Magjan Jumabayev

(1893-1938)

Magjan Jumabayev is a poet, a translator, a writer, an educator, a journalist and a publicist. He was born in Bulaevsky district of North-Kazakhstan region. He studied in a medresse (a religious school) in Ufa (Central Russia). In 1913 Jumabayev entered the teachers’ seminary (college). In 1923-1927 he studied at Moscow Literary Institute.

Jumabayev translated some works by Lenin, Gorky, Ivanov, Mamin-Sibiriak and by other authors into Kazakh. From 1927 he devoted himself to the pedagogical activities.

Jumabayev is a great Kazakh poet. People call him "Kazakh Pushkin^”. His well-known poems are "Korkyt", "Batyr Bayan", and collected poems "Sholpan".

ALTYNAI ASYLMURATOVA

Altynai Asylmuratova (born 1961) is a former Soviet and Kazakhstani prima ballerina with the Kirov Ballet/Mariinsky Theatre and a guest artist all over the world.

Asylmuratova was born in Alma-Ata, Kazakstan, and after graduation from the Vaganova Choreographic Institute she joined the Kirov Ballet in 1978. After four years in the corps de ballet, she was promoted to Principal Dancer in 1982.

Asylmuratova became if anything more popular in Western theaters than her "home" theater due to her frequent guest appearances abroad, including Roland Petit's company. She was much admired both for her looks and the beauty of her dancing. Her repertoire included all the classical ballet rôles in Swan Lake, The Sleeping Beauty, Giselle, Don Quixote and La Bayadère, Romeo and Juliet, works by choreographer George Balanchine and Roland Petit. She is married to fellow Mariinsky dancer Konstantin Zaklinsky, but her most frequent partner was Farouk Ruzimatov.

Videos of her dancing in Le Corsaire, La Bayadère, Les Sylphides, and The Sleeping Beauty are available. In addition, Asylmuratova was the subject of a 1982 documentary Backstage at the Kirov which followed her as she prepared to dance the lead in Swan Lake.

In 2000 she was appointed Artistic Director of the Vaganova Choreographic Institute. Soon she retired from dancing and afterwards concentrated all her energy on the Vaganova Academy.

Vocabulary:

Ø True or False:

1. Altynai graduated from the Kirov Ballet School in 1978.

2. Altynai is more popular in Kazakhstan than in Western theatres.

3. Her repertoire included all the classical ballet roles.

4. You can watch a lot of videos of her dancing.

5. She is still dancing in the Kirov Ballet/Mariinsky Theatre.

Ø Find 10 international words.

TIMUR BEKMAMBETOV

Bekmambetov was born on June 25, 1961 in the city of Guryev, Kazakhstan. At the age of 19, he moved to Tashkent, in the former Uzbek Soviet Socialist Republic, to study at the A. N. Ostrovsky Theatrical and Artistic Institute and graduated it with a degree in theater and cinema set designing in 1987.

Between 1992 and 1997, Bekmambetov was one of the directors of Bank Imperial's popular World History commercials. In 1994 he founded “Bazelevs Group”, an advertising and film production, distribution and marketing company.

In 2004, Bekmambetov wrote and directed Night Watch (2004), a popular Russian fantasy film based on the book by Sergey Lukyanenko. The film was extremely successful in Russia, and became its highest-grossing release , making $16.7 million in Russia alone, more money than The Lord of the Rings. The sequel to Night Watch, Day Watch (2006), was likewise written and directed by Bekmambetov. The two films attracted the attention of Fox Searchlight Pictures, which paid $4 million to acquire worldwide distribution rights.

Bekmambetov followed up Day Watch with the smash hit The Irony of Fate 2 (2007). This sequel to the famous Soviet film The Irony of Fate (1971) is one of the most successful in Russian history, second only to Avatar for total box office receipts.

Now Bekmambetov is currently directing and producing the live action adaption of S.Smith novel Abraham Lincoln, also produced by Tim Burton and Jim Lemley.

