Nauryzbay Shaprashty(lived in the XVIII century, approximately 1706 (1708) -1781), the outstanding commander of Khan Abylai, who led the tumen (ten-thousandth army), one of the standard-bearers of Abylai Khan, the legendary Kazakh batyr who participated in the Kazakh-Dzungarian wars of the XVIII century.

Biography

The history of the Kazakh Khanate in the first half of the XVIII century is one of the dramatic pages of the heroic past of the Kazakh people, filled with the struggle for freedom from the Dzungarian aggression. The invasions of the Dzungars caused untold loss and suffering to the Kazakhs. The situation of the Kazakhs of the three zhuzes in this period was conveyed by Ya.P.  Gaverdovsky: «This era, terrible and still remembered by the Kyrgyz (Kazakhs), accompanied by great disasters, pursued them to the last extreme. And to this time, rich narratives about the brave heroes and unfortunate incidents of that time are still preserved in the traditions of the horde. Pointing to the large mounds covering the ashes of the deceased, the gray-aged old people told us: «Here are our batyrs, who died on the battlefield, defending liberty. Whole villages buried by numerous barbarians were buried here; but despite this cruelty, courage did not leave our fathers. Dressed in shells, they fought fiercely, and the battlefield was often left under their firm footsteps. Sometimes, like a terrible storm, they struck enemy crowds and covered the trail of their flight with the corpses (of enemies)» [1, p. 133; 2].

The Kazakh-Dzungarian wars were an epochal event – the Patriotic War of the Kazakh people for their independence. This is the period of the greatest consolidation of the Kazakhs, when every man fought not only for himself and his family, but also for the whole nation [3]. A huge role in this struggle belongs to the Kazakh warriors, who left their names in the historical memory of the people. The institution of batyrs in Kazakh society played a particularly important role in the XVIII-XIX centuries, which allowed the Kazakhs to defend their right to exist in history. The researchers write that without knowing the history of the institution of batyrs, it is impossible to understand the military and Kazakh history. The main features of the military spirit of the batyrs became the basis of the national spirit of the Kazakhs [4, p. 6].

The origin of the term «batyr» has Turkic-Mongolian roots. The word «batyr» (batur, batyr), «bahadur» (bahadur) originally meant any brave warrior who was especially distinguished in military raids and battles, a brave man, a hero, summoning the enemy before the battle to confront [3]. The positive assessment of the personality: «hero, hero, brave man, good man, strong man, wrestler, winner» or a designation of such human qualities as «courageous, decisive, courageous, heroic, strong brave, daring, prominent, noble, imperious» prevails in the etymology of the term «batyr» [5, p. 82].  

Thus, the origin of the social institution of «batyrism» is connected, first of all, with the personal qualities of a person who is distinguished by physical strength, courage, valor, heroic deeds, as evidenced by the materials of the Kazakh folklore and historical epics of the Kazakh nomads. The title «batyr» was never hereditary; it was acquired only by personal feats [6, p. 121]. 

According to the historical and heroic epics, military dastans, and legends, one had to distinguish oneself either in battle, in battle with the enemy, or in martial arts («zhekpe-zhek» – «one-on-one»), etc. The researchers noted that in order to obtain the «batyr» title, a warrior had to: possess physical strength, endurance, stamina; three times break into the camp of the enemy, without fear engaging in hand-to-hand combat, kill the enemy; hold a duel with a strong enemy warrior and defeat him in martial arts; carry out raids, invasions of enemy territory and capture prey with small losses of their warriors [7, p. 200]. 

