Olzhas suleimenov biography of christopher

Olzhas Suleimenov, a poet, national writer of Kazakhstan, linguistic researcher, turcologist, popular politician, prominent state and public figure. He was born on May 18, 1936 in the city of Alma-Ata.

Olzhas Suleimenov comes from the family of the first generation of military personnel from the national environment. His father was an officer of the First Kazakh Cavalry Regiment.

Olzhas suleimenov biography of christopher

Millstones of Stalin's repressions did not bypass the Suleimenovs family. When Olzhas was one-year-old, his father was shot, like many of the best representatives of the Red Army command staff. The ancestors of O. Suleimenov from his father's side were poets, musicians and soldiers, and with the mother's side - the builders – makers of adobe.

Olzhas received his name from an ancestor in the seventh generation of Olzhabai batyr, who commanded the right wing of the cavalry of Khan Abylai.

In 1954, after graduating from the secondary school № 28 named after Manshuk Mametova