Allaniyaz Uteniyazov.Born on
June, 1,
1936 in
the village
Drujba (“Friendship”) of
the
Khalkabad region, Karakalpakstan,
in the farmer’s family. In 1962 he graduated with excellence from the English
department of the Foreign Languages Faculty of Karakalpak State
Teacher-Training Institute. When a student he showed unusual abilities picking up
during each cotton campaign over 15-16 tons of cotton. After the graduation
from the Institute, during 1962 - 2002 he worked as an English teacher for the
secondary school №4 of the Nukus region. He brought up a son and two daughters.
Since 1954 he had been engaged in the charity building without payment houses
for poor families, invalid, sick and old people during his summer vacation. During
his life Allaniyaz Uteniyazov built personally 40 houses, 2 schools, 2 kindergartens
for 30 seats, 2 hospitals, 1 library. In 2000 he planted trees within the area
of
15 hectares
of land. For his merits before the native land A.Uteniyazov was awarded with the
degrees «the National teacher of
Uzbekistan», «the Distinguished
worker of the Public Education of Karakalpakstan», «the Selectioner of
Uzbekistan» as well as «the Hero of Labor». Three documentary films were made
about this person some time ago. The achievements he got had been brought into
the Guinness’s “Records Book.” In 2001 Uteniyazov was conferred a degree “the Hero
of Uzbekistan.”
Tulepbergen Kaipbergenov.
Born on May,
7,
1929 in
the village
Shortanbay of the Kegeyli
region, Karakalpakstan. In 1947 he finished the
Teacher-TrainingSpecializedSchool in
Khojeyli, and in 1955- the faculty of
the Russian Language and Literature of Karakalpak State Teacher-Training
Institute.
After the graduation from
the institute he starts his literary activity in the literary journal «Amu-Darya»
and later becomes its chief editor. Afterwards he works as an
assistant-director for the Karakalpak Radio Committee, chief editor for the
Republican newspapers, assistant-director for the Publishing Committee of the
Republic of
Karakalpakstan. Since 1980 to the
present moment T.Kaipbergenov has been leading
the
Union of
the Writers of Karakalpakstan. The first book of Kaipbergenov was
published in 1958. It had been followed by over than 80 literary works that were
translated into the Russian, Uzbek and other languages. For the enormous
contribution into the culture Tulepbergen Kaipbergenov had been awarded with
the degree “the National writer of
Uzbekistan and Karakalpakstan.” The
writer is a laureate of
the state Berdakh
and Kashkari Prizes, a laureate of
the International Sholokhov Prize. In
2003 T.Kaipbergenov was conferred a degree
“the Hero of Uzbekistan.”
Ibragim Yusupov.Born on May, 5,
1929 in the village
Azat of the Chimbay region, Karakalpakstan.
The father of the future poet was repressed and did not return, his mother
Khanbibi brought up two sons and four daughters. Attheageof13 IbragimYusupovstartedtowork. Having
graduated in 1949 from Karakalpak State Teacher-Training Institute he teaches
here up to 1962 the theory of literature. Besides, during 1961-1962 he works as
an editor for the journal «Amu-Darya». In 1962-1965 I.Yusupov is a scientific
secretary,
in 1965-1980 гг – a member
of the Union of the Writers of the
Republic
of
Karakalpakstan, in 1980-1988 – chief
editor for the newspaper
“Erkin
Karakalpakstan”,
in 1988-1994 – a
member of the Peace Committee, in 1994-2000 – an employee of
the Culture and
EducationCenter
of Karakalpakstan. He is the national poet of
Uzbekistan
and Karakalpakstan, the author of
the National Anthem of the
Republic of
Karakalpakstan.
His poems had been translated into several languages. In 2004 Ibragim Yusupov
was conferred a degree “the Hero of Uzbekistan.”
Vera Borisovna Pak.
Born
in
1938 in
the Kungrad region, Karakalpakstan. Graduated from Karakalpak State
Teacher-Training Institute. At present she is a deputy of Oliy Majlis, a member
of the Uzbek Senate. ThedirectoroftheChildren’sasylum №20 ofKhiva. In 2001 V.B.Pak
was conferred a degree “the Hero of Uzbekistan.”
Gayratdin Khojaniyazov. Born on December, 12,
1948 in the Karauzyak
region, Karakalpakstan. Having graduated in 1972 from Karakalpak State
Teacher-Training Institute he started working in the archaeological sector of
the N.Davkaraev
Research Institute of History, Language and Literature at the Karakalpak Branch
of the
UzbekAcademy of Sciences. In
1974-1977 he is on scientific trial first at
Lomonosov Moscow State University,
and then- at
the
Institute
of
Archaeology of the
RussianAcademy of Sciences. In 1981-1984
he is in post-graduate school, in 1996 he obtains his
Candidate’s degree. Since 2000 to
the present G.Khojaniyazov has been leading the archaeological department of
the
ScienceAcademy. He is the author of 130 scientific,
more than 100 scientific-research works published in
Uzbekistan and abroad in different
languages. Among the works:
“The History
of the Development of Fortification of Ancient Khoresm”(1981г.);
«The Traditional-Burial Monuments of
Karakalpaks of the XVII-XIX-th centuries on the materials of the Grave Krantaw»
(
2005
г.); “Dawkeshen-Vazir»
(
1997
г.);
“The Military Architecture of Ancient
Khoresm of the VI-th century B.C. – the IV-th century A.D.” (2006) and
others. For the significant contribution in the science Gayratdin Khojaniyazov
was awarded in honor of the 10-th anniversary of the Uzbek Independence with
the order
“
Independence of
Uzbekistan” (
2001
г.)
and in 2003 году– with the order “Hero of Labor.” In 2008 he was conferred a degree
“the Hero of Uzbekistan.”
Gayratdin Khojaniyazov