10 facts about Ybyray Altynsarin

We present 10 facts about the outstanding Kazakh educator, ethnographer, scientist, public figure Ybyray Altynsarin.

1. Ybyray Altynsarin was born on October 20, 1841 in Kostanay region, Kostanay district.

2. Ybyray's real name is Ibrahim.

3. At the age of three or four, his father Altynsary died, and he was raised by his grandfather Balkozha.

4. On January 8, 1864, he opened the first school in Turgai.

5. Since 1876, he began to write the “Kazakh anthology” and published it in Orenburg in 1879.

6. The name of the wife of the teacher of the nation is Ayganys.

7. In 1883, another book by Ybyrai Altynsarin was published, which was not mentioned much during the Soviet era. He is the book `Musylmandyk tutkasy`.

8. In 1887, in the city of Irgiz, he opened a school for girls for the first time.

9. Ybyray Altynsarin National Academy of Education is located in Astana.

10. Ybyray Altynsarin died on July 17, 1889 in a wooden house built on the shore of a lake three kilometers from the city of Kostanay. He was only 48 years old at the time.