Darkul Kuyukova or Darkül Küjükowa (; 15 May, 1919 – 20 March, 1997) was a

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and

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actor. She was a laureate of the State Prize of the Kirghiz SSR.

Life

Kuyukova was born in Semirechye Oblast in 1919. She was born on 15 May. She married Ismailbek Abdubachaev who had graduated from a Moscow theatre school and in 1948 they had a daughter, Raema Abdubachaeva, who would go on to be a leading actress herself. In 1963 she had a part in the Kyrgyz film

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by Larissa Shepitko. 22 year old Larissa Shepitko's shot the film in extreme heat. It was said that the film melted in the camera due to the heat and Shepitko directed some of the film from a stretcher as she suffered from jaundice. In 1965 she took a major part in Andrei Konchalovsky's first film The First Teacher. Her elder brother invented the phrase the "Four Daughters of Tököldösh" which associated her and three others with their birthplace. The other three were

Sabira Kumushaliyeva Sabira Kumushaliyeva ( ky, Сабира Күмүшалиева) (March 19, 1917 – September 15, 2007) was a Kyrgyzstani actress of the Soviet Union, Soviet era. Biography Kumushaliyeva was born in the village of Tokoldosh, which is today part o ...

, Baken Kydykeyeva, and Saira Kiyizbaeva. In 2019 in what would have been her 100th birthday year a postage stamp was made available in Kyrgyzstan. There was a memorial celebration at the Cinema House in Bishkek. The film's highlighted included "The First Teacher", Bolotbek Shamshiyev's " The White Ship" which was in the Berlin Film Festival and Kadyrjan Kydyraliev's "An Ancestral Valley".

Awards

She was recognised as a

People's Artist of the USSR People's Artist of the USSR ( rus, Народный артист СССР, Narodny artist SSSR), also sometimes translated as National Artist of the USSR, was an honorary title granted to artists of the Soviet Union. Nomenclature and significan ...

and she was given the Togtogul State Prize. The State Prize of the Kirghiz SSR is a literary award that is given every two years and must be worn above any other award.Kyrgyzstan national encyclopedia: Volume 4. Chief editor Asanov Yu. A. K 97. B.: State language and encyclopedia center, 2012. 832 pages, ISBN 978 9967-14-104 -9 Kuyukova died in

Bishkek Bishkek ( ky, Бишкек), ), formerly Pishpek and Frunze, is the capital and largest city of Kyrgyzstan. Bishkek is also the administrative centre of the Chüy Region. The region surrounds the city, although the city itself is not part of ...

in 1997.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Kuyukova, Darkul 1919 births 1997 deaths People from Semirechye Oblast Kyrgyzstani actresses Soviet film actresses People from Bishkek People's Artists of the USSR 20th-century Kyrgyzstani actors 20th-century Kyrgyzstani women