August 27. Today's Birthdays

NAMES

Natalya Sats (1903-1993) - theatre director, the first woman to become an opera director, theatre practitioner, writer, playwright and teacher.

The Irkutsk native was born to the family of a singer and violinist. She was into music since early childhood.

Khakimzhan Nauryzbayev (1925-2009) – founder of the Kazakh school of sculpture, the country’s first skilled sculptor, merited figure of art, people’s artist, winner of the Valikhanov state award and Tarlan prize.

He was born in Ulykol village, Uzynkol district. He was accepted to the Art College in Alma-Ata city in May 1943. Nauryzbayev also studied at the Moscow Institute of Architecture, and the Kharkov State Art Institute. He is the author of over 300 works, including sculptures of Abai, Zhambyl, Shoqan Walikhanov, Kurmangazy, Dina Nurpeisova, and so on.

Dastan Sartauev (1959) – State Counsellor of Justice, 3^rd class, PhD, Lieutenant-General of Justice.

Born in Kyzylorda region, he graduated from the Kirov Kazakh State University to become a lawyer.

Sabr Yessimbekov (1964) – Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Kazakhstan to Japan.

Born in Alma-Ata, he is a graduate of the Moscow State Institute of International Relations, completed post graduate studies at the Center for Japanese Studies of the Oriental Studies Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences and Yokohama National University.

Kurmanbek Zhumagali (1985) – the General-Director of 31 Channel TV channel.

He graduated from the Abai Kazakh National Pedagogical University majoring in journalism in 2008.

He was appointed to his current post in September 2021.