Writers of Kyrgyzstan

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

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Writers of Kyrgyzstan

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

Writers of Kyrgyzstan

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

Writers of Kyrgyzstan

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

Writers of Kyrgyzstan

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

Writers of Kyrgyzstan

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

Writers of Kyrgyzstan

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

Writers of Kyrgyzstan

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

Writers of Kyrgyzstan

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

Writers of Kyrgyzstan

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

Writers of Kyrgyzstan

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

Writers of Kyrgyzstan

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

Writers of Kyrgyzstan

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

Writers of Kyrgyzstan

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

Writers of Kyrgyzstan

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

Writers of Kyrgyzstan

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

Writers of Kyrgyzstan

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

Writers of Kyrgyzstan

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

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

07.08.2017, 14:45

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

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

07.08.2017, 13:53

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

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

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

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

27.07.2016, 14:29

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

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

27.07.2016, 13:59

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

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

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

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

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

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,

27.07.2016, 12:35

Writers of Kyrgyzstan

Critic, Literary Scholar Mikhail Rudov

Critic and literary scholar M. Rudov was born in the city of Rudiya, Smolensk region. He is a graduate of an orphanage. In 1950, he graduated from the Kyrgyz State Pedagogical Institute named after M. V. Frunze, and in 1953, he completed his postgraduate studies. Since 1953, he has been working at KSU as a lecturer, senior lecturer, associate professor, professor, and head of the Department of Theory and History of Russian Literature. He is a candidate of philological sciences (1953). He has

27.07.2016, 12:26

Writers of Kyrgyzstan

Poet, Translator Mikhail Ronkin

Poet and translator M. Ronkin was born on October 23, 1928, in Smolensk in a working-class family. Since 1941, he has lived in Kyrgyzstan. In 1946, he graduated from high school, in 1949— from the Tashkent Tank School, and in 1958— from the correspondence department of the Philological Faculty of KSU. From 1949 to 1952, he served in the ranks of the Soviet Army. He began his labor biography as a hydraulic engineer. Since 1953 to the present, he has been working at the State Committee for

27.07.2016, 12:16

Writers of Kyrgyzstan

Critic, Literary Scholar Kalim Rakhmatullin

Critic and literary scholar K. Rakhmatullin was born in 1903 in the city of Tokmak, now in the Chuy region of the Kyrgyz SSR, in the family of a small trader. From 1923 to 1925, he studied at the workers' faculty of the Central Asian State University, and in 1931, he graduated from the economics faculty of this institution. Having lost his parents at an early age, he worked at a wool washing facility from the age of 12, and later as a watchman at the Tokmak City Library. From 1920 to

10.07.2016, 15:05

Writers of Kyrgyzstan

Poet Emmanuel Prag

Poet E. Prag was born on August 6, 1936, in Simferopol in a working-class family. In 1954, he graduated from high school in Orsk. He began his labor biography as an electrician. In 1954, he was accepted as an actor in the Orsk City Drama Theater named after A. S. Pushkin. Since 1956, he has lived and worked in Frunze. From 1957, he was an artist at the State Russian Drama Theater named after N. K. Krupskaya. He has been engaged in literary creativity since 1953. The poet's first book was

10.07.2016, 14:46

Writers of Kyrgyzstan

Prose Writer Nina Platonova

Prose writer N. Platonova was born in Tbilisi in a family of a military journalist and a political worker of the Red Army. In 1945, she graduated from high school in Saratov, and in 1950— from the historical faculty of Saratov State University. Since 1950, she collaborated with the youth newspaper "Young Stalinist" (Saratov) and worked as a freelance contributor for the ParGolovo district committee of the Komsomol near Leningrad. Since 1955, she has lived in Frunze. From that moment

10.07.2016, 14:32

Writers of Kyrgyzstan

Prose Writer Gennady Petrukhin

Prose writer G. Petrukhin was born on December 17, 1934, in the city of Aktobe in a military family. In 1950, he graduated from high school, and in 1957— from the historical faculty of KazGU named after S. M. Kirov. From 1960 to 1962, he was a student at the Central Committee School under the Central Committee of the Komsomol. He began his career as a librarian in a high school in 1950, in 1957 he worked as the responsible secretary of the Aktobe district newspaper "Krasnoe Znamya,"

