduated from the Frunze Pedagogical School, and in 1959— from the A. M. Gorky Literary Institute under the USSR Union of Writers in Moscow. From 1953 to 1955, he studied at the Higher Komsomol School under the Central Committee of the Komsomol. He began his labor biography as a literary worker at the editorial office of the newspaper

27.07.2016, 12:47
The Poet Akbar Ryskulov
Writers of Kyrgyzstan

The Poet Akbar Ryskulov

Poet A. Ryskulov was born on April 4, 1953, in the village of Chym-Korgon, Kemin district of the Kyrgyz SSR, in a peasant family. In 1970, he graduated from high school in his native village, and in 1975— from the philological faculty of KSU named after the 50th anniversary of the USSR. He began his labor biography as a proofreader at the editorial office of the newspaper "Leninchil Zhash," where he subsequently worked as an editor-translator, correspondent, head of department,

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