On World Teacher’s Day, the newspaper “KUTBILIM” dedicated another issue to the 100th anniversary of the Kara-Kyrgyz Autonomous Region and the educators who laid the foundation for independence. I present to your attention an article by Ainagul Kashybayeva about Bazarkul Daniyarov (KYRGYZ VERSION ONLY) Congratulations to the readers on World Teacher’s Day! LINK TO […]
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LILYA, SANJARBEK AND WE, THEIR CHILDREN – ASEL AND GYUZEL. 1958
Today, on Children’s Day, I unexpectedly received a gift from the documentary film director Tilek Murataliev! Working in the archive of Film and Photographic Documents (KFPD) of the Kyrgyz Republic, he discovered footage from the chronicle, filmed on May 1, 1958, with our mother Lilya Turusbekova and dad Sanjarbek Daniyarov, and with us – sisters […]
In full...WHO WAS HAFIZ SARSEKEEV? – CONTINUATION
Here it is – the mighty force of the Internet, which has served us well in our search for information about historical figures, not for the first time! Thanks to the responses of site visitors, it is often possible to obtain important and interesting information. This time I want to share with you the continuation […]
In full...“PEOPLE’S FAVORITE SONG.” FILM BY LILYA TURUSBEKOVA 1963.
This documentary is about Abdylas Maldybaev, a wonderful composer and singer, whose name is given to the Kyrgyz State Opera and Ballet Theater. This is not a banal retelling of the biography of an outstanding author and performer of music. The living nature of his native land and the people inhabiting it appear on the […]
In full...“CHEBER” (THE MASTER) FILM BY LILYA TURUSBEKOVA. 1989
This short 10-minute film by Lilya Turursbekova tells us about a unique master – manufacturer of traditional Kyrgyz saddles Jylkychy Sharshembiev. Our people are representatives of a nomadic civilization, an integral part of which is horse riding. Life in the saddle is an opportunity to cover distances and always be in touch with nature and […]
In full...HISTORY IN PHOTOS. “KIRINPROS” AS A PREDECESSOR OF HIGHER EDUCATION AND THE FIRST STATE UNIVERSITY IN KYRGYZSTAN. PART ONE
The photographs presented below from the history of the Kyrgyz Institute of Education – Kirinpros (than – TsKPT) can be seen and learned about the fate of representatives of the Kyrgyz intelligentsia – students and teachers – about who made fateful decisions, about the details of the events of the early 20th century in book […]
In full...“ALYKUL”. A FILM BY LILYA TURUSBEKOVA. 1990
This film, directed by Lilya Turusbekova and screenwriter Kenesh Jusupov, tells about one of the most outstanding and loved by the people poet of Kyrgyzstan – Alykul Osmonov. The film was shot in 1990, when the poet himself was no longer alive, he lived a very short life, dying at the age of 35. At […]
In full...ABOUT LILYA TURUSBEKOVA – A NEW DOCUMENTARY. DIRECTED BY GANI KUDAIBERGEN
Are you interested in the history of our documentary? The life of our country from 1956 to 1992? The story of the life and work of one of the first professional directors of our country? Gani Kudaibergen‘s new film about Lilya Turusbekova, shot for the 90th anniversary of her birth, is presented on YouTube, on […]
In full...LILYA TURUSBEKOVA. INTERVIEW ABOUT HER FILM MYSKAL, TAKEN BY VLADIMIR MIKHAILOV
Interview with Lilya Turusbekova in 1989 by Vladimir Mikhailov. Published in book: Mikhailov V.I. Film of memory. People and destinies of Kyrgyz cinema. – B. Salam Publishing House, 2007 -524 p. DRAMATIC FATE The film studio “Kyrgyzfilm” has finished work on the documentary film “Myskal”, dedicated to the folk singer Myskal Omurkanova. We are talking with […]
In full...HISTORY IN PHOTOS: A PHOTO OF ESHENAALУ ARABAYEV, TAKEN ONE YEAR BEFORE HIS TRAGIC DEATH
Photographs and lifetime portraits of prominent figures arouse the natural interest of people who are interested in their biography and history in general, signs of the era, and also attract professional historians. Alas, it is far from always possible to find images made during their lifetime of persons of interest to us, and we are […]
In full...WHO WAS HAFIZ SARSEKEYEV?
We dedicate the publication to the 140th anniversary of the great Kyrgyz educator and one of the “founding fathers” of our state, Eshenaaly Arabaev. This article, like the previous one, is devoted to the first Kyrgyz printed book: Arabai uulu (Arabaev) Eshenaaly, Hafiz Sarsekeyev “Alip bee jaki toto okuu” Publishing house Shark, Ufa, 1911. The […]
In full...ABOUT THE FIRST PRINTED BOOK IN KYRGYZ LANGUAGE
We dedicate the publication to the 140th anniversary of the great Kyrgyz educator and one of the “founding fathers” of our state, Eshenaaly Arabaev. This publication presents the full electronic version of the first Kyrgyz book: Arabay uulu (Arabaev) Eshenaaly, Khafiz Sarsekeyev. “Alip bee zhaki toto okuu” (The Primer for quick learning to read), Publishing […]
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