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Kokbai’s heritage within the framework of independence

Today in the State Museum-Reserve of Abai "Zhidebai-Borili" the republican scientific-practical conference "Kokbai Zhanataiuly murasy tauelsizdik tanymy ayasynda" dedicated to the 160th anniversary of Kokbai Zhanataiuly took place. Scientists from different regions of the country, employees of schools and universities, museum workers and Kokbai's descendant Zhanataiuly Amangeldy Kokbaev took part in the conference. During the republican conference, Doctor of Philology, Professor A. Espenbetov made reports on the following topics: "Kokbai-Uly Abaidyn shakirti", Director of the Research Institute...

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160 years of Kokbai Zhanataiuly

Museum of Kokbai Zhanataiuly The Kokbai Zhanataiuly Museum of one of the talented students, friend of Abai, poet, singer, composer Kokbai Zhanataiuly was built by a madrasah in 1901, and a mosque in 1908. The mosque-madrasah of K. Zhanataiuly was restored in 1997 and opened as an exhibition, in 2011, for the 150th anniversary of the poet, a major overhaul was carried out...

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Bakhtiyar Kozhakhmetov visited our museum

Today, the Abai Museum was visited by a special visit to the representative of UNESCO on the intangible heritage of Kazakhstan from the public fund "Uly takzym" Bakhtiyar Kozhakhmetov, who, on behalf of the UNESCO National Commission, met with the craftsmen of the city of Semey. During the meeting, the masters filled out the questionnaires submitted by the public foundation and...

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THE OPENING OF THE EXHIBITION “A WORLD WITHOUT NUCLEAR TESTS”

On July 28, an exhibition of sculptures "World without nuclear tests", dedicated to the 30th anniversary of the closure of the Semipalatinsk nuclear test site, opened at the Zhidebai-Borili State Museum-Reserve of Abai. The author of the exhibition is an artist, sculptor, craftsman K. Aimukhanbetov. More than twenty works of the master were presented at the exhibition. The event was opened...

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Today – Dinmukhamed Kunaev’s birthday

Prominent statesman and public figure Dinmukhamed Akhmetovich Kunaev with Akhat Shakarimuly and other guests at the monument of Abai. This picture was taken during a business trip on the eve of the 125th anniversary of Abai Kunanbaiuly and is kept in the funds of the Abai Museum. Author Photo: Anatoly Ivanovich Goryainov.

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Monument «The great poet Abai with his sons” is opened

President Kassym-Zhomart Tokayev, who arrived on a working visit to Semey, unveiled a monument to the great poet Abai and his sons on the territory of the museum. The author of the monument based on the photo of the poet is the sculptor Nurbol Kaliev, who seeks to show the special love and unlimited pride of his sons towards his...

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The Head of state opens new exhibition of Abai museum

On October 15, President of the Republic of Kazakhstan Kassym-Zhomart Kemelovich Tokayev opened a new exposition of the Abai Museum. Together with the President, Secretary of State K. Kusherbayev, Minister of Culture and Sports A. Raimkulova got acquainted with the modern exposition of the museum dedicated to the life and work of the poet. - The Great Abai - not only...

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President Kassym-Zhomart Tokayev in Zhidebai

President of Kazakhstan Kassym-Zhomart Tokayev visited Zhidebai and got acquainted with the work done at the Abai-Shakarim memorial complex and the poet's house-museum. The head of state praised the work done and presented books to the memorial complex and the poet's house-museum. He also visited the reconstructed "Tourist Center" and praised the work of the pilgrimage service. On the eve of...

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