Mausoleum of Mirzhakyp Dulatuly
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Mausoleum of Mirzhakyp Dulatuly

The mausoleum of the outstanding Kazakh educator, public figure, poet, writer Mirzhakyp Dulatuli (1885-1935) was built in 1992 in the aul of Kyzbel (Bidayik) Bidayik, Zhangeldin district, Kostanay region.

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The mausoleum of the outstanding Kazakh educator, public figure, poet, writer Mirzhakyp Dulatuli (1885-1935) was built in 1992 in the aul of Kyzbel (Bidayik) Bidayik, Zhangeldin district, Kostanay region. Mirzhakyp Dulatov was arrested in 1928 by a group of Kazakh intellectuals and sentenced to ten years, died in captivity in Karelia. At the initiative of his daughter Gulnar Dulatova, his body was delivered to his hometown in 1992 and buried at the site of the mausoleum.One of the leaders of Alash, Mirzhakyp Dulatov, who awakened the Kazakh people in the early twentieth century with a fiery song, called for art, knowledge and freedom, in his poems openly opposed the tsar's colonial policy and fought against lawbreakers who oppressed the black people. He demanded that the government open a school for Kazakh youth and publish newspapers and magazines in the Kazakh language. His ideas were further developed in the works of Kazakh intellectuals in the early twentieth century. For example, “Wake up, Kazakh!” The song became the hymn of the Kazakh youth.

Reference: Kazakhstan sacred objects
of whole national importance. – Astana: Foliant, 2017. –
410-412-pp.