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01.09.2026

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The creative team of the Alma-Ata Drama Theater (M. Auezov Kazakh National Drama Theater). Second row: K. Kuanyshbayev on the left; I. Baizakov, first from the right; Sh. Baizakova, second from the right. Third row: S. Kozhamkulov on the left; A. Kashaubayev on the right. Back row: E. Umirzakov, second from the left; K. Zhandarbekov on the right. Almaty, 1934 / Central State Archive of Film, Photo Documents and Sound Recordings of the Republic of Kazakhstan

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Program of a literary evening dedicated to Abai / Open sources

Program of a literary evening dedicated to Abai / Open sources

Actress of the Shymkent Regional Drama Theater Kh. Bukeyeva as Enlik in the play Enlik — Kebek. Shymkent, 1939 / Central State Archive of Film, Photo Documents and Sound Recordings of the Republic of Kazakhstan

Actress of the Shymkent Regional Drama Theater Kh. Bukeyeva as Enlik in the play Enlik — Kebek. Shymkent, 1939 / Central State Archive of Film, Photo Documents and Sound Recordings of the Republic of Kazakhstan

The theater building. A gathering of people in the theater square. Semipalatinsk, 1920 / Central State Archive of Film, Photo Documents and Sound Recordings of the Republic of Kazakhstan

The theater building. A gathering of people in the theater square. Semipalatinsk, 1920 / Central State Archive of Film, Photo Documents and Sound Recordings of the Republic of Kazakhstan

Zhusipbek Aimauytov / Wikimedia Commons

Zhusipbek Aimauytov / Wikimedia Commons

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Enbekshi Qazaq newspaper, 1926 / Courtesy of the author

Enbekshi Qazaq newspaper, 1926 / Courtesy of the author

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Smagul Saduakasuly and Mukhtar Auezov, 1928 / Central State Archive of Film, Photo Documents and Sound Recordings of the Republic of Kazakhstan

Smagul Saduakasuly and Mukhtar Auezov, 1928 / Central State Archive of Film, Photo Documents and Sound Recordings of the Republic of Kazakhstan

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Serali Kozhamkulov, 1936 / Central State Archive of Film, Photo Documents and Sound Recordings of the Republic of Kazakhstan

Serali Kozhamkulov, 1936 / Central State Archive of Film, Photo Documents and Sound Recordings of the Republic of Kazakhstan

A group of artists from the Kazakh Musical Theater on the day of their arrival for the Decade of Kazakh Art and Literature. Zhumat Shanin and Olga Knipper-Chekhova. Moscow, 1936 / Central State Archive of Film, Photo Documents and Sound Recordings of the Republic of Kazakhstan

A group of artists from the Kazakh Musical Theater on the day of their arrival for the Decade of Kazakh Art and Literature. Zhumat Shanin and Olga Knipper-Chekhova. Moscow, 1936 / Central State Archive of Film, Photo Documents and Sound Recordings of the Republic of Kazakhstan

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Zhumat Shanin / Wikimedia Commons

Zhumat Shanin / Wikimedia Commons

The troupe of the Kazakh State Drama Theater. First row: S. Telgarayev, first from the left; second row: K. Kuanyshbayev, third from the left, E. Umirzakov, eighth; third row: L. Khamidi, third from the left, K. Badyrov, seventh; fourth row: K. Adilshinov, first from the left. Almaty, 1933 / Central State Archive of Film, Photo Documents and Sound Recordings of the Republic of Kazakhstan

The troupe of the Kazakh State Drama Theater. First row: S. Telgarayev, first from the left; second row: K. Kuanyshbayev, third from the left, E. Umirzakov, eighth; third row: L. Khamidi, third from the left, K. Badyrov, seventh; fourth row: K. Adilshinov, first from the left. Almaty, 1933 / Central State Archive of Film, Photo Documents and Sound Recordings of the Republic of Kazakhstan

Amre Kashaubayev with his wife Orazke. 1926 / Central State Archive of Film, Photo Documents and Sound Recordings of the Republic of Kazakhstan

Amre Kashaubayev with his wife Orazke. 1926 / Central State Archive of Film, Photo Documents and Sound Recordings of the Republic of Kazakhstan

Bibi Artykova as Kyz Zhibek in Yevgeny Brusilovsky’s opera Kyz Zhibek. Almaty, 1938 / Central State Archive of Film, Photo Documents and Sound Recordings of the Republic of Kazakhstan

Bibi Artykova as Kyz Zhibek in Yevgeny Brusilovsky’s opera Kyz Zhibek. Almaty, 1938 / Central State Archive of Film, Photo Documents and Sound Recordings of the Republic of Kazakhstan

Actresses of the Kazakh Drama Theater Zukhra Atabayeva (center) and Syzdykova (left) in the play Two Girls. Almaty, 1935 / Central State Archive of Film, Photo Documents and Sound Recordings of the Republic of Kazakhstan

Actresses of the Kazakh Drama Theater Zukhra Atabayeva (center) and Syzdykova (left) in the play Two Girls. Almaty, 1935 / Central State Archive of Film, Photo Documents and Sound Recordings of the Republic of Kazakhstan

Artists of the Kazakh State Academic Drama Theater: S. Ogyzbaeva, Kh. Elebekova, B. Rimova, Kh. Bukeyeva, S. Telgarayev. Bishkek, 1950 / Central State Archive of Film, Photo Documents and Sound Recordings of the Republic of Kazakhstan

Artists of the Kazakh State Academic Drama Theater: S. Ogyzbaeva, Kh. Elebekova, B. Rimova, Kh. Bukeyeva, S. Telgarayev. Bishkek, 1950 / Central State Archive of Film, Photo Documents and Sound Recordings of the Republic of Kazakhstan

Syr Darya Oblast. Kazakh Traveling Yurt. Photograph from the Ethnographic Part of the Turkestan Album. 1871–1872 / Library of Congress

Syr Darya Oblast. Kazakh Traveling Yurt. Photograph from the Ethnographic Part of the Turkestan Album. 1871–1872 / Library of Congress

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