The correspondent of Turmush gathered interesting facts about his life.
According to local residents, armed with a rifle, Kadir defended the pass for three days, hiding among the rocks and firing to prevent the soldiers from getting closer. This continued until his people were able to cross the Üzüngü-Kuush, pass through Ak-Chiy and Kakshal-Too. During this time, the elders instructed the youth: “If Kadir dies, bury him with honors; if he survives, bring him back.”
When three days later he, exhausted and hungry, was heading towards his people, Kadir encountered a group of individuals and continued his journey towards China. At that time, he was only 17-18 years old and was the eldest of nine children in the family. Seven of his siblings perished during the events of 1916, leaving only him and his younger brother Asakey alive.
Local residents describe Kadir as an accurate shooter and a man of remarkable physical strength. Once, a bull belonging to Shadykan aji fell into a ravine. Kadir, removing his chapan and headgear, managed to pull the animal out, with one of its horns remaining in his hands. For this, Shadykan aji struck him seven times on the back with a whip — "to ward off the evil eye."
The elders of the Jeti-Oguz District also recall an incident when Kadir carried a goat from one cliff to another.
Joldoshbek Kalchaev, the son of Asakey, shared a tragic story about Kadir's demise. “After returning from China, he lived a normal life, engaged in farming, and raised children (he had a son and a daughter, who later died, leaving only grandchildren). However, soon he was accused of involvement in smuggling activities and was taken to the courtyard of the Karakol Pedagogical College. It is said that he was forced to dig a grave for himself and his friend Boroy from Barskoon. First, they shot his friend, and he fell into the dug grave, and then Kadir, still alive, fell aside and was finished off, after which he was buried. My father, Kadir's brother, brought him food and, upon learning of his death, walked from Karakol to Barskoon in tears. For many years, he sought information about Kadir's fate. Later, through the then KGB, he received documents confirming that Kadir was shot on January 18, 1931,” he said.
According to oral tradition, one of the locals saved by Kadir during the events of 1916 turned out to be a traitor and spread false rumors that Kadir allegedly "stopped the troops," which led to his arrests and subsequent execution.
In July 2016, in honor of the 90th anniversary of the tragic events of 1916, a monument to Kadir Kalcha uulu was erected at the Soök Pass. Later, Joldoshbek Kalchaev, the son of Kadir's younger brother Asakey, also installed a memorial plaque and created a place for reading prayers for the deceased.
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