In general he created 8 films as a director, 8 films as a producer and 3 films as a screenwriter.

Vocabulary:

Ø Answer the questions:

1. What is Timur Bekmambetov?

2. Is he a professional or amateur producer?

3. What films made him popular?

4. What is he currently busy with?

Ø Match the year with the event:

1961 the foundation of “Bazelevs Group”

2007 the release of Night Watch

1994 the year of his birth

2004 the sequel The Irony of Fate 2

ROSA RYMBAYEVA - THE PRIDE OF OUR COUNTRY (1)

There is practically no family in Kazakhstan and in many other countries who doesn′t know the Star of Kazakhstan and of the former Soviet Union Rosa Kuanyshevna Rymbayeva. Her legendary “Alia” won people′s hearts by the power and the beauty of her voice, making everybody′s soul vibrate.

In her childhood (she was born on October 28, 1957 in the family of the railway workers) she was brought up as a hardworking girl, who knew the value of success and people′s trust. That is why her mottos are: “Do everything well. Never sing using phonogram betraying spectator′s trust”.

Taking part in her first serious competion of songs devoted to the 30^th Anniversary of the Great Patriotic War she was noticed by the main director of the Republic Youth Band “Gulder” Taskyn Okapov who invited her to be the soloist of this band in 1976. This meeting with the man, who gave her the future as a present and who became not only her teacher and husband but the father of her two sons, is the main victory in her life.

Taskyn Okapov was the man of great talent. He explained Rosa how to become a star but he didn′t teach her how to survive in this world without a constant support, with two small children, with problems of health and financial savings. Rosa is a woman of strong will and a great desire to work and make other people happy. After the heavy lost of her husband she went on working on the stage. “That is why my life can be divided into two parts: with him and without him”, says Rosa.

Her life and creative work can′t be called easy. She worked a lot to achieve great success on her creative way. She participated in various international competitions of pop singers (1977 - Sopot and “Golden Orphei”, Bulgaria; 1979 - Stambul Turkey; “Gala-83”, Cuba). Rosa was shot in a documentary telefilm “The First Song” after which the popularity came to her and in 1976 she became Lenin Komsomol prize-winner. And even from this time due to a great support of her husband her triumph rise to musical Olymp began. In 1979 she was awarded Honoured Artist of the Republic of Kazakhstan. For her contribution in the development of national culture in 1986 Rosa was awarded “ People′s Artist of the Kazakh Soviet Republic”.

Having become the favorite not only in her Motherland but also in other countries of the world, Rosa lives an active and creative life. She is the soloist of the Republic concert joint “Kazakhconcert and since 1995 she has been working as a teacher in the Kazakh Academy of Art of T. Zhurgenov.

In general she has sung so many songs and has got so many rewards that very often she is compared with Alla Pugacheva. Both of them have been recognized by people as Prima donnas despite their diversity in style, image and manner. They are both great workers with hard but interesting, creative destiny, whose children also devoted themselves to art. Two Rosa′s sons are the pianists and Kristina is a singer.

Rosa′s life is a good example to be followed. Such her features as responsibility and a great desire to work can serve an example to everyone. Whatever she starts to do she does it at a high level and her numerous rewards prove it. The Star given to Rosa has become the eighty-second nominal sign in “Star Square” in Moscow. She was the only representative of Central Asia Republics of the former Soviet Union. Rosa is the first in the competion “The Man of the Year”. She was given Order Parasat for her creative work. Millions of people bow their heads before her talent to perform works of modern composers in her particular interpretation. Her songs will be listened to by the next generations.

Ø Answer the questions:

1. What kind of rewards was Rosa Rymbayeva given?

2. Who played a great role in Rosa′s life?

3. What life did Rosa live after her husband′s death?

4. Who is Rosa Rymbayeva compared with?

5. What are Rosa′s mottos?

6. What is her most famous song?

Ø Match the two parts of the sentences:

1. Her legendary “Alia” won people′s hearts by 1. betraying spectator′s trust.

2. “Never sing using phonogram 2. her triumph rise to musical Olymp began.