The moral, ethical and moral qualities of the warrior-batyr were of great importance: fidelity to the Fatherland, compliance with the code of honor of the steppe warrior, a sense of duty to relatives, the continuity of military traditions, the transfer of military art and military knowledge to young militias. Victories in martial arts, combat fights of the batyrs served as a criterion for assessing the mastery of military art, skill, strength and courage of the batyrs; they were regulated by certain rules and rituals. The Batyrs knew how to keep their composure and endurance in critical situations, had a great will to win, and were ready to sacrifice their life if it was necessary. It is no coincidence that the authors write that psychophysical training, being key in the training system of the steppe warrior, provides a key to understanding the legendary victories of the heroes of the Kazakh epic [8, p. 167].

The Kazakh people’s militia was a traditional military structure. Authoritative batyrs commanded the clan (tribal and other) units of this militia, participated in the development and conduct of military operations; developed a strategy and tactics of military operations; coordinated military maneuvers; were the standard-bearers of the khans; were the guardians of the military banner; took part in the election of the head of the Zhuz general militia or the general Kazakh militia. [4, p. 71] 

In addition to large-scale battles involving significant military forces and resources (which were prepared in advance), the strategy of the Kazakh military art consisted of «military tricks, partisan actions, ambushes, sudden quick attacks, suppressing retreat routes, dividing and defeating the enemy in parts, in the enterprise of sieges» and others [9, p. 70]

As a rule, reconnaissance was carried out before the start of a military operation, there were sentinel squads (going ahead of the vanguard); during the battle, adjustments were made to the operation depending on the course of military events. The vanguard moved  ahead of the main forces and performed various functions: they could impose a battle before the arrival of the main forces, distracting the enemy, or perform fraudulent actions, retreating and luring the enemy troops into a pre-prepared ambush. The main part of the army was divided into three parts (the center, right and left wings), which were also headed by batyrs. During the war, the Kazakh warriors used some hunting techniques that they had known since childhood [10].

The armament of the Kazakh warrior batyr played an important role. The folklore sources describe the military armament of the Batyrs: «bes qaruy asyndy», «bes qaruyn boyinda», «bes qaruyn  sailangan» (which means «armed with five types of weapons») [11, p. 83]. The main set of weapons for the Kazakh warriors was diverse; noble warriors (khans, sultans and batyrs) primarily possessed full combat equipment. Their traditional set of military equipment consisted of five types of weapons: bow (sadak), saber (kylysh), spear (naiza), ax (aybalta) and mace (kurzі) [12, p. 83]. The batyrs should have been able to perfectly master all types of weapons: chopping (ax), cutting (saber), throwing (bow), pricking (spear), percussion (mace, club or bludgeon). Each type of weapon had its own varieties; they did not replace each other and were used together [13]. Firearms appeared in the Kazakh armament: match guns («myltyk»), but at the beginning of the XVIII century it had not yet received wide distribution among the Kazakhs.

Protective armor was divided into three groups: plate shell, chain mail or leather shell; the heads of the batyrs were protected by the iron helmets. From the total mass of warriors, batyrs were distinguished by sultans  made of the feathers of birds («zhyga»), often the feathers of an eagle owl («ukі»). 

I.P. Falk wrote about the XVIII batyrs: «Some of the warriors (batyr) go into service in shell shirts. In a campaign, these are usually the leaders of the detachments; they are distinguished by the presence of a special wing on the cap» [14, p. 236]. Batyrs could decorate their helmets with hairy plumes (feather ornament on a headdress) made of horsehair («shashak»), brushes made of cords and cloth ribbons («bayrak»), flags («zhalau») were fastened [15].

A fighting and hardy horse and a rich horse harness were the personification of their high social status was for the batyrs. Being foals, the horses were specially trained  and accustomed to future military battles. Most batyrs had horses that complemented their legendary image; they saved and defended their riders during the battle, dodging arrows, etc. Many batyrs had war horses covered with ring armor.

