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11.02.2019 The exhibition “Afghanistan hurts in my soul”

On February 11, 2019, at 15.00, the exhibition “Afghanistan hurts in my soul” will be opened at the Central State Museum of the Republic of Kazakhstan dedicated to the 30th anniversary of the withdrawal of Soviet troops from Afghanistan.

The Afghan war began in 1979 and lasted for 10 years.

In total, about 620 thousand servicemen of the USSR passed through Afghanistan, 22 thousand of whom were from Kazakhstan.15526 people died during fighting, from wounds and diseases, including 924 people from Kazakhstan.

Missing and captured were 333 people (according to the General Staff of the Ministry of Defense of the USSR), 21 of whom are from Kazakhstan.

The war in Afghanistan did not bring either honor or glory to the Soviet Union. For the relatives and friends of those who died, this war did not end with the withdrawal of troops on February 15, 1989. It remains a bleeding wound that even time cannot heal. The experience of these events teaches that every country and nation should decide their internal affairs on their own, based on the benefits and benefits of their people. After all, soldiers died on the battlefields, and not those who incite the war and profit from it.

The aim of the exhibition is to form an objective view of the Afghan war, patriotic education of a new generation of soldiers and youth on the example of soldiers and officers who fought in Afghanistan, as well as forming the idea that war is not a way to solve political problems.

The exposition was based on documentary materials (photographs, letters, eyewitness accounts and participants of the events), awards and personal belongings of soldiers and officers - Kazakhstani who fought in Afghanistan, both dead and survivors who fulfilled their military duty with honor. Of particular interest to visitors of the exhibition will be a demonstration of military equipment of Soviet soldiers and officers, as well as the Afghan "Dushman".

On the day of the exhibition presentation you will be able to meet with the participants of the war in Afghanistan.

The exhibition was prepared jointly with the City Coordination Council of public associations of veterans and disabled people of the war in Afghanistan and local military conflicts at the Almaty city administration.

31.01.2019 The exhibition of new arrivals, “A gift to the museum - legacy to a generation”

The Central State Museum of the Republic of Kazakhstan on January 31, 2019 at 3.00 pm opens the exhibition of new arrivals, “A gift to the museum - legacy to a generation”. The exhibition will display items of museum value donated to the museum’s fund collections during the period 2017-2018.

In the framework of the implementation of the key provisions of the state program "Course towards the future: modernization of Kazakhstan’s identity ", as well as the tasks outlined in the program article of the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan N.A. Nazarbayev “Seven Facets of the Great Steppe”, aimed at reviving spirituality and modernizing public consciousness, should update the centuries-old heritage of domestic museums where historical and cultural values are concentrated, raise indicators on research and collection of museum value and promote the role of historical and cultural heritage among the public not only our state, but also of foreign countries.

Having almost two centuries of history, the Central State Museum of the Republic of Kazakhstan is one of the most significant museums of the Central Asian region. Today, sources of replenishment of the museum’s fund collections are, as a rule, the gifts of private and legal persons, the collecting works of museum staff, and the organization of archaeological and ethnographic expeditions to collect items of museum value.

Meetings are organized with descendants of famous personalities, negotiations with various organizations, donations are held, and work is carried out using the “hot-trail gathering” method. For example, in the framework of the cultural and educational event “All family in the museum!”, held in connection with the Family Day holiday, in 2017-2018 the museum organized a special promotion “Give a family relic to the museum!”. As a result, personal belongings and documents, photo and video materials of museum value were taken into the funds of the museum. Among them are gifts from the descendants of a literary researcher, critic and scientist, academician of the Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Kazakhstan M. Karataev, an art figure, a famous theater teacher G. Rutkovskaya, a prominent state and public figure, a veteran of the Great Patriotic War S. Zhienbaev, a writer, M.D., Professor S. Gabbasov, President of the Public Association “Kazakh Society of Almaty City on Awards and Titles” A. Zhanabayev, as well as national costumes from ethno-centers.

The purpose of the exhibition: to update the role of historical and cultural heritage; to focus the attention of residents and guests of the city on the transfer of objects of museum value and family relics as a gift to replenish the museum’s fund collections.

21.12.2018 The personal exhibition "Panorama" of a member of the Union of Artists of RK, famous artist Kushikbayev Zhaiyk.

