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Yesken Sergebayev
Sergebayev Yesken Amanzholovich (born on 19 May 1940 in Almaty, KazSSR)- is a prominent Soviet and Kazakh sculptor, former Dean of Paintings and Sculptor Faculty, currently he is the Professor and Head of Sculptor Department of Kazakh National Academy of Arts named after T.Zhurgenov. In 1982 Yesken Sergebayev got The State Prize for the monument of Mukhtar Auezov. In 1983 Yesken Sergebayev got The Honored Art Worker State Prize. In 2008 Yesken Sergebayev got The Order of Nobility (Order of Parasat) as a notable figure in the arts field of Kazakhstan. Early life Born on 19th of May, 1940, in Almaty I. When he was born, his father was 55 and his mother was 45. And Yessken Sergebayev was the only child in family. Following statement is an extract from the interview with Yesken Sergebayev: ‘My father was a shepherd, the very first year when the WWII started we’ve moved to the outskirts of Almaty, in a small village called Ali. Devastating poverty during and after the WWII y ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Almaty
Almaty (; kk, Алматы; ), formerly known as Alma-Ata ( kk, Алма-Ата), is the List of most populous cities in Kazakhstan, largest city in Kazakhstan, with a population of about 2 million. It was the capital of Kazakhstan from 1929 to 1936 as an Kazakh Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic, autonomous republic as part of the Soviet Union, then from 1936 to 1991 as a Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic, union republic and finally from 1991 as an independent state to 1997 when the government relocated the capital to Astana, Akmola (renamed Astana in 1998, Nur-Sultan in 2019, and back to Astana in 2022). Almaty is still the major commercial, financial, and cultural centre of Kazakhstan, as well as its most populous and most cosmopolitan city. The city is located in the mountainous area of southern Kazakhstan near the border with Kyrgyzstan in the foothills of the Trans-Ili Alatau at an elevation of 700–900 m (2,300–3,000 feet), where the Large and Small Almatinka rivers r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