Batyrs were carriers and guardians of the military experience and traditions of the nomads. Khans and sultans solved foreign and domestic political problems, relying on military force and the help of the batyrs, with the most influential ones playing the role of military advisers. [12, p. 91]

The authority grew most strongly and its traditions were strengthened in the first half of the XVIII century, when the need to protect the lands during the Dzungarian aggression led to the emergence of a whole galaxy of prominent batyrs: Bogenbai, Kabanbai, Malaysary, Zhanybek, Otegen, Nauryzbay and others. The name of Nauryzbay Shaprashty is contained in almost all studies, along with the names of the famous and great batyrs of the XVIII century.

At the beginning of the XVIII century, in the area of Zhalpaktas-Seriktas in the vicinity of Alatau (now the territory of the Zhambyl district of the Almaty region) a son Nauryzbay was born in the family of Qutpanbet (Quttymbet) from the subgenus Tolemis, the Asyl-Zheldi clan, the Shapyrashty tribe of the Elder  zhuz.  The date of his birth is not fixed in written sources, various dates of the birth are indicated in publications: in encyclopedias, as a rule, 1706 [16, p. 288; 17, p. 26; 18, p. 475], 1707 [19, p. 104-105] are given, there is another version – 1708 [20]. Nauryzbay’s shezhere (genealogy) is presented by the researchers  as follows: Shaprashty – Asyl – Baibagys – Batyr – Korpe – Tolemis – Serek – Kostay – Suleimen – Siqymbay – Qutpanbet (Quttymbet) – Nauryzbay [21].

Nauryzbay’s father  Qutpanbet (Quttımbet) had 5 sons, besides: the eldest son Kudaibergen was known for the martial arts with Dolangar, he died in this battle; the next two sons Khangeldy and Zhangeldy died in the battle on the left bank of Ili, the youngest brother of Nauryzbay Kozhagul lived a long life [22].

Since childhood, Nauryzbay grew up a strong, tall, strong boy, distinguishing himself from his peers by a powerful physique. Kazybek writes about Nauryzbay Shapyrashty: In the human race, in addition to Nauryzbay, I have never met such a tall and large man in my life. In the prime of life, Nauryzbay’s shoulders were flush with the humps of a camel. And next to the camel, he seemed as tall as the camel itself. According to growth, he differed in both face and body. Shaprashty Kazybek described the strength of the boy Nauryzbay in childhood. Shepherd-breeders could not catch a red-headed stallion with a white head in the lasso. Then Nauryzbay went to the horse, like a tiger to an untamed beast. Grasping the horse’s thick tail, he crushed it to the ground. The stallion neighed in pain and fell on its hind legs. I have not seen such a strong person as Nauryzbay. [23]

According to legends, being a wealthy man, his father specially raised two pinto foal-horses for the future batyr. He watered them with cow’s milk instead of water. Subsequently, pinto stallions served Nauryzbay for eighteen years,  he went to his first battle with the Dzungars on one of them at the age of sixteen. Distinguished by heroic strength, Nauryzbay at a young age became a famous batyr. Victories in the fights with the best Kalmyk warriors, in the major battles earned fame for Nauryzbay. Ablai Khan appointed him one of his three standard-bearers (Kabanbai, Bogenbai, Nauryzbay).

Small fragments about the life of the batyr have been preserved in archival sources. In particular, there is evidence of a visit by a Russian officer Karl Miller to Nauryzbay batyr . In September 1942, the Russian ambassadors led by Major K. Miller arrived at the Dzungar Khanate through the Semirechye. On September 14, 1742 this delegation arrived at the house of Bektemir Bai from the Elder Zhuz, from the Uysun tribe in Semirechye, on September 15 they visited the house of Keldibay myrza. This information was preserved in the diary of C. Miller. It refers to the eminent people of the Elder Zhuz: Bektemir bai, Myrza Girde bai (Keldibay), Naurys (Nauryzbay) batyr, Mambet bai, Alagoz bai and others [24, p. 72-73].