Central State Museum of the Republic of Kazakhstan on December 21, 2018 at 3.00 pm opens the personal exhibition "Panorama" of a member of the Union of Artists of RK, famous artist Kushikbayev Zhaiyk.

Kushikbayev Zhaiyk was born in the village of Bakaly, Sarkand district, Taldy-Kurgan region, in the family of a teacher. In 1981 he graduated from the Almaty Art School named. N. Gogol, in 1992 - the art department of Gerasimov Institute of Cinematography. He began his career in a secondary school in the village of Bakaly (1981) as a teacher of drawing and sketching; he worked as a teacher of special disciplines of the Almaty Art School named after O. Tansykbaeva (1992). Currently he is a senior lecturer, associate professor of the department of “Academic drawing and easel graphics” of KazNAA named after T. Zhurgenov (since 1993).

A favorite genre of many artists and art lovers has been and remains a landscape - epic, lyrical, urban, rural, park, mountain, summer, winter, etc. The landscape theme is endless.

Zhaiyk Kushikbayev is known to the public mainly as a master of extensive, panoramic landscapes. The most remote corners of Kazakhstan come to life in the works of the master of landscape. Most of the works are painting compositions made in the landscape genre, which reflect the beauty of the nature of Kazakhstan. These are exquisite landscapes of boundless Kazakh expanses, sketches from rural life, and many others. The works of the artist, imbued with love for their native land, glorifying the greatness and beautiful nature of the Alatau mountain foothills, Aral, landscapes of Kapchagai, Kaskelen, Kyrgauyldy, etc., are especially impressive.

Seasons in painting are a special theme in the landscapes of paintings by many artists.

Landscape painter Zhayik draws from nature, spending a long time in nature, depicting on his canvases - mountains, rivers, fields that truly fascinate. Landscapes of the artist have a certain magical appeal, it is simply impossible to tear off the eyes from them. The works of Kushikbayev Zh. also display different seasons - the awakening of nature, early spring, summer, autumn and winter landscapes, where you can see sunsets and sunrises, the beginning and end of the day, summer evening, fading sky and nature, subtle colors and light in the snow, the impressive sweep of the mountain peaks, the outlines of the hills. Along with the season, the mood of the author also changes. He easily conveys the change of nature’s appearance.

Zhaiyk, along with landscapes, paints still lifes and portraits. When depicting relatives and friends, the artist chooses his own special pictorial style, reflecting the beauty of human souls (“Portrait of Mother”, “Mother”, “Portrait of Father”).

The works of Kushikbayev Zhaiyk are distinguished by the established handwriting and character of the painting, are distinguished by their depth and integrity of nature perception, show how beautiful the world around us and remind us that we are part of this world. In each work we feel a sense of peace, comfort and harmony, which is inherent in almost all the works of the artist. Artist want to share аll these with others.

Z.Kushikbayev since 1980 is a regular participant of student, republican, all-union and international exhibitions. His works are in private collections in Kazakhstan, Russia, Kyrgyzstan, USA, Turkey, Germany, Japan and the Baltic States.

The exhibition presents 90 works that testify to a delicate feeling, a deep understanding of nature, characteristic of the master.

The exhibition will run until January 8, 2019.

26.12.2018 Memorial photo exhibition dedicated to the memory of the famous Chinese folk composer Xian Xinghai.

The Central State Museum of the Republic of Kazakhstan together with the Consulate General of the People’s Republic of China in Almaty on December 26, 2018 at 3.00 pm open a memorial photo exhibition dedicated to the memory of the famous Chinese folk composer Xian Xinghai.

Xian Xinghai (13.10.1905-30.10.1945) is a folk musician, teacher and communist revolutionary, as well as a famous Chinese composer, pianist, conductor. Xian Xinghai has created more than 250 pieces, including cantatas, opera, symphonies, suites for orchestral music, rhapsody, many solos and ensembles for violin and piano. In his works, he deeply reflected the great reality of the revolution and national liberation of China. A number of his musical works are distinguished by their national style and originality, which have received universal approval among the Chinese people and are still popular today.

