Memorial complex "Alley of prominent figures" (
Russian
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*Russians (, ''russkiye''), an ethnic group of the East Slavic peoples, primarily living in Russia and neighboring countries
*Rossiyane (), Russian language term for all citizens and peo ...
: Аллея бюстов, ''
tr. alleya byustov'') is an alley of
busts in
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 ...
near the former
Government House of the Kazakh SSR, established in 1987 to honour participants of “the establishment of Soviet power in Semirechye”.
History
Memorial complex "Alley of prominent figures" was established in 1987 in the public garden at
Lenin Square, to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the
October Revolution
The October Revolution,. officially known as the Great October Socialist Revolution. in the Soviet Union, also known as the Bolshevik Revolution, was a revolution in Russia led by the Bolshevik Party of Vladimir Lenin that was a key moment ...
, the movement for the establishment of Soviet power in
Semirechye
Zhetysu, or Jeti-Suu ( kk, , Жетісу, pronounced ; ky, ''Jeti-Suu'', (), meaning "seven rivers"; also transcribed ''Zhetisu'', ''Jetisuw'', ''Jetysu'', ''Jeti-su'', ''Jity-su'', ''Жетысу'',, United States National Geospatial-I ...
, the party and Soviet figures.
The authors of the sculptures were famous Kazakh sculptors: T. S. Dosmagambetov, A. A. Isaev, H. I. Naurzbaev, V. Yu Rakhmanov, M. V. Rappoport, A. B. Tatarinov and Yu. V. Gummel; architects: A. K. Kapanov, K. J. Montakhaev, Sh. Ye. Valikhanov, V. N. Kim, Sh. Otepbaev and S. Fazilov.
Each of the figures was mounted on a separate bronze bust on a prismatic pedestal made of Kurdai granite. All the monuments are placed on separate platforms, surrounded by a curb. The front parts of the pedestals are engraved with signatures on the pedestals.
The complex is part of the composition of Astana Square - one of the main places of cultural events in Almaty.
List of busts
* - one of the organizers and participant of the founding congress of the Soviets of Kazakhstan;
* - headed the political department of the and was a member of the Semirechensk
Revolutionary Committee;
*
Mikhail Frunze
Mikhail Vasilyevich Frunze (russian: Михаил Васильевич Фрунзе; ro, Mihail Frunză; 2 February 1885 – 31 October 1925) was a Bolshevik leader during and just prior to the Russian Revolution of 1917. Born in the modern-day ...
- military commissar of the
Eastern Front;
* - participant in the
Central Asian revolt of 1916
The Central Asian revolt of 1916, also known as the Semirechye Revolt and as Urkun ( ky, Үркүн, lit=Exodus, translit=Ürkün, , ) in Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan, was an anti-Russian uprising by the indigenous inhabitants of Russian Turke ...
;
*
Turar Ryskulov
Turar Ryskululy Ryskulov ( kk, Тұрар Рысқұлұлы Рысқұлов, ''Tūrar Rysqūlūly Rysqūlov''; Russian: Турар Рыскулович Рыскулов; 26 December 1894 – 10 February 1938) was a Soviet politician, the chair ...
- chairman of the Muslim Bureau of the Turkestan Communist Party;
*
Magaza Masanchi
Magaza Masanchi (27 July 1886 – 3 March 1937; Cyrillic Dungan: Магәзы Масанчын), Magaza Masanchin ( Cyrillic Dungan: Магәзы Масанчын), or Ma Sanqi, was a Dungan communist revolutionary commander and Statesman in th ...
- member of the Communist Youth Union of Turkestan;
* - chairman of the Verny section of the Muslim Communist-Bolsheviks of the RCP(b);
*
Valerian Kuybyshev
Valerian Vladimirovich Kuybyshev (russian: Валериа́н Влади́мирович Ку́йбышев; – 25 January 1935) was a Russian revolutionary, Red Army officer, and prominent Soviet politician.
Biography
Early years
Bo ...
- member of the Revolutionary Military Council (RVS) of the Southern Group of the Eastern Front of the RKKA;
*
Saken Seifullin
Saken Seifullin ( kz, Сәкен (Сәдуақас) Сейфуллин, ''Säken (Säduaqas) Seifullin''; 15 October 1894 – 25 April 1938) was a pioneer of modern Kazakh literature, poet and writer, and national activist.[Dmitry Furmanov
Dmitriy Andreyevich Furmanov (russian: Дми́трий Андре́евич Фу́рманов; 7 November 1891, Sereda – 15 March 1926, Moscow) was a Russian writer, revolutionary and military officer.
Biography
He was born to a peasant fa ...]
- participated in the suppression of the .
Monument status
On 10 November 2010, a new State List of Historical and Cultural Monuments of Local Significance in the City of Almaty was approved, simultaneously with which all previous decisions on this subject were declared null and void. In this Resolution, the status of the Alley of Busts as a monument of local importance was retained. The boundaries of the protection zones were approved in 2014.
References
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Buildings and structures in Almaty
Monuments and memorials in Kazakhstan
Busts (sculpture)
1987 establishments in the Soviet Union