Shamshi Kaldayakov [SEP] place of death
Shamshi Kaldayakov
Shamshi Kaldayakov (, "Shámshi Qaldaıaqov"; , "Šamši Kaldajakov"; August 15, 1937 in Temirlanovka, South Kazakhstan Province – February 29, 1992 in Almaty, Kazakhstan) was a Kazakhstani composer. He was born Shamshi Donbaiev, but ran away from school and changed his name to avoid the police. He started playing music aged 17 and mainly wrote songs in a waltz style, but in 1956, he composed the music to the patriotic song My Kazakhstan. It was adopted in 2006 to be
Meniń Qazaqstanym
Meniń Qazaqstanym ( Менің Қазақстаным, ; lit. 'My Kazakhstan') is the national anthem of Kazakhstan, adopted on 7 January 2006. It is based on a homonymous song written in 1956 composed by Shamshi Kaldayakov and written by Jumeken Najimedenov. This replaced the former anthem used after independence, which followed the melody of the anthem of the Kazakh SSR. The original lyrics were modified by president Nursultan Nazarbayev before the decree was issued.
Origins.
This song is based on a Kazakh patriotic song of