3. She worked for hours 3. she does it at a high level.

4. Due to a great support of her husband 4. the power and the beauty of her voice.

5. Whatever she starts to do 5. to achieve great success on her creative way.

Ø Find the odd word:

1. There is no practically no family in Kazakhstan who doesn′t know the Star of Kazakhstan and of the former Soviet Union Rosa Rymbayeva.

2. “Never not sing using phonogram betraying spectator′s trust”.

3. But he didn′t not teach her how to survive in this world without a constant support.

4. Her life and creative work not can′t be called easy.

5. Having become the favorite not no only in her Motherland but also in other countries Rosa lives an active and creative life.

6. Whatever she doesn′t starts to do she does it at a high level.

Ø Define the tense and voice:

1. Her legendary “Alia” won people′s hearts by the power and the beauty of her voice making everybody′s soul vibrate.

2. In her childhood she was brought up as a hard-working girl, who knew the value of success and people′s trust.

3. She was noticed by the main director of the Republic Youth Band “Gulder” Taskyn Okapov who invited her to be the soloist of this band in 1976.

4. Her life and creative work can′t be called easy.

4. Rosa was shot in a documentary telefilm “ The First Song” and in the Soviet-Chekhoslavakia film “Good Bye, Medeo’’

5. In 1979 she was awarded Honoured Artist of the Republic of Kazakhstan.

Ø Express the same idea in a different way. Make necessary changes:

1. She was noticed by the main principal of the Republic Youth Band “Gulder” Taskyn Okapov.

2. He didn′t teach her how to survive in this world without a stable support.

3. After the heavy lost of her husband she continued to work on the stage.

4. Rosa took part in various international competitions of pop singers.

5. Rosa was made in a documentary telefilm “The First Song”.

6. They both have been recognized by people as Prima donnas despite their difference in style, image and manner.

7. They are both great workers with hard but interesting creative fate.

Ø Choose the facts which were not mentioned in the text:

1. Taskyn Okapov was the man of great talent. He explained Rosa how to become a star but he didn′t teach her how to survive in this world without a constant support, with two small children, with problems of health and financial savings. Rosa is a woman of strong will and a great desire to work and make other people happy. After the heavy lost of her husband she went on working on the stage.

2. Roza Kuanyshevna was born at the station Zhyngiz-Tobe of the former Semipalatinsk oblast.

3. “That is why my life can be divided into two parts: with him and without him”, says Rosa.

4. According to her character not allowing her to be weak on the stage, she was devoted fully to her work.

5. She gave her concerts in front of the soldiers-internationalists in Afghanistan and then was taken into the hospital with serious and dangerous disease “typhoid fever”.

6. Her life and creative work can′t be called easy.

ABYLKHAN KASTEYEV (1)

“Kasteev became a painter thanks to the nature. He became a painter because of that beautiful place where he was born and lived,” said Khamit Faizullin, member of the Painters’ Union of Kazakhstan.

Abylkhan Kasteev was born on January 1, 1904 in the village of Chizhin, Dzharkent region of Taldy-Kurgan oblast in the family of a poor shepherd. He lost his father early and had to earn money working for a land owner, bai. Then he worked as a digger during the construction of the Тurksib railway. He drew portraits and landscapes which surprised everyone with his talent and mastership. In 1929, destiny brought him to Alma-Ata, where he studied at the art studio of N. Khludov.

In 1930, Abylkhan Kasteev made his first trip to Moscow. In 1934, he participated in an amateur painting contest in Alma-Ata and in the Republic contest for the creation of the Abai portrait and illustrations of his works. Abylkhan participated in the exhibition of Kazakhstan artists at the State Museum of Arts of the Peoples of the East in Moscow. From that time, Abylkhan Kasteev was a regular participant of the all-union, republic and city exhibitions. His early works show his careful attitude to the history and traditions of Kazakh people.

