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Order Of Fatherland
The Order of Otan ( Kazakh: ''Отан ордені'', trans. ''Otan ordeni'', ''Order of the Fatherland'') is one of the highest orders of the Republic of Kazakhstan. The order is usually awarded to citizens for the following, but there have been several notable non-citizen recipients. * Outstanding achievements in public and social activities * Development of economy, social sphere, science and culture * State, law enforcement and military service * Development of democracy and social progress A commemorative 50 tenge coin featuring the medallion of the award on the reverse side was issued in 2007. Notable recipients * Nursultan Nazarbayev * Kassym-Jomart Tokayev * Qairat Rysqulbekov * Sagadat Nurmagambetov * Kanat Saudabayev * Khiuaz Dospanova * Toktar Aubakirov * Talgat Musabayev * Roza Baglanova * Shafik Chokin * Mukhtar Altynbayev * Yuri Malenchenko * Mukhtar Aliyev * Azerbaijan Mambetov * Sholpan Zhandarbekova * Qayrat Umbetov See also *Orders, decorations, and medal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan, officially the Republic of Kazakhstan, is a landlocked country primarily in Central Asia, with a European Kazakhstan, small portion in Eastern Europe. It borders Russia to the Kazakhstan–Russia border, north and west, China to the China–Kazakhstan border, east, Kyrgyzstan to the Kazakhstan–Kyrgyzstan border, southeast, Uzbekistan to the Kazakhstan–Uzbekistan border, south, and Turkmenistan to the Kazakhstan–Turkmenistan border, southwest, with a coastline along the Caspian Sea. Its capital is Astana, while the largest city and leading cultural and commercial hub is Almaty. Kazakhstan is the world's List of countries and dependencies by area, ninth-largest country by land area and the largest landlocked country. Steppe, Hilly plateaus and plains account for nearly half its vast territory, with Upland and lowland, lowlands composing another third; its southern and eastern frontiers are composed of low mountainous regions. Kazakhstan has a population of 20 mi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Toktar Aubakirov
Toktar Ongarbayuly Aubakirov ( (''Toqtar Oñğarbaiūly Äubäkırov''), , born on 27 July 1946) is a retired Kazakh Air Force officer and a former cosmonaut. He is the first person from Kazakhstan to go to space. Early life Toktar Aubakirov was born in Karkaraly District, Karaganda Region, Kazakh SSR, which is now Kazakhstan. After graduating from the 8th grade of a secondary school he started working as a metal turner at the Temirtau foundry, whilst attending an evening school. In 1965 he joined the Armavir Military Aviation Institute of the Anti-Air Defence Pilots. He served as a fighter pilot in the Soviet Air Force on the Far East borders of the USSR until his acceptance into the Fedotov Test Pilot School in 1975. Test pilot career Between 1976 and 1991 Aubakirov served as a test pilot at the Mikoyan Experimental Design Bureau (MiG aircraft). During this time he tested over 50 types of aircraft. He was the first in the Soviet Union to make a nonstop flight crossing the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Qayrat Umbetov
Qairat Jarylqasynūly Ümbetov (, born 10 September 1977) is a Kazakh military officer who has served as Deputy Commander-in-Chief of the National Guard for Morale, Welfare and Rights Advocacy since 2022. Ümbetov is awarded People's Hero of Kazakhstan. Education Chirchiq Higher Tank Command and Engineering School, specialty – Tactical Command of Engineering Services (1994-1998); National University of Defense, specialty – Management of Combined Arms and Formations (2007-2009); National University of Defense named after Elbasy, the first President of the Republic of Kazakhstan, specialty – Strategic Management in Military Science (2018). Biography Qayrat Umbetov was born to a family of a military man in the town of Chirchiq, Tashkent Region (Uzbek SSR) on September 10, 1977. His father Zharylkasyn served in the internal troops of the USSR and then in formations of the Ministry of the Interior. In 1994 Qayrat decided to follow in his father's footsteps and applied to the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sholpan Zhandarbekova
Sholpan Isabekyzy Zhandarbekova (1 January 1922 - 14 September 2005) was a Kazakh actress and teacher. People's Artist of the USSR (1982). Early life and education Sholpan Zhandarbekova was born on January 1, 1922 (according to other sources, on January 2, 1923) in Milibulak village, now Karkaralyn district, Qarağandy Region, Karaganda region, Kazakhstan. In 1942, she graduated from the Theater and Art School in Alma-Ata. Career Since 1941, Zhandarbekova was an actress at the Auezov Theater, Mukhtar Auezov Kazakh Drama Theater, where she worked until the end of her life. Zhandarbekova played more than 200 roles. Since 1968, Zhandarbekova has been engaged in teaching activities. Since 1978, she has taught Actor's Mastery at Kazakh National Academy of Arts, T.K. Zhurgenov Kazakh National Academy of Arts, thereby significantly contributing to the training of future theater artists. She became a Professor in 1982. Zhandarbekova acted in movies. She worked with film director ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Azerbaijan Mambetov