He studied at the Institute of Traditional Chinese Music at Beijing University, and then at the Shanghai Conservatory. In 1929, Xian Xinghai went to study in Paris, and in 1935 he returned to China, where he took an active part in the anti-Japanese patriotic movement.

In 1938, Xian Xinghai arrived at the shrine of the Chinese Revolution Yan’an. He was appointed dean of the Faculty of Music at the Lou Xun Institute of Arts (1939). The period of his stay in Yan’an was the most successful period of the composer's creative life: in just one year he wrote his outstanding masterpiece “Cantata on the Yellow River”, as well as “Cantata on Labor”, “Cantata on September 18^th”, “Counteroffensive”, “International Women's Day”, “Down with Wang Jingwei!” and others.

In 1940, Xian Xinghai was sent to the Soviet Union in Moscow, where he completed the first symphony “National Liberation”. In 1941 he moved to Almaty, where he composed the second symphony “Holy War”, “Chinese Rhapsody”, the poem “Amangeldy”. In addition, he collected and reworked many Kazakh folk songs, becoming a messenger between the Chinese and Kazakh peoples.

As a sign of Kazakh-Chinese friendship on October 7, 1998, one of the streets of the city of Almaty was renamed Xian Xinghai Street, where a monument to the composer was installed with the inscription: “In memory of an outstanding Chinese composer, envoy of Chinese-Kazakh friendship and cultural exchange - Xian Xinghai” . This year, on the 113th anniversary of Xian Xinghai, Kazakhstani and Chinese documentalists shot a short film “The Musician”, telling about the composer’s life and career and the sincere friendship between Xian Xinghai and Kazakh composer Bakhytzhan Baikadamov.

The exhibition features 60 photographs showing the composer’s years of study in China and Paris, photos with friends, participation in proletarian cultural musical events, family photos with his wife Qian Yunlin and daughter Nina, textbooks written by Xian Xinghai for the Institute of Arts Lu Xin, periods of life in Russia, Kazakhstan, Mongolia, musical scores of music, years of friendship of the Xian Sinhai and Baikadamov families.

The exhibition will run until January 10, 2019

29.11.2018 Exhibition "World Press Photo - 2018"

On November 29, 2018, on the eve of the International Human Rights Day, the opening of a unique annual exhibition World Press Photo - 2018 will take place in Almaty, in the Central State Museum of the Republic of Kazakhstan.

Every year December 10, different countries of the world and organizations hold relevant events dedicated to the International Human Rights Day, which was officially approved by the Plenary Forum of the UN General Assembly.

At the World Press Photo -2018 exhibition, the best photos of important events of the previous year will be exhibited. This year, members of the jury reviewed and evaluated over 73 thousand photographs from 4.5 thousand photographers from 125 countries. The number of winners and prize-winners included 42 person. Only in 4 cities of Kazakhstan - Astana, Karaganda, Almaty and Shymkent – Kazakhstani people can enjoy the best photos of journalists from all over the world.

Event speakers:

Ambassador of the Netherlands in Kazakhstan - Dirk Jan Kop
Exhibition Curator, World Press Photo Representative - Yi Wen Hsia
Chairman of the Board of the Soros-Kazakhstan Foundation - Anton Artemyev

About the project:

The World Press Photo -2018 exhibition is an exhibition of the winning works of the most prestigious international photojournalism competition. Each year, an international independent jury consisting of professional photographers and media photo editors evaluates the work of applicants in 9 different categories submitted by photo journalists, agencies, newspapers and magazines from all over the world.

Also within the framework of the exhibition of works-winners of the World Press Photo international photo contest, the Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands organizes an online photography competition on socially significant topics on the occasion of International Human Rights Day (December 10, 2018). Read more about the conditions:

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In Astana and Karaganda, the event has already ended. In Almaty, the exhibition will last 2 weeks. In Kazakhstan, World Press Photo -2018 will be presented for the third time. Prior to this, the exhibition was held in 2013 and 2014. in cities - Astana, Almaty, Karaganda and Ust-Kamenogorsk.

Address and time of the exhibition: Almaty, Central State Museum of the Republic of Kazakhstan, Samal – 1/44; November 29 (Thursday):

Closed tour of the exhibition for journalists with curator of World Press Photo: 17:00-17:55
Grand opening of the exhibition and buffet: 18: 00-19: 00