10.07.2016, 13:49

Writers of Kyrgyzstan

Prose Writer, Playwright Vasily Parshkov

Prose writer, playwright V. I. Parshkov was born on January 14, 1897, in the village of Marchuki in the former Skopin district of the Ryazan province, into a peasant family of the poor. Since 1907, he lived in Kyrgyzstan. In 1909, he graduated from the 2nd grade of a church parish school, and in 1920, he completed courses for middle-level party personnel in Tashkent, later engaging in self-education. From the age of 12, he worked as a laborer for wealthy peasants and did earthworks for

10.07.2016, 13:40

Writers of Kyrgyzstan

Prose Writer Eelyubai Otunchiev

Prose writer E. Otuncheyev was born in the village of Chimbkent in the Kirov district of the Talas region in a peasant family. In 1956, he graduated from high school in his native village, and in 1953— from the journalism department of the philological faculty of KSU. From 1977 to 1979, he was a student at the Higher Party School of the CPSU in Moscow. He began his labor biography in 1956 as a collective farmer. From 1963, he worked in the Alamedin and Kirov District Committees of the Komsomol

10.07.2016, 13:12

Decorative and applied arts

Carpet Products among the Kyrgyz

The production of pile carpet products among the Kyrgyz was closely linked to the needs of a nomadic lifestyle. Each item was adapted primarily to this, while also meeting the aesthetic needs of the Kyrgyz people. Carpet products gradually began to replace felt items, displacing some of them, although the production of the latter is much simpler and requires significantly less time.

20.03.2016, 20:21

Decorative and applied arts

Carpet Weaving among the Kyrgyz

In the 19th century, especially in its second half, carpet weaving in southern Kyrgyzstan was widespread and was entirely in the hands of women. Originating from the needs of nomadic life, carpet weaving among the Kyrgyz initially developed in conditions of semi-subsistence farming, characterized as home production intended to meet the needs of individual families. However, even at that time, carpet products were mainly acquired by the upper class of society—the Kyrgyz nobility.

20.03.2016, 19:40

Decorative and applied arts

The Spread of Kyrgyz Pile Weaving

Pile weaving has long been known to the Kyrgyz living in the territory of the modern Osh region, and it is widespread in the southern areas, while in the northern regions (the former Jalal-Abad region), it is practiced by Kyrgyz inhabiting areas closer to the Fergana Valley.

20.03.2016, 19:35

Myths and legends

Khan and Healer

Khan and the Healer. Parable

20.03.2016, 19:06

Myths and legends

Narrow Yurt or Spacious? (A Parable)

A very sad young man approached the wise elder. - Help me, elder. I have a yurt, but my family is very cramped in it. Besides me, my wife and children, my grandfather and grandmother also live with us. Therefore, we live in terrible tightness. Please give me advice on how to expand the yurt? - Do you have the opportunity to build a new yurt and live separately from the elders? - No, I cannot leave my grandfather and grandmother alone. They have no one else but me. - Alright, do you have any

20.03.2016, 18:59

Decorative and applied arts

Scientific Interest in Kyrgyz Carpet Weaving

Kyrgyz Carpet Weaving All three types of patterned fabrics, briefly described by us, are artistically unique and attractive. Currently, patterned weaving is in decline; primitive techniques are losing their strength literally every day. Only a transition to factory production (Jacquard machine) could preserve the age-old folk traditions and create beautiful decorative fabrics that fully meet modern tastes. In the most substantial works related to the applied art of the peoples of Central Asia,

04.01.2016, 01:44

Writers of Kyrgyzstan

The Poet Alykul Osmonov

Poet A. Osmonov was born in the village of Kaptal-Aryk in what is now the Panfilov District of the Kyrgyz SSR into a poor family. Orphaned at an early age, he was raised in the Pishpek and Tokmak orphanages. From 192E to 1933, he studied at the Frunze Pedagogical College. From 1932 to 1936, he worked in the editorial offices of the magazine "Chabuul" and the newspaper "Leninchil zhas," and from 1937 to 1940, he served as the secretary of the board of the Union of Writers of

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