This educational organization is headed by director Farida Kümüşbekova.
The materials collected by Turmush tell the history of the educational institution and the outstanding person whose name it bears.
History of the School
School No. 1 was founded in 1948 as a seven-year school. At that time, children from the villages of Ivano-Alekseevka, Bülbülöet, Keng-Aryk, Kalba, and Jerge-Tal came here for education. The building of the educational institution is located on the territory of the current city park, not far from the store.
The first director was Beyshen Ismailov, a teacher of the Kyrgyz language and literature. He was born in 1910 in the village of Kara-Oy and received his education at the Kök-Archykskaya school (1916–1929), after which he continued his studies at the Frunze Pedagogical College (1929–1934).
From 1933 to 1935, he worked as a teacher in one of the schools in the Talas region, from 1935 to 1937 he served as the school director, and in 1940 he became the head of the district education department. From 1940 to 1942, he served in the Soviet Army. In 1943, he held the positions of second secretary of the Budyonnovsky district and deputy head of the district Komsomol, and in 1948 he became the secretary of the Kirov district committee. From 1948 to 1950, he again served as the school director.
In 1950, by the decision of the Talas city council and the education committee, a 10-year Kyrgyz school was opened. Muza Zholoev was appointed as the director, who worked in this position for only one year. At that time, the school had 405 students, and the staff consisted of 42 teachers. The student body was diverse: some came from the city (93), some from the boarding school (125), and the rest from nearby villages.
In 1962, the school was named after the founder of Tajik literature, Sadriddin Ayni, by the decision of the Talas city council No. 117.
For some time (since 1962), the educational institution functioned as the "Girls' Boarding School of the City of Talas." In 1948, the school was named after Abzhalbek Cholponkulov and received the status of secondary school No. 1. In 1993-1994, at the 12th session of the deputies of the Talas region, he was recognized as one of the first teachers of the Talas Valley.
Abzhalbek Cholponkulov
Abzhalbek Cholponkulov was born in 1876 in the village of Karakol in the Talas region. His abilities were noticed by a family friend, a Russian by nationality, who convinced the family to send the boy to school.
In 1888, Abzhalbek entered a Russian-language school in Dmitrievka (now Talas). Due to his successful studies, he was transferred to a Russian school in Oluy-Ata a year later. After graduating in 1896, he entered the Tashkent Pedagogical Seminary, which he completed in 1901.
After finishing the seminary, he worked in Russian schools in Central Asia, including Kokand, Margilan, Tashkent, Oluy-Ata, Merke, Kara-Burge, Chaldybar, and Talas. In 1910, he became the director of the Russian school in Oluy-Ata.
After the revolution, he continued to teach Russian language and literature. In 1942, he was one of the first to be awarded the title of "Honored Teacher of the Kyrgyz SSR."
In 1946, he was nominated as a candidate for the deputies of the Supreme Soviet of the Kyrgyz SSR, but he soon passed away. He dedicated more than 50 years of his life to education.
The School Today
Currently, the school has been completely updated in accordance with modern standards. Its infrastructure includes a gym, a cafeteria, and computer classrooms.