«On the 16th of 1742 I went and came to Naurys Batyr to the Great Horde of the Uisinsky family, who asked me why I was going and where and from whom I was sent. To which I told that I was sent by the highest Her Imperial Majesty’s order from Orenburg from Mr. General and Cavalier Neplyuyev with a letter to the Kalmyk Khan, Galdan Cheren  in oreder to prevent that Khan from ravaging Her Imperial Majesty’s  faithful subjects. As Abulkhayir Khan of the Middle Horde, the citizen of Her Imperial Majesty, and that Naurys Batyr demanded that I gave him the letter to read, to which I told that the letter was sealed, it was quite possible to believe in, and I verbally declared to him that I was going to Galdan Cheren for all the faithful citizens of the Kyrgyz people, the sealed letter could differ from what could be written in the letter. To which I told him that he would have no doubt if I hadn’t been sent for their benefit if I hadn’t gone through their uluses».  K. Miller writes that he met Nauryzbay Batyr and Keldibay a second time in a couple of days. «On the 18th …the aforementioned Nauryzbay Batyr and Murza Girde yuai (Keldibay) arrived to Marbet Bai  … they said that wished me all well-being and  that  could not withhold me and let me go». [24, p. 73]

These fragments of the source confirm not only the real existence of Nauryzbay as a historical person. They confirm the significance and role that the batyr played in the Senior Zhuz, controlling the movement of various missions and delegations across the territory of South and Southeast Kazakhstan, trying to find out the real tasks faced by such delegations. And according to K. Miller’s diary, we see that the main task of the interrogations of Nauryzbay was as follows: was sent for their (the Kazakhs) «benefit»? That means, the batyr of Nauryzbay, first of all, was interested in the «benefit» and safety of the life of the Kazakh relatives, having received the second confirmation from the major K. Miller that the delegation was going to Galdan Ceren to solve the problems of the Russian state («taking into account the interests of the Kazakhs»), «they wished prosperity», did not withhold and let go.

Another archival document was published in the 2000s and is associated with the name of Nauryzbay batyr. In 1848, in the city of Omsk, a complaint was filed in the name of Baron Wrangel, the border chief of the Siberian Kirghizl. It was directed by Sultan Suyuk, the son of Abylay Khan. Under the appeal, seven sultans and senior sultans put their personalized seals, 15 biys certified it by the tribal tamga instead of their signatures. It was about the Usuns dispute with the naimans for the lands along the Aksu and Lepsy rivers. Sultan Suyuk, on behalf of the «Usun clan, who entered the Russian citizenship of the volosts», sets out in detail his arguments proving that the disputed territory belongs to his clan. The third paragraph of his evidence states: «from the Uysun volost, the Chaprachly branch, Biy Nauryzbay died here, wandering between Aksu and Lepsoy. And one river is called by his name Nauryzbay-Karasu, it still retains its name, then the grave of Nauryzbay  is visible next to it, on the Mount Karasu-tyube».  [25, p.1]

Oral sources, in particular,the works of Bukhar zhyrau preserved the fragments about Shaprashty Nauryzbay. In his 28 tolgau songs, the famous Bukhar Zhyrau spoke of the Patriotic War of the 20-40s of the XVIII century and called the names of the following batyrs: Kabanbay, Bogenbay, Zhanybek, Yeset and others.  Shaprashty Nauryzbay was repeatedly named among them [1, p. 146]. He spoke the following about the batyr: «Having met snobby Kalmyks in a battle, Nauryzbay, riding his pinto, multiplied his and his people’s glory!» [21]. 

