Battle of Batyrbaybarak Kudaikululy
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Battle of Batyrbaybarak Kudaikululy

The mausoleum is located in Baibarak cemetery, 16 km from Bazarsholpan village of Akzhayik district of West Kazakhstan region. It looks like a hero's helmet, the size of an eight-winged yurt.

49°30′ N · 49°06′ E

The mausoleum is located in Baibarak cemetery, 16 km from Bazarsholpan village of Akzhayik district of West Kazakhstan region. It looks like a hero's helmet, the size of an eight-winged yurt. The exterior is decorated like elements of a yurt. The facade depicts a man's weapon - five weapons. It is built of white stone of the plateau.Baibarak Kudaikululi (lived about the beginning of the XVIII century) - a hero, a person whose name became the motto of the country. Historian Isatai Kenzhaliyev was the first to write the history of the Baibarak motto on the basis of genealogical data preserved in the memory of the country. According to him, 14-year-old Baibarak, who was captured during the Kalmyk invasion of the Kazakh steppes, was released with his courage, bravery and courage. "How would you thank me if I sent you home?" "I would shout" Baibarak "and kill your country!" that is. After arriving in the country, he managed to fight the Kalmyks, received a blessing from Seitimbet Batyr, and soon arrested the Kalmyk leader. This is Baibarak's first feat. When he delivered the victory message to Seitimbet, he said, “I am getting old. Now the motto of the Alasha people is "Baibarak".Thus, the word "Baibarak" became the motto of Alasha, and in many difficult times became the foundation of the village, the catalyst for the preservation of the unity of the country. In many battles and gatherings there are moments when the motto of all Alshyn, Baiuly, Sultansiyk with five grandfathers. There are no bones of the hero under the mausoleum. The hero was buried near the cemetery where Baibarak was buried.

References: 1. Kazakhstan sacred objects
of whole national importance. – Astana: Foliant,
2017. – 181-p.; 2.The sacred Kazakhstan. Volume-2. –Astana: 2018. –252-p.