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Kurmangazy Sagyrbaev

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Kurmangazy Sagyrbayuly
Kurmangazy equestrian statue in Astrakhan, Russia.
Kurmangazy equestrian statue in Astrakhan, Russia.
Background information
GenresInstrumental music
Folk music
OccupationComposer
InstrumentDombyra
Stamp of Kazakhstan devoted to Kurmangazy Sagyrbayuly, 1998 (Michel 208)

Kurmangazy Sagyrbaev (Kazakh: Құрманғазы Сағырбайұлы; Russian: Курмангазы Сагырбаев; 1823–1896) was a Kazakh composer, instrumentalist, and folk artist.[1]

He was born in 1823 in the Bukey Horde (nowadays Zhanakala District, West Kazakhstan Region). He is buried in the Astrakhan region of Lower Volga in today's Russian Federation.[2]

Legacy

Sagybraev image has been used on the 5 Kazakhstani Tenge banknote in 1993 and on a Khazakh stamp in 1998.[3]

References