The role and influence of Bukhar zhyrau  was very significant in the Kazakh society with his works being even more significant. Like zhyrau, close to Khan Abylai, he reflected the most important epoch-making events, therefore, the repeated mention of Nauryzbay in his works  is the evidence of the importance of the role of this historical character in the most difficult events of this period, especially in those of the Kazakh-Jungar wars. The famous zhyrau names the great warriors of Karakerey Kabanbay and Kanzhigaly Bogenbay and Nauryzbay batyr  is next to them. This is the clear evidence of the huge role of the batyr in the military life of society in the first half of the XVIII century: «Karakerey Kabanbai, Kanzhigaly Bogenbai, Shaprashty Nauryzbay stood under the banner, at that time Abylai Khan was formidable and mighty» («Qaraqerey Qabanbay, Qanzhygaly Bugenbai, Shapyrashty Nauryzbay tu tubinde yedi. Abylai khan osy kun, aibatty da, sur yedi») [22, р. 72]

 Glorifying Nauryzbay, Bukhar zhyrau wrote the following verses about him:«Hey Nauryzbay, Nauryzbay! Shapyrashty Nauryzbay! You are the precious of precious! Holy of the sacred! Nauryzbay, Nauryzbay! You are the best armor in the attack of the enemy, you are like a fruiting tree, if the enemy attacks, you are our defense! If there is a contention among relatives, you don’t hear bad, you are deaf to this.If swaggering  Tseren comes, wanting to devour us, you go to fight him. You will not surrender alive, my descendant, born a special person. When the enemy strangles, bathing the Kazakhs in the blood, you are like a deep river and you will not let them cross. I always see you on the bloody front, opposite the ardent enemy. When there is a great bayga, I see your horse ahead of all the horses».  («Yei, Nauryzbay, Nauryzbay! Shapyrashty Nauryzbay! Asyly yedin asyldyn, zhasyly yedin zhamyldyn. Yei, Nauryzbay, Nauryzbay! Zhauga kiyer berenim, miua agashta beregim, enkeristen zhau kelse, betime ustar keregim. Agayin qyzyl soz aitsa, osekke tospas qulagyn, tuk yestimes korinim. Arandai ashyp auyzyn Seren kelse sestenip, attana shabar kerenim. Olispei tiri berispes, artyqsha tugan orenim. Zhau qyspaqqa alganda, qazaqty qanga malganda, otkel bermes terenim. Maidannyn qandy otende, zhasangan zhau betinde seni ylgi koremin. Uly dubir baigede zhanyga at qoqqanda, aldynda korem sorenin»). [26, р. 4] 

Legends about Nauryzbay, his military victories and exploits are preserved in Kazakh epos and dastans. Until his death Nauryzbay (he lived for more than seventy years) defended the lands of the Kazakhs. His family members died from the enemies. These were his three brothers, the first wife Akbike, the second wife, the Kalmyk Olzhagul and two of his children. 

The purpose and meaning of the life of the great batyr was to preserve the land, the country, to live in the next generations. The descendants of the great batyr remained: the next generations of the three sons of Nauryzbay (Ontagar, Zhaksylyk, Shashke) still live in the Zhambyl, Kaskelen and Ili districts of the Almaty region.

Merits

There are few narrative materials about the liberation of the lands of the Elder Zhuz from the Dzungars, but the Kazakh traditions and oral sources in the form of the Kazakh historical epics and dastans have been preserved, which partially restore the past events of military history. These events are described in the dastans «Rayimbek», «Yer Otegen», «Karakerey Kabanbai», «Bogenbai Batyr», «Olzhabay Batyr» and others. Nauryzbay batyr took part in all the major battles of the Kazakh-Dzungarian wars of the 1720s – 1750s such as the Great Disaster «Ataban Shybyryndy» (1723-1727), Bulantinsk battle (1727). According to a legend, the batyr took part in the battle of Anirakai (1730), leading a militia of the Kazakhs of the Shapyrashty tribe. [27]

Alban Rayimbek batyr with his army fought against the Dzungarian commanders Seker, Arys and Aganas in the east of the tract of Almaty. In the north-west direction, the army of the Batyr Nauryzbay opposed the Dzungars. In 1729, the Kazakhs gathered the main forces of the three zhuzes in one militia, their total number was more than thirty thousand soldiers. Two tumens of the Kazakhs of the Middle Zhuz were headed by the batyrs Karakerey Kabanbai and Kanzhigaly Bogenbai. The militia of the soldiers of the Senior Zhuz was headed by the batyrs Dulat Otegen and Shaprashty Kazybek. After the battle of Anirakai (1730), it became known that the Dzungarian ruler Shamal was gathering troops for a new battle. [28]

