«Ulkender zholy ulilik, urpagui zhurer uguinip»

So called the event, which was held at Abai KazNPU them within the framework of the program «Rouhani zhanguiru», put forward by the Head of State Nursultan Nazarbayev in his program article «Looking to the Future: The modernization of public consciousness» where he emphasized that young people should know and remember the history of the country, their heroes about their exploits. Without this, spiritual revival of the state is impossible.

In commemoration of the 30th anniversary of the end of the Afghan war on February 20, a meeting of students with war veterans in Afghanistan was held in the conference hall of the Institute of History and Law. The main purpose of this meeting was to instil in the younger generation a love for the Motherland, patriotism, and a respectful attitude to the veterans-internationalists of the hostilities in Afghanistan.

Director of the Institute of History and Law of KazNPU Bolat Zhumagulov opened the meeting. He made a presentation «Ulkender zholy ulilik, urpagui zhurer uguinip», devoted to veterans of the Afghan war.

The students read the stories that they had prepared, sang songs dedicated to the exploits of the participants in the war in Afghanistan. Veterans who have gone through all the difficulties of the Afghan war, Kozhakhmet Pirmashev, Sergazy Kusainov, Bolat Zikirov, Zhomart Simtikov shared their memories. And, there were many questions from students who were interested in the details of military operations, asked questions about the morale of the fighters, and soldiers` friendship.

The organizer of the meeting, the head of the department «Jurisprudence» Yermek Buribayev presented specially prepared gifts to the veterans of the Afghan war with the symbols of the 90th anniversary of Abai Kazakh National Pedagogical University.