Notable people of Kyrgyzstan include writers like Chingiz Aitmatov, the 11th century poet Yusuf Balasaguni, and ballerina Bubusara Beyshenalieva. Famous actress Tattybubu Tursunbayeva was born in Naryn oblast and had her first major role in the movie "Ak-Meer". Other notable figures are surgeon and author Isa Akhunbaev, and weightlifter Kanybek Osmonaliev who won gold at the 1980 Olympics.
Notable people of Kyrgyzstan include writers like Chingiz Aitmatov, the 11th century poet Yusuf Balasaguni, and ballerina Bubusara Beyshenalieva. Famous actress Tattybubu Tursunbayeva was born in Naryn oblast and had her first major role in the movie "Ak-Meer". Other notable figures are surgeon and author Isa Akhunbaev, and weightlifter Kanybek Osmonaliev who won gold at the 1980 Olympics.
Notable people of Kyrgyzstan include writers like Chingiz Aitmatov, the 11th century poet Yusuf Balasaguni, and ballerina Bubusara Beyshenalieva. Famous actress Tattybubu Tursunbayeva was born in Naryn oblast and had her first major role in the movie "Ak-Meer". Other notable figures are surgeon and author Isa Akhunbaev, and weightlifter Kanybek Osmonaliev who won gold at the 1980 Olympics.
Chingiz Aytmatov • Chingiz Aitmatov (was born on December 12, 1928, the village of Sheker, in Talas of the Kyrgyz Republic - June 10, 2008, Nuremberg, Germany) is a Kyrgyz writer and contemporary Soviet literature, an influential writer. His works with a distinctive national style and a strong lyrical color, writing in Kyrgyz and Russian languages. People's Writer of the Kirghiz SSR (1974). Hero of Socialist Labor (1978). Laureth Lenin (1963) and three State Prizes (1968, 1977, 1983). A member of the Communist Party since 1959. Member of Editorial Board, "Library of World Literature." His work has been translated into many languages around the world. Yusuf Balasaguni
• Yusuf Khass Hajib Balasaguni was an
11th-century Central Asian Turkic poet, statesman, vizier and philosopher from the city of Balasaghun, the capital of the Kara-Khanid Khanate in modern-day Kyrgyzstan. He wrote the Kutadgu Bilig and most of what is known about him, comes from his own writings in this work. He is also referred to as Yūsuf Balasaguni, derived from his city of origin. Bubusara Beyshenalieva
• In 1926, Bubusara Beyshenalieva, the
great Kyrgyzstani ballerina was born in what is now Tash-Debe in the Chui oblast. At a young age, a group of Kyrgyz children, including Beyshenalieva, were recruited by choreographers from Leningrad Choreographic School. Her debut took place in 1939 at the Bolshoi Theater in Moscow, and she graduated in 1941. Thereafter, Beyshenalieva became a soloist of the Kyrgyz National Opera and Ballet Theatre. Tat ty b u b u Tu r s un b ay ev a
• Tattybubu Tursunbayeva was a famous actress
who was born on July 12, 1944 in Chayek village, Naryn oblast. She was born in a peasant family, but by age 16 recorded for the first time in the short feature “Salima's Song”. Only 17 years old, she began her studies at the Tashkent Theatrical Institute, which she graduated from in 1966. Tursunbayeva’s first big role on screen was as Ak- Meer in the movie “Ak-Meer” by Melis Ubukeev, which resulted in nationwide recognition for her talents. She was rewarded Honored Artist of the Kirghiz SSR and, in April 2014, a monument in Bishkek was raised in her honor. Tursunbayeva died suddenly in December 1981, at only 37 years old. Akhunbaev Isa
• Isa Akhunbaev was born on
September 25, 1908 in the village of (Тору-айгыр) Issyk kul region. He was an outstanding surgeon, the first president of the USSR Academy of sciences and author of many medical works Kanybek Osmonaliev
• Kyrgyz and Soviet weightlifter,
winner of the 1980 Olympic games in Moscow, World and European champion.