The artist’s first personal exhibition dedicated to the 15th anniversary of his creative art was held in Alma-Ata. The same year, A. Kasteev was awarded the title of the Honored Artist of the Kazakh SSR. In 1944, he received the title of the People’s Artist of the Kazakh SSR.

The creative art of Kasteev is very diverse. He painted a number of portraits of great sons of the Kazakh nation: Chokan Valikhanov, Аbai Kunanbayev, Zhambul Dzhabayev, Аmangeldy Imanov and others. His series of landscapes in watercolors and paintings in oil created in different periods are full of meaning, which by right are named the artistic chronicle of the Republic: "On the Land of Kazakhstan," "About the Virgin Lands," "The Land and People of the Republic", "The Riches of Kazakhstan.", "The Turksib", "A Hunter with a Golden Eagle”, "A Mountain Landscape".

The works by Аbylkhan Kasteev participated in many exhibitions of Kazakhstan art held abroad. The artist died on November 2, 1973, in Alma-Ata. The art school in Shimkent, the high school in the Panfilov region of the Taldy-Kurgan oblast, the street in Аlmaty were named after Abylkhan Kasteev. In 1976, a memorial hall devoted to his creative art was opened at the new State Museum of Arts of the Republic of Kazakhstan. In 1984, the State Museum of Fine Arts got the name of Abylkhan Kasteev. His works are in many largest museums in Kazakhstan, Russia, Ukraine and Kyrgyzstan, as well as in private collections.

The art of Abylkhan Kasteev imbued with great sincerity, original talent, warm-heartedness and a wise attitude to life will always be an example to many generations of Kazakhstan artists. In 2004 there was a celebration of the artist’s 100th anniversary

Vocabulary:

Ø Read the dates:

On January 1, 1904, in 1929, in 1930, In 1944, the 15th anniversary, on November 2, 1973, in 1976, in 1984, in 2004

Ø True or false

1. Abylkhan Kasteev was born in the family of a rich shepherd

2. He drew portraits and landscapes which surprised everyone with his talent.

3. Abylkhan Kasteev has never studied.

4. Abylkhan Kasteev was a regular participant of the all-union, republic and city exhibitions.

5. He painted only portraits of famous people.

6. His series of landscapes in watercolors and paintings in oil executed in different periods are full of meaning, which by right are named the artistic chronicle of the Republic.

Ø Show the activities Abylkhan Kasteev did with the help of a diagram.

His family		His fist jobs		Whose portraits he has painted
His other paintings		His exhibitions		His awards

ABYLKHAN KASTEEV (2)

Abylkhan Kasteev (1904-1973) was a Kazakhstani painter. He was highly decorated, winning the National Artist of Kazakh SSR, and The Laureate of the Chokan Valikhanov State Premium of the Kazakh SSR. He was awarded the Order of October Revolution, and two Orders of Labour Red Flag.

Kasteev was born in a small village in Taldykorgan oblast and studied at the N.K.Krupskaya art studio in Almaty. He painted more than a thousand paintings in oil and water-colours. Some of his works are on display in the State Tretyakov Gallery, in the State Museum of East Nations Art, in the Central Museum of USSR Revolution by Lenin Order in Moscow, and in the State Museum of Arts of Kazakh SSR and in the other museums of the country.

Vocabulary:

ROZA RYMBAYEVA (2)

She was born on October 28, 1957 at the Zhangiz-Tobe station in the East Kazakhstan Province in a family of railway workers. She graduated from the faculty musical-dramatic comedy of theatrical-artistic institute in Almaty (1984). From 1976 to 1979 Rosa was a soloist of republican youth-pop band "Gulder" ("Flowers"), from 1979 in a pop band "Arai", managed by her husband T.Okapov. Since 1979 she is a soloist of Kazakhconcert, the main republican concert. She is also a teacher of Republic pop-circus college. Several times she became the winner of various international contests of pop singers (1977 Sopot, Bulgaria, 1979, Istanbul, Turkey).

