As reported by Turmush correspondent, among the museum visitors were Asel Asanbekova and Kenzhe Erkinbek kyzy, who are engaged in researching historical facts. They donated photographs of families from the Kochkor district to the museum, who were deported in the 1930s to the settlements of Chalbasy (now Vinogradovo, Kherson region) and Khlebodarovka (Donetsk region) in Ukraine.
In the 1930s, more than 700 families, totaling over 3,500 people, were deported from Kyrgyzstan to Ukraine. Among them were many residents of the Kochkor district, who over time began to cultivate new lands in Ukrainian villages.
Asel Asanbekova noted that there is a chance that some museum visitors may recognize their ancestors in the photographs and provide additional information about them.
According to Shahida Seydalieva, a museum employee, a special corner has been created in the institution dedicated to those who went missing during the Great Patriotic War.
Additionally, photographs of Altynbubu Satylganova and her husband Zakir, as well as Gulzhamiliya Satylganova with her sister Razima, were donated to the museum — all of them were among those who were sent to Ukraine with their parents. There is also a photograph of the family of Kaliya Subanbek uulu and Aripzhan Kaliev, who, as a child, also experienced deportation.
The museum also holds photos taken in Chalbasy from 1930 to 1944.
According to historical data, in the 1930s, wealthy Kyrgyz families were sent to the Ukrainian settlements of Chalbasy and Khlebodarovka in freight cars. In 1932-1933, many of them faced famine, leading to a high number of casualties. These deported families also witnessed the occupation, enduring hard times alongside local residents. Not only Kyrgyz but also Uzbek, Kazakh, and Turkmen families were relocated to these regions, who soon began to cultivate new lands, contributing to the establishment of a school.
A boarding school for orphans left without parents as a result of the war was founded in Chalbasy. Victims of Stalin's repressions, who were dispossessed and sent to Ukraine, are buried in the local "Kyrgyz cemetery." Accurate information about the number of burials is lacking; according to researcher Amirbek Usmanov, more than 200 people are buried there. In 1944, the Kyrgyz families who had been deported began to return to their homeland.
