Ахмед Шамиев

Akhmed Shamiyev July 11, 1908, Jarkent — June 14, 1983, Alma-Ata, Kazakh SSR. Uyghur Soviet actor and singer. People’s Artist of the Kazakh SSR (1969). Honored Artist of the Kazakh SSR (1958). He was born into a poor peasant family. His artistic career began in 1925 in the Jarkent drama circle. From 1935 to 1983, he was an actor of the Uyghur Musical Drama Theater. He made his professional stage debut as Mukhpula in the musical drama Anarkhan by D. Asimov and A. Sadyrov, and later played the role of the farm laborer Seit in the same play. During the war years, he gained popularity as a performer of songs of the peoples of the USSR. He is the author of the songs Kazakhstan, Motherland, Kolkhoz, Whistle, My Love, and others. Since 1945, he had been a member of the Communist Party. He was awarded the Order of the Badge of Honor and USSR medals.