Composers of Kazakhstan. 1st row (left to right): Akhmet Zhubanov, Mariyam Akhmetova, Yevgeny Brusilovsky, Kuddus Kuzhamyarov, Latyf Khamidi; 2nd row (left to right): Sydyk Mukhamedzhanov, Boris Yerzakovich, Bakhytzhan Baikadamov, Anatoly Bychkov. Almaty, 1963 / Central State Archive of Film, Photographic Documents and Sound Recordings (CSA CFPDZ)

Akhmet Zhubanov with the "KazTsIK" Orchestra, subsequently the "Kurmangazy Orchestra of Folk Instruments." Almaty, 1934 / CSA CFPDZ

Kudaibergen Zhubanov. 1920s / CSA CFPDZ

Mikhail Kalinin, Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR, presenting the Order of the Badge of Honour to Akhmet Zhubanov. Moscow, 1938 / CSA CFPDZ

Akhmet Zhubanov in 1946, Almaty / CSA CFPDZ

Nursulu Tapalova and Almas Bekbosynov, ballet dancers of the Abay State Academic Opera and Ballet Theatre and Honored Artists of the Kazakh SSR, performing a dance number in Yevgeny Brusilovsky's opera "Kyz-Zhibek." Almaty, 1947 / CSA CFPDZ

Composers of Kazakhstan (L-R): Akhmet Zhubanov, Grigory Stolyarov, Latyf Khamidi. Almaty, 1947 / Central State Archive of Film, Photographic Documents and Sound Recordings

The Kurmangazy Orchestra of Folk Instruments: Akhmet Zhubanov (1st row, 2nd from left); Gulnafis Bayazitova (to his left); Zhappas Kalambayev (1st row, 2nd from right). 2nd row: Nurgisa Tlendiyev (left); Fatima Balgayeva, kobyz player. Almaty, 1953 / CSA CFPDZ

Akhmet Zhubanov in 1967. Almaty / CSA CFPDZ

Akhmet Zhubanov among colleagues and friends. Almaty, 1958 / CSA CFPDZ

Yermek Serkebayev, soloist of the Abay State Academic Opera and Ballet Theatre, in the role of Abay from the opera "Abay" by Akhmet Zhubanov and Latyf Khamidi (center, foreground). Almaty, 1960 / CSA CFPDZ