Her repertoire includes songs of Kazakh and foreign composers, along with the works of modern composers. She performs national songs in a peculiar interpretation. For the moment she sums up her 25-year career of singer, arranges her own jubilee concerts, but Roza Rymbaeva is not going to leave the stage. "I have sung so many songs in my 25-year career, that I can't place all of them into my concert program" she says. Her tour now includes 30 songs. She is often compared with Alla Pugacheva. They were both recognized by people as the Prima donnas despite their diversity in style, image and manner. They are both great workers, both are women with hard but interesting destiny.

Roza Rymbaeva became the national artist at the age of 28. On April 2, 2008 she became a torchbearer of the 2008 Summer Olympics torch relay lap in Almaty.

KANYSH SATPAYEV (1)

Satpayev was born in what is today Bayanaul District, in Pavlodar Province. Satpayev's interest in geology was sparked in childhood by Tomsk geologist Mikhail Usov. In 1921, he got admitted to Tomsk Technological Institute (now Tomsk Polytechnic University). After completing studies in 1926, Satpayev returned to Kazakhstan and became the first qualified Kazakh mining engineer and geologist.

He died in Moscow, and is buried in Almaty. Kanysh Satpayev left after himself more than 640 scientific publications. He created Institute of Geology which became the center of studies of Kazakhstan mineral resources.

Many places were named after Kanysh Satpayev to commemorate his deeds.

· Monument in front of Kazakh National Technical University

· Satpayev city in Karagandy Province

· the water channel Irtysh-Karaganda

· mineral Satpayevite (6Al (OH)₃×3v (O₂OH)×2v {O (OH)₂})

· Kazakh National Technical University

· numerous streets and schools in Kazakhstan.

· one of the main-belt asteroids

ALEXANDER VINOKOUROV

Alexander Vinokourov (born 1973) is a Kazakhstani professional road bicycle racer. Ethnically Russian, he has shown to excel in many aspects of the sport. He is often known to many as simply "Vino". Vinokourov was banned for a year for blood doping during the 2007 Tour de France and so retired. In September 2008 he said he would return to cycling in 2009. In August 2009, Vinokourov began riding at the professional level again, rejoining the Astana team. He took victory in the 2010 Liège–Bastogne–Liège, and in the 13th stage to Ravel in the 2010 Tour de France. Vinokourov broke his leg in the 2011 Tour de France, and initially announced his retirement from the sport, but later he went back on that decision and remains.

TALGAT MUSABAYEV (1)

Musabayev graduated from Engineering Institute of Civil Aviation in Riga in 1974. Then in 1983 he graduated from Higher Military Aviation School in Akhtubinsk, with an engineering diploma. Musabayev received several awards as an aerobatic flyer and was selected as a cosmonaut on May 11, 1990.

His first spaceflight was as a crew member of the long-duration mission Mir which was launched and landed by the spacecraft Soyuz TM-19. A total duration – 125 days. His second spaceflight was as Commander of another long-duration expedition which lasted 207 days.

His third mission was notable for carrying the first ever paying space tourist Dennis Tito.

As of 2007^[update], he was among the top 30 cosmonauts having been in space.

He retired from being a cosmonaut in November 2003. He became а deputy head of the Zhukovsky Air Force Engineering Academy and was appointed to Major General in September 2003. From 2005 to 2007 he was General Director of "Bayterek" Corp. which was a Kazakhstani-Russian Joint Venture. In April 2007, Musabayev was appointed Head of the National Space Agency of the Republic of Kazakhstan, also known as KazCosmos.

He is married and has two children.

Ø Who … (Kasteev, Rymbayeva, Satpayev, Vinokourov, Musabayev)

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