Sayakbay Karalaev

Sayakbay Karalaev (Kyrgyz: Саякбай Каралаев; 1894 – 7 May 1971) was a Soviet and Kyrgyz storyteller and manaschi - a reciter of the epic Kyrgyz poem Manas.[1]

Sayakbay Karalaev
Kyrgyz: Саякбай Каралаев
Sayakbay Karalaev, as shown on the Kyrgyz 500 som note.
Born1894
Ak-Ölöng, Semirechye Oblast, Governor-Generalship of the Steppes, Russian Empire
DiedMay 7, 1971 (aged 76-77)
Frunze, Kirghiz SSR, Soviet Union
OccupationPoet

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  1. Каралаев Саякбай in the Great Soviet Encyclopedia, 1969–1978 (in Russian)


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