Shamshi Kaldayakov
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Otyrar District
Otyrar is a district of South Kazakhstan Province in southern Kazakhstan. The administrative center of the district is Shauildir town....
, South Kazakhstan Province
South Kazakhstan Province
South Kazakhstan Province is the southernmost province of Kazakhstan, with a population of 2,282,500 people. Its capital is Shymkent, with 539,600 people. Other cities in South Kazakhstan include Turkestan, Sayram, Kentau, Arys, Shardara, Jetysu, Saryag'ash and Lenger...
— February 29, 1992 in Almaty
Almaty
Almaty , also known by its former names Verny and Alma-Ata , is the former capital of Kazakhstan and the nation's largest city, with a population of 1,348,500...
) was a Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan , officially the Republic of Kazakhstan, is a transcontinental country in Central Asia and Eastern Europe. Ranked as the ninth largest country in the world, it is also the world's largest landlocked country; its territory of is greater than Western Europe...
i composer. In 1956, he composed the music to the patriotic song My Kazakhstan
My Kazakhstan (song)
My Kazakhstan is a Kazakh patriotic song written in 1956 to celebrate the Soviet Virgin Lands program. Shamshi Kaldayakov composed the music and Jumeken Najimedenov wrote the lyrics.Kazakhstan's national anthem is based on this song....
. It was adopted in 2006 to be the Kazakhstan national anthem
My Kazakhstan (anthem)
My Kazakhstan is the national anthem of Kazakhstan, adopted on January 7, 2006. It is based on a homonymous song written in 1956, with music by Shamshi Kaldayakov and lyrics by Jumeken Najimedenov. This replaced the anthem of the Republic of Kazakhstan as the state anthem, which was used after...
by Kazakh President
President of Kazakhstan
President of Kazakhstan is the head of state, supreme commander-in-chief and holder of the highest office within the Kazakhstan. The authorities of this position are described in special section of Constitution of Kazakhstan....
Nursultan Nazarbayev
Nursultan Nazarbayev
Nursultan Abishuly Nazarbayev has served as the President of Kazakhstan since the nation received its independence in 1991, after the fall of the Soviet Union...
after a few modifications in the lyrics.