After the battle on the Uzunbulak site in Karatau (according to one version, Otegen the batyr went missing), the batyr Shapyrashty Kazybek became the commander of the general militia of the Kazakhs of the Elder Zhuz. Battles often began with the battles of generals or famous batyrs. Kazybek was not that young for martial arts (he was over forty years old), and it was decided that the batyr, who led the army of the Elder Zhuz, would go on a duel with Kaskelen and Shamal Khan. An experienced Bole Batyr, who could take part in the duel, was left hand wounded in the Anirakai battle . Other young batyrs, eager to participate in martial arts, did not have military experience. Nauryzbay was elected as a commander, who led the Kazakh army to the city of Ush.

Shamal was going to put his famous warriors,  Kaskelen, Dombayl, Boraldai, Kangyr and others, on a battle. Kaskelen was one of the most famous and strong warriors among the Dzungars. Kaskelen’s grandfather and father were captured by the Kazakhs at the end of the XVII century, and Kaskelen himself grew up among the Kazakhs (according to one version, he got his name by the name of the area near Almaty, where the Kalmaks (Dzhungars) who were captured were living). Later returning to the relatives, Kaskelen became one of the commanders of Khan Shamal. Kaskelen was a strong and dangerous opponent, knowing the Kazakh language, customs, traditions, especially the military affairs of the Kazakhs, he could predict the actions of the Kazakhs. Before the battle, the first combat was between the Kalmyk Boraldai and the son of Shaprashty Kazybek batyr Kaskara. The Kalmak Kaskelen and the Kazakh Nauryzbay batyr came to the second fight. The fight did not last long, the spear of Nauryzbay pierced the enemy right through. According to a legend, the news of the victory of Shapyrashty Nauryzbay spread far across the steppe. Batyr became the head of the tumen (ten thousandth army), earning the glory of the great batyr and commander.

According to legends, Kabai zhyrau attributed the bitter words to Shamal Khan (Chamalgan), who lamented the defeat of the Dzungars: «Where is the land like Almaty, where the grass is tall, the apples are red and huge, like a heart. Rayisbek, Karasha, Nauryzbay, Otegen, Bolek and Saiai put our souls on their heels. Where was the honorable huntayshi?»(«Baldyrgany bіlektey, almalary zhurektey, alіmtіdey zher qaida?! Rayimbek Qarash, Nauryzbay, Otegen, Bolek һam Satai qyspaqqa zhandy salganda, qontayshi bіzdіn zhur qaida?») [29, p. 3]

The Kazakh traditions tell about the liberation of Zhetysu lands process. In the fall of 1752, the war between the Dzungars and Kazakhs began again. But the forces of the Dzungars were running out after many years of war. The invasion of the Dzungars led by the Huntai Lama Dorji in East Kazakhstan, in the districts of Tarbagatai did not become successful for them, the battles had the varying success. In order to strengthen this part of the Dzungarian army, Lama Dorji moved his troops from Zhetysu to Tarbagatai.

At the headquarters of Abylai Khan, it was decided to send a Kazakh-Dzungar detachment of five hundred sabers (it included the Kalmaki-Dzungars who had defected to the Kazakhs). According to legends, the Dzungarian units were commanded by Davatsi, the Kazakh ones – by Shaprashty Nauryzbay. The Dzungarian troops were greatly weakened and could not resist the Kazakhs. In January 1753, Lama Dorji was killed, Davatsi became the new huntayshi. Internal strife erupted in Dzungaria, the khanate lost its former military power and political influence in the region. The liberation of the Kazakh lands from the Dzungars continued.

