Toktogul Satylganov

Toktogul Satylganov
توقتوعۇل ساتىلعان ۇۇلۇ
Satylganov on a 2014 stamp of Kyrgyzstan
Born
Toktogul Satylganov

(1864-10-25)25 October 1864
Died17 February 1933(1933-02-17) (aged 68)
Sasyk-dzhiide, Kirghiz ASSR, Soviet Union

Toktogul Satylganov (Kyrgyz: Токтогул Сатылган уулу, romanized: Toktogul Satylgan uulu, Perso-Arabic: توقتوعۇل ساتىلعان ۇۇلۇ; Russian: Токтогул Сатылганов, romanized: Toktogul Satylganov; 25 October 1864 – 17 February 1933) was the most famous of the Kyrgyz Akynsimprovising poets and singers. The Kyrgyz town of Toktogul in the Jalal-Abad Region is named in his honor. Toktogul was born in Kushchusu, a village now submerged in the Toktogul Reservoir.