Lyrics and music of the song “Ana turaly zhyr.” Culture and Everyday Life magazine, May 1962 / National Library of the Republic of Kazakhstan
Renowned composers of Kazakhstan, Merited Artists of the Kazakh SSR. 1963 / CSAFPS RK
Speech by Nikita S. Khrushchev, General Secretary of the CPSU Central Committee, at the Dynamo Stadium on the occasion of the 40th anniversary of the Kazakh Republic. 1962 / CSAFPS RK
Plenary session of young composers. 1963 / CSAFPS RK
General view of the workshop of the Alma-Ata radio center. 1967 / CSAFPS RK
Meeting of young composers of Kazakhstan — F. Mansurov, Bychkov, G. Zhubanova, soloist Evgeny Kogan. 1963 / CSAFPS RK
Shamshi Kaldayakov (6th from left) during a trip to the city of Shymkent. 1994 / CSAFPS RK
Streets of Almaty in 1969 / Getty Images
Live broadcast at the Alma-Ata television studio. 1960 / CSAFPS RK
Songs by Shamshi Kaldayakov / Open sources
“Menin Qazaqstanym,” music by composer Shamshi Kaldayakov to the lyrics of Zhumeken Nazhimedenov (1956) and Nursultan Nazarbayev (2005) / Wikimedia Commons
Zhamal Omarova — People’s Artist of the Kazakh SSR. 1958 / CSAFPS RK