Bolot Beyshenaliyev
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Bolot Beishenaliev was a Soviet cinematographer, film and theater actor. People's Artist of Kyrgyzstan. Father of actor Aziz Beyshenaliyev.
Postage stamp for the 75th anniversary of the actor
Chinghiz Aitmatov
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Chinghiz Torekulovich Aitmatov was a Kyrgyz author who wrote mainly in Russian, but also in Kyrgyz. He is one of the best-known figures in Kyrgyz literature.
Bolot Beyshenaliyev
…director at Kyrgyzfilm. The actor's first starring role was of Duishen, in Andrei Konchalovsky's The First Teacher (1965), adapted from a novella by Chingiz Aitmatov. Beyshenaliev portrayed the passionate Bolshevik whose unshakeable convictions border on fanaticism. The international success of The First Teacher…
Aitmatov in 2003
Aitmatov in 2007
Monument dedicated to Aitmatov in Baku, Azerbaijan
Grave of Aitmatov near Bishkek