105 years ago Bauyrzhan Momyshuly (1910-1982) was born. He was legendary military leader, commander, Hero of the Soviet Union, Russian and Kazakh writer, veteran of the Great Patriotic War. He was born in Zhualy District, Zhambyl Region (southern Kazakhstan). He studied a course in economics in the Leningrad Institute of Finance and the Military Academy of the Chief Headquarters of the Armed Forces of the USSR. In 1928-1931 he worked as a teacher at a primary school, Secretary-General of the District Executive Committee of the Communist Party, Head of Zhualy Police Office. In 1931-1932 he was a student of the Workers’ Faculty at the Kazakh Agricultural Institute and worked as an economist at the Shymkent Industrial Bank. In 1932-1936 Bauyrzhan Momyshuly served in the army. In 1936-1940 he continued his military service in the Far Eastern and Kiev Military Districts. In 1941 — Senior Inspector of the Enlistment office of the Kazakh SSR. In 1941-1944 — a battalion commander, commander of the 316th Rifle Division. In 1944 −1952 — a commander of the 9th Guards Rifle Division. In 1952-1956 — a lecturer in the Military Academy. In 1956 he retired and started creative activities. He is the author of the following books: "Officer’s Diary", "One night’s story", "Moscow is behind us", "General Panfilov", "Front-line meetings", "Our family", and to name but a few. Momyshuly was mainly known due his appearance in Alexander Bek’s Volokolamsk Highway (was translated into Kazakh language by Kurmanbek Sagyndykov). The book was dedicated to the heroic deed of Bauyrzhan Momyshuly at the period of the Great Patriotic War. Shortly before the collapse of the USSR, the chief of the Kazakh Supreme Soviet, Nursultan Nazarbayev, had managed to convince the authorities in Moscow to posthumously grant Momyshuly the country’s highest military honor, and he was declared a Hero of the Soviet Union on 11 December 1990. After the republic became independent, he was also made a People’s Hero of Kazakhstan. The capital of his native Zhualy District is named after him.
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