Aaly Tokombaev

Aaly Tokombaev
Аалы Токомбаев
Born(1904-11-07)November 7, 1904
Kayyngdy, Semirechye Oblast, Russian Empire
DiedJune 19, 1988(1988-06-19) (aged 83)
Bishkek, Kyrgyz SSR, USSR
Pen nameBalka
OccupationWriter, poet
LanguageKyrgyz
NationalityKyrgyz
CitizenshipRussian Empire, Soviet Union
Alma materNational University of Uzbekistan
Period1923–1927
Notable awardsHero of Socialist Labour[1]
Order of Lenin
Order of the Red Banner of Labour
Order of the Badge of Honour
Children4

Aaly Tokombaev (Kyrgyz: Аалы Токомбаев; November 7, 1904 – June 19, 1988) was a poet, composer, and a famous novelist who greatly influenced the Kyrgyz nation. In 1927 he graduated from the Middle Asian Community University (presently National University of Uzbekistan, in Tashkent. After graduation, he fully devoted himself to Soviet Kyrgyz literature.[2]

In the following years of 1927 through 1940 he began to write a collection of poems. Tokombaev published the collections Lenin (1927), Flowers of Labor (1932), and Early Poems (1934) and the novellas The Dnieper Empties into the Deep Sea (1939) and The Wounded Heart (1940). Throughout the Great Patriotic War (1941–1945) he wrote patriotic and narrative poems through which he expressed his opinions, ideas, and beliefs.

In his time Kyrgyzstan was the scene of a struggle between tsarism and Soviet rule. He wrote such novels as Before the Dawn, Part 1; Bloody Years (1935); Before the Dawn, Part 2 (1947). Through those books he expressed opinions on the unfair rule and treatment of the Kyrgyz people.

He died in 1988.

Major works

(Russian/Kyrgyz titles in parentheses)

  • About Lenin ("Ленин тууралу", 1927)
  • Mirror of a woman ("Зеркало женщины", 1929)
  • Flowers of work ("Эмгек гүлү", 1932)
  • Attack ("Атака", 1932)
  • Early verses ("Абалкы ырлар", 1934)
  • Dnestr flow into deep sea ("Днестр терең деңизге куят", 1939)
  • Wounded heart ("Жараланган жүрөк", 1940)
  • With my own eyes ("Өз көзүм менен", 1952)
  • My birth certificate ("Менин метрикам", 1955)
  • Face to Face ("Лицом к лицу", 1957)
  • Time flies ("Время летит", 1958)
  • Investigation is going on ("Тергөө жүрүп жатат", 1962)
  • Melodies of komuz ("Мелодии комуза", 1962)
  • We were soldiers ("Мы были солдатами", 1974)
  • Master ("Мастер", 1982)
  • Toktogul ("Токтогул", 2014)

Honours and awards

Legacy

Eponyms

Memorials

  • Aaly Tokmbaev's memorial near Bishkek Opera and Ballet Theater.

Museums

  • Museum after A.Tokmbaev in Bishkek

References

  1. ^ a b c "Указ Президиума Верховного Совета СССР О присвоении звания Героя Социалистического Труда группе писателей" (PDF). Vedomosti Verkhovnogo Soveta SSSR (in Russian). No. 40. 2 October 1974.
  2. ^ Чүй облусу:Энциклопедия [Encyclopedia of Chuy oblast] (in Kyrgyz and Russian). Bishkek: Chief Editorial Board of Kyrgyz Encyclopedia. 1994. p. 718. ISBN 5-89750-083-5.
  3. ^ "УКАЗ ПРЕЗИДИУМА ВЕРХОВНОГО СОВЕТА СССР О НАГРАЖДЕНИИ ОРДЕНАМИ И МЕДАЛЯМИ КОЛХОЗНИКОВ, КОЛХОЗНИЦ, РАБОТНИКОВ СЕЛЬСКОГО ХОЗЯЙСТВА, ПРОМЫШЛЕННОСТИ, НАУКИ, КУЛЬТУРЫ И ИСКУССТВА КИРГИЗСКОЙ ССР". Izvestiya. No. 52. 1 March 1946. p. 1.
  4. ^ a b c Bocharov, Anton. "Токомбаев Аалы". warheroes.ru. Retrieved 2026-02-01.
  5. ^ "Указ Президиума Верховного Совета СССР О награждении орденами и медалями СССР работников искусства и литературы Киргизской ССР". Sovetskaya Kirgiziya. No. 258. 4 November 1958. p. 2.
  6. ^ "Указ Президиума Верховного Совета СССР О награждении орденами и медалями СССР передовиков промышленного и сельскохозяйственного производства, работников науки и культуры Киргизской ССР" (PDF). Vedomosti Verkhovnogo Soveta SSSR. 22 January 1964. Archived (PDF) from the original on 4 December 2024.
  7. ^ "В СОВЕТЕ МИНИСТРОВ КИРГИЗСКОЙ ССР". Sovetskaya Kirgiziya. No. 81. 6 April 1967. p. 1.
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