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For the saint of the Syrian Church see Abai (martyr). Abai was a martyr in Syria. ...
Abay Ibrahim Qunanbayuli (Kazak: Абай (Ибраһим) Құнанбайұлы, Russian: Абай Ибрагим Кунанбаев.) (August 10, 1845 - July 5, 1904) was a Kazakh poet, composer, and philosopher. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ...
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East Kazakhstan (Shyghys Qazaqstan) is a province of Kazakhstan. ...
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The poor poet A poet is a person who writes poetry. ...
A philosopher is a person who thinks deeply regarding people, society, the world, and/or the universe. ...
Kazakh (also Qazaq and variants[2], natively , , ‎) is a Western Turkic language closely related to Nogai and Karakalpak. ...
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1904 (MCMIV) was a leap year starting on a Friday (see link for calendar). ...
Languages Kazakh (and/or languages in country of residence) Religions Sunni Islam Related ethnic groups Kipchak and other Turk peoples, ancient Indo-Iranian tribes, Mongols The Kazakhs (also spelled Kazaks, Qazaqs; Kazakh: Қазақтар []; Russian: Казахи; the English name is transliterated from Russian) are a Turk people of the northern parts of Central...
Life Abay was born on Shinghis Mountain (in today's East Kazakhstan Province), the son of Qunanbay and Uljan, Qunanbay's second wife. They named him Ibrahim, but because of his brightness, he soon was given the nickname "Abay", (meaning "careful") a name that stuck for the rest of his lfe. His father's economic status enabled the boy to attend a Russian school in his youth, but only after he had already spent some years studying at a madrash under Mullah Ahmet Ryza. At his school in Semipalatinsk, Abai encountered the writings of Mikhail Lermontov and Aleksandr Pushkin. East Kazakhstan (Shyghys Qazaqstan) is a province of Kazakhstan. ...
A Madrasah complex in Gambia Ulugh Beg Madrasa, Samarkand, ca. ...
Mullah (Persian: ملا) is a title given to some Islamic clergy, coming from the Arabic word mawla, means both `vicar` and `guardian. ...
NASA satellite photo of Semey Semey (Семей, sometimes transliterated as Semij or Semei) is a city in north eastern Kazakhstan, near the border with Siberia. ...
Mikhail Lermontov in 1837 Mikhail Yuryevich Lermontov (Михаил Юрьевич Лермонтов), (October 15, 1814–July 27, 1841), a Russian Romantic writer and poet, sometimes called the poet of the Caucasus, was the most important presence in the Russian poetry from Alexander Pushkins death until his own four years later, at the age...
Aleksandr Pushkin by Vasily Tropinin Aleksandr Sergeyevich Pushkin (Russian: ÐлекÑаÌндр СергеÌевич ПуÌшкин, Aleksandr SergeeviÄ PuÅ¡kin, ) (June 6, 1799 [O.S. May 26] – February 10, 1837 [O.S. January 29]) was a Russian Romantic author who is considered to be the greatest Russian poet[1] [2][3] and the founder of modern Russian...
Abay's main contribution to Kazakh culture and folklore lies in his poetry, which expresses great nationalism and grew out of Kazakh folk culture. Before him, most Kazakh poetry was oral, echoing the nomadic habits of the people of the Kazakh steppes. During Abai's lifetime, however, a number of important socio-political and socio-economic changes occurred. Russian influence continued to grow in Kazakhstan, resulting in greater educational possibilities as well as exposure to a number of different philosophies, whether Russian, Western, or Asian. Abay Qunanbayuli steeped himself in the cultural and philosophical history of these newly-opened geographies. In this sense, Abai's creative poetry affected the philosophical thinking of educated Kazakhs. This article needs additional references or sources for verification. ...
Kazakh nomads in the steppes of the Russian Empire, ca. ...
A steppe in Western Kazakhstan in early spring In physical geography, a steppe (Russian: - , Ukrainian: - , Kazakh: - ), pronounced in English as , is a plain without trees (apart from those near rivers and lakes); it is similar to a prairie, although a prairie is generally considered as being dominated by tall grasses...
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Abay also translated into Kazakh the works of Russian and European authors, mostly for the first time.
Legacy Contemporary Kazakh images of Abay generally depict him in full traditional dress, holding a dombra, the Kazakh national instrument. Today, Kazakhs revere Abai as one of the first folk heroes to enter into the national consciousness of his people. Kazakh State University in Almaty is named after Abai, so is one of the main avenues in the city. Kazakh may refer to An ethnic group: the Kazakhs The Kazakh language The Culture of Kazakhstan Suhbat. ...
The dombra is a long-necked, two-stringed instrument, possessing a resonating chamber, somewhat similar to a banjo or a lute, and especially popular in the Central Asian nations. ...
Among Abay's students was the historian and poet Shekerim Qudaiberdiuli (1858-1931).
Abay is the subject of a novel by Mukhtar Auezov. Mukhtar Auezov (28 September 1897 - 1961) was a Soviet Kazakh writer. ...
Works Wikisource has original works written by or about: - Book of Words, Aikyn, David & McKane, Richard (translator's) Almaty: El Bureau, (1995) (Kara So'zder)
- Abay: Eki Tomdiq Shigharmalar Jinaghi, Almati: Jazushi Baspasi, 1986
- Duniede, sira, sendey mağan jar joq, Almati: "Jaylyn", 1990
- Ata Aqyly, Almati, Balausi, 1994
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