Azerbaijan Madievich Mambetov (2 September 193217 November 2009) was a Soviet and Kazakh stage and screen director and educator. His awards include People's Hero of Kazakhstan (2000), People's Artist of the USSR (1976), and the USSR State Prize (1974). Biography Mambetov was born in the settlement of Savinka (or Pallasovka, according to other records), now part of Pallasovsky District, Volgrograd Region, on 2 September 1932. Mambetov moved to Alma-Ata during World War II, and it was there that he received a dual degree in Performing Arts ( Alma-Ata School of Theater and Fine Arts named after Gogol) and Dancing (Alma-Ata Dance School) in 1952. He sang as a solo performer of the Kazakh SSR Song and Dance Company in his college years. Following graduation from the Directing Dept., Lunacharsky Institute of Theater Arts in 1957, Azerbaijan Mambetov returned to Alma-Ata. In his student years, he performed on screen and directed such plays as Personal Case (by Alexander Stein) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mukhtar Aliyev
Mukhtar Aliyev (; February 2, 1933, Tyumen-Aryk station — January 12, 2015, Almaty) was a Soviet and Kazakh surgeon, Doctor of Medical Sciences (1974), founder of the Academy of Medical Sciences of the Republic of Kazakhstan (1995), and Hero of Kazakhstan (1995). Biography Born in Tyumen-Aryk, Janakorgan District, Kyzylorda Region on February 2, 1933. Mukhtar Aliyev graduated from Turkestan Teacher Training College in 1950 and taught at a village school in Timur, Chymkent region, for a year. In 1951, he enrolled at Alma-Ata State Medical Institute. Upon graduation, he started his medical career as a surgeon in a village hospital. Having completed his doctoral studies in Almaty and received a scientific degree of assistant professor, he became the chief surgeon of the Ministry of Health of the Kazakh SSR, and later became the head of the ministry. In 1998, he founded and became the first president of the International Academy of Medical Sciences (Brussels, Belgium). He also ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yuri Malenchenko
Yuri Ivanovich Malenchenko (; born December 22, 1961) is a retired Russian cosmonaut. Malenchenko became the first person to marry in space, on 10 August 2003, when he married Ekaterina Dmitrieva, who was in Texas, while he was over New Zealand, on the International Space Station. As of December 2023, Malenchenko ranks third for career time in space due to his time on both Mir and the International Space Station (ISS). He is a former commander of the International Space Station. Personal life Malenchenko was born in Khrushchev, Kirovohrad Oblast, Ukrainian SSR. He and his wife Ekaterina Dmitrieva have one child. Education Malenchenko graduated from the Kharkiv Military Aviation School in 1983, and attended the Zhukovsky Air Force Engineering Academy, graduating in 1993. Awards Malenchenko was awarded: * Hero of the Russian Federation, * the National Hero of Kazakhstan medal, * Military award of excellence, * Commendation medal, * Achievement medal, * Jubilee Medal "70 Ye ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mukhtar Altynbayev
Mukhtar Qapashuly Altynbayev ( Kazakh: Мұхтар Қапашұлы Алтынбаев, ''Mūhtar Qapaşūly Altynbaev''; born December 10, 1945, in Karaganda, Kazakh SSR, Soviet Union) is a Kazakh military officer and politician who holds the rank of General of the Army. He served as the Minister of Defense of Kazakhstan twice, most recently from December 2001 to 10 January 2007. Prime Minister Karim Massimov replaced him with former Prime Minister Daniyal Akhmetov in a political shakeup. Early life and career He was born on 10 December 1945 in the city of Karaganda. His father was the director of the Karaganda Mine #12. He began his labor activity in 1962 as a shaft sinker in Karaganda, having worked until 1969. In 1969 he entered the Armavir Higher Military School of Air Defense Pilots, where he graduated from as a pilot, in the Soviet Air Forces. He later became a commander of a fighter aviation regiment in the city of Perm. In 1982, he became a student of the Zhukov Air ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shafik Chokin
Shafik Chokin (, ''Şapyq Şökıūly Şökin''; ) (1 October 1912 – 4 July 2003) was a Kazakh scientist in the energy sector. He was a Doctor of Sciences, Professor, Founder of the Kazakh Scientific Research Institute of Power Engineering, Deputy of The Supreme Soviet of the USSR, associate of the chairman of Soviet of the Union chamber, and President of Kazakhstan Academy of Sciences. Biography Shafiq Chokin was born on 1 October 1912 in Bayanaul District, in Pavlodar Province to a poor Muslim family. His father died in 1918 and his mother also died shortly after, so Shafiq was raised by his older brother Riza Muhammed Chokin. He was educated at Omsk Agricultural Institute. After graduation in 1937 he worked in the Kazakh Trust of Agricultural Electrification, where he enjoyed a successful career, being promoted to the positions of Chief Engineer and deputy director. In 1943 he was invited by Kanysh Satpayev to become the chairman of the energy sector of Kazakh Branch o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roza Baglanova
Roza Urbiybi Tazhibaykyzy Baglanova (January 1, 1922February 8, 2011) was a Soviet Union, Soviet and Kazakhs, Kazakh soprano opera and pop music singer. She was honoured with many awards throughout her career, including the People's Artist of the USSR (1967) and the Order of Lenin. She was also deemed a Hero of Kazakhstan. Early life Childhood and schooling Baglanova was born in Kazaly, Kazalinsk, in Kyzylorda Region. The Baglanov family consisted of grandmother Kundey, father Tazhibay, mother Akkurush, Tazhibai's second wife Tatars, the Tatar Maryam, and older brother Idris. Roza spent her whole childhood on the left coast of the Syr Darya, river Syr Darya. From the earliest years of her life, she dreamed of being a great singer. Her grandmother Kundey was a talented woman and she was the person who taught the child to sing. Her grandfather also loved singing, and together with his wife they used to perform at feasts. Her two mothers liked singing and playing the accordion, sur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
