Сhokan Ualikhanov (1)

Date: 2015-10-07; view: 481.

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(1835-1865)

Chokan (his full name is Mokhammed Khanafiya) was born in Kushmuryn fortress (Kokshetau region) to the family of Kazakh Sultan Genghis, Colonel of Russian Tsar Army, a great-grandson of Ablay. He learned to read and write, studied painting, Literature and the Arabic language at a private Kazakh school. He graduated from Omsk Military College in 1853.

He communicated with such famous persons as G.P.Potanin, N.F. Annenskiy, P.P.Semenov-Tienshansky, F.M. Dostoyevsky and others. Ualikhanov served in the West-Siberian Governorship, took an active part in the work of the Academy of Sciences and the Russian Geographic Society.

Travelling around Middle Asia, Kazakhstan, East Turkestan he got and re­corded the information about history and culture of Turkic people living in those regions. Being a great historian, publicist, linguist, geographer, musician, archeologist, ethnographer, traveler Chokan Ualikhanov did a lot for his people, he made research .and recorded national peculiarities of the people's life, traditions, customs, religion and language. The most significant of his works are “Notes on the Kyrgyz people”, “Traces of Shamanism in the Kyrgyz”, “Kyrgyz Pedigree”, “Essays on Dzhungaria“.

The memorial complex was built in honour of Ualikhanov‘s 150th anniversary not far from Kogen-Togan, in the place of Altyn-Emel where ‘the man of his time' Chokan Ualikhanov was buried.

Ø Prove the following statements are correct according to the text:

1. Tchokan's full name is Mokhamed Khanafiya.

2. He learned to read and write at a gymnasium.

3. He graduated from the Omsk Military College in 1863

4. Sh.Ualikhanov did a lot for his people.

5. The memorial complex was built in Kokshetau city.

Ø Find out the sentences in Passive Voice:

Ø Give facts from the story to prove the following:

1. He communicated with many famous persons of that time.

2. Chokan was born in the family of Kazakh Cultan Genghis.

3. He recorded the information about history and culture of Turkic people.