Aaly Tokombaev
Aaly Tokombaev was a poet, composer, and a famous novelist who greatly influenced the Kyrgyz nation. In 1927 he graduated from the Middle Asian Community University, Flowers of Labor, and Early Poems and the novellas The Dnieper Empties into the Deep Sea and The Wounded Heart. Throughout the Great Patriotic War 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 ; Before the Dawn, Part 2. Through those books he expressed opinions on the unfair rule and treatment of the Kyrgyz people.
He died in 1988.
Major works
About Lenin Mirror of a woman Flowers of work Attack Early verses Dnestr flow into deep sea Wounded heart With my own eyes My birth certificate Face to Face Time flies Investigation is going on Melodies of komuz We were soldiers Master- ''Toktogul''
Honours and awards
- Hero of Socialist Labour
- Order of Lenin
- Order of the October Revolution
- Three Order of the Red Banner of Labour
- Order of the Badge of Honour
Legacy
Eponyms
- Prospect after Aaly Tokombaev, a street in southern part of Bishkek, named in 1990.
Memorials
- Aaly Tokmbaev's memorial near Bishkek Opera and Ballet Theater.
Museums
- Museum after A.Tokmbaev in Bishkek