On the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the National Hero Khiuaz Dospanova, the Local History Museum of Atyrau Region held a travelling exhibition "Legendary Kazakh Heroine” in Aktobe on May 18-22, 2022, that tells about the heroism and life of the first national pilotesse.
Head of Internal Policy Office of Aktobe region Lyazzat Orazbayeva, Chief Specialist of the Department for the development of art and historical and cultural heritage of the Regional Office of Culture, Archives and Documentation Anai Kurmanova, Chairman of the Aktobe Regional Branch of the Trade Union of Kazakhstan workers in the sphere of Culture, Sports, Tourism and Information Nazira Tabyldinova, chairman of the public fund "Kos Shynar (Double sycamore)", veteran of the museum Galymzhan Bayderbessov were the first to speak at the opening of the exhibition in the Regional Memorial Museum of Hero of the Soviet Union Aliya Moldagulova, about the first Kazakh pilotesse– Khiuaz Dospanova, they noted the remarkable brave deeds of the national heroine from oil region at the battlefield and in peaceful life and her personal characteristics. They said that this event gave the impression that the three heroes of the West were united. At that time, the performance of the song "Aliya – Manshuk - Khiuaz" by the singer of the Aktobe city house of culture Nurgul Ramazanova proved this opinion.
Afterwards, Hero of the Soviet Union Aliya Moldagulova’s relative from her mother’s side Sapar Moldagulov, Afghan war veteran, Chairman of the military patriotic club "Yer Bakyt" Marat Koilybayev, Head of the Department of the Aliya Museum Aliya Agniyazova, Deputy Head of the Department of the Law Institute, named after hero of the Soviet Union Malkedzhar Bukenbayev, Ruslan Izbassov, history teacher of Khiuaz Dospanova School No. 14 Zhanna Sagizbayeva expressed their best wishes.
Acting Head of the Local History Museum of Atyrau Region Dinara Bissembayeva, who explained the importance and value of the exhibition, expressed gratitude to the staff of the Regional Memorial Museum of Hero of the Soviet Union Aliya Moldagulova, who took part in arranging the exhibition, and presented the Director of the museum Rashida Kharipova with a 5-volume catalog of exhibits from the Local History Museum of Atyrau Region. And Aktobe residents, in turn, presented the Local History Museum of Atyrau Region with a letter of thanks from the Department of Culture, Archives and Documentation of Aktobe region.
The event, arranged to promote the names of ancestors who showed incomparable heroism on the battlefield, was also attended by representatives of the intelligentsia of the region, representatives of the Defense Department of the Region, chairmen of non-governmental organizations, teachers of Khiuaz Dospanova Secondary School No. 14, teachers and students of schools, universities and colleges of the city.
The travelling exhibition, which was visited by residents and guests of Aktobe, is mainly about the heroic feat of navigator-pilotesse Khiuaz Dospanova, who planed as an eagle in the sky and flew more than 300 times in the battle against the enemy, during the war with the German invaders. On the specially created exhibition walls, photos of the "Winged Girl" with her family members, relatives, friends of soldiers, front-line letters, awards received over the years of work were presented to the audience. In addition, a series of articles about the heroic figure and a letter from the writer Abu Sarsenbayev to the hero of the day, as well as devices used by the Kazakh brave girl on the battlefield and personal belongings used in peacetime were displayed.
The exhibition also gives information about the sons of the oil region who showed courage in the fight against the German-fascist invaders, Kairgali Smagulov, Boran Nyssanbayev, Mussa Baimukhanov, Georgiy Kantsev, Mukat Mussayev, Alexander Afanasyev, Philip Mazurov, Ivan Makhorin who were awarded the title of "Hero of the Soviet Union" and full holders of the Order "Glory" Shukur Yerkinov, Gizat Alipov, Yevgeniy Polynin, Sakip Kyzylov, Gavriyl Shamin. Another exhibition "Double star of the East" presents information about Aliya Moldagulova, Manshuk Mametova, and their photos from school and at the front. At the same time, historical data and photos about Guryev Infantry School and the military hospital, where during the war the commanders of machine guns, mortars, rifle platoons were sent to the front, as well as information on personal characteristics of veterans and Home Front workers who participated in the Great Victory Parade were presented.
The audience was able to see samples of military clothing used during the war, military equipment, radio,telephone, gloves and socks sent from the rear, and other items.