On the shore of Ainakol, Shamal Khan and Nauryzbay met in a battle, a duel took place between them. Shamal’s Dzungar army had about ten thousand sabers, they were located at the mouth of the Naryn river near Balkhash, in the spring they moved towards the Zailiysky Alatau. In his book Kyzibek Tauasaruli «Tup tukiyannan ozime sheіn» («From distant ancestors before me») reported that the Kazakh dzhigits who crossed through Ili began to catch up the Kalmak army led by Shamal Khan. On the coast of Ainakol, a battle between the Kazakhs and the troops of Shamal took place. The warriors Kangyr, Manbadar and Dombail fought from the Dzungars’ side, the Kazakh side was represented by Senkibay, Shoibek and Mambet, who won the martial arts and defeated the Dzungar batyrs. Then Shamal Khan went to the battle himself, the batyr Nauryzbay went out to meet him. The victory was won by Nauryzbay. The advantage in the strength of the Kazakh batyr was immediately apparent, he killed Shamal with the first blow of his bludgeon. [29]

The Kazakhs began the attack after these fights with a victorious cry. The Dzungars were defeated and driven into the sands of Bestas. Legends say that after this battle of Ainakol, the Kazakhs began to call Ainakol as Nauryzbaykol, and the place of this battle was called the Maidan.

In the 1750s, Nauryzbay together with the batyrs Malaysary, Kystyk Malay, and Shapyrashty Kaskary defeated the Dzungar army, expelling them from Zhetysu, dropping them behind Turpan (now the territory of the PRC) and liberated many Kazakhs captured by the Dzungars.

Until the complete expulsion of the Dzungars from Zhetysu, Nauryzbay fought for the lands of the Kazakhs. During the reign of Abylai (Abylmansur) (1771-1781), Nauryzbay was one of the commanders and standard-bearers of the great Khan Abylay.

Memory

One of the central streets of Almaty is named after Nauryzbay batyr. The Nauryzbay district was created in the city of Almaty in 2014.

The burial place of Nauryzbay is on the road leading to the Degeres region, on the Mount Kozybasy, south of the Targap aul in the Almaty region. A mausoleum was built on the site of the batyr’s burial; after reconstruction, a memorial stone was erected there in 2003.

Mausoleum of Shapyrashty Nauryzbay batyr // Aituly N. Shapyrashty Nauryzbay. Poem. – Almaty, 2011 . – 148 p .;

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In 2006, in the connection with the 300th anniversary of Nauryzbay Shapyrashty, a monument to the batyr was erected in Kaskelen, the center of the Karasai district of the Almaty region. The monument was officially opened on September 16, 2006. Nauryzbay batyr is on a high pedestal, at the intersection of two large roads, standing on a horse with the arms in his hand, as if still looking around the expanses of Zhetysu, ready to defend the Kazakh lands. The sculptor of the monument is N. Dalbai.

        Monument of Shapyrashty Nauryzbay batyr

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Batyr was glorified by famous zhyrau and akyns: Bukhar zhyrau, Dzhambul Dzhabayev and others. Poems, novels, works of art, paintings of the Kazakh culture figures were devoted to Shaprashty Nauryzbay batyr: the work of N. Aitula «Shaprashty Nauryzbay. Poem» (2011), the historical novel by B. Abildauly «Shaprashty Nauryzbay batyr» (2009), to the 550th anniversary of the Kazakh Khanate the publishing house «Miras» published the three-volume «Shaprashty Nauryzbay batyr» (2015) and others. Kazakhstani artists (M. Yesekekov, B. Mamadzhanov, N. Karymsakov, D. Kasteyev, B. Myrzakhmetov, V. Krestnikov, M. Beisembayev, M. Nurguzhin and others) captured  the image of Nauryzbay Batyr fighting with the Dzungars in their paintings.

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Author: Saktaganova Z.G., Doctor of Historical Sciences