Ibray Altynsarin was a famous Kazakh educator and teacher of the 19th century. He was born in 1841 in Torghai region. Altynsarin started a Cyrillic alphabet for the Kazakh language. He opened many Kazakh-Russian schools and schools for girls. He translated books and textbooks. He wrote the first Kazakh Grammar book. Altynsarin travelled a lot and visited many countries. He liked children and wrote poems for them. A lot of streets, institutes and schools are named after Altynsarin. There is an Altynsarin museum in Kostanay. Abay Kunanbayev is a famous writer and poet.He was born in 1945in Abay region. Grandmother Zere told him tales and sang songs. He went to school in Semipalatinsk. Abay wrote many books and poems. His main book is The Book of Words. He translated Pushkin, Krylov and Lermontov into Kazakh. He lived a long life and did a lot for people. Many streets, squares, theatres are named after Abay. People in many countries know Abay and his works. There are monuments to Abay in many cities. Toktar Aubakirov is the first Kazakh cosmonaut. He was born in 1946 in Karaganda. He studied at the Air Force Institute .In October 1991 he flew into space. There were two other cosmonauts with Toktar Aubakirov. They were Russian and Austrian cosmonauts. They left the Baikonur Cosmodrome and spent eight days in space. He likes to travel very much. He has friends in many countries. He has a wife and two children.
