Aaly Tokombaev

In the following years of 1927 through 1940 he began to write a collection of poems. Tokombaev published the collections Lenin (1927), Flowers of Labor (1932), and Early Poems (1934) and the novellas The Dnieper Empties into the Deep Sea (1939) and The Wounded Heart (1940). Throughout the Great Patriotic War (1941–1945) he wrote patriotic and narrative poems through which he expressed his opinions, ideas, and beliefs. In his time Kyrgyzstan was the scene of a struggle between tsarism and Soviet rule. He wrote such novels as Before the Dawn, Part 1; Bloody Years (1935); Before the Dawn, Part 2 (1947). Through those books he expressed opinions on the unfair rule and treatment of the Kyrgyz people. He died in 1988.

Aaly Tokombaev studied at National University of Uzbekistan named after Mirzo Ulugbek. The recorded working language is Kyrgyz. The field of work recorded is literature. Distinctions recorded are Order of Lenin, Hero of Socialist Labour, Order of the Red Banner of Labour and Order of the Badge of Honour.

• Name — Aaly Tokombaev Аалы Токомбаев • Pen Name — Balka • Born — 7 November 1904 • Birthplace — Kayyngdy, Semirechye Oblast, Russian Empire • Died — 19 June 1988 • Place of death — Bishkek, Kyrgyz SSR, USSR • Occupation — Writer, poet • Language — Kyrgyz • Citizenship — Russian Empire, Soviet Union • Education — National University of Uzbekistan • Period — 1923–1927 • Children — 4 • Awards — Hero of Socialist Labour Order of Lenin Order of the Red Banner of Labour Order of the Badge of Honour

(Russian/Kyrgyz titles in parentheses) • About Lenin ("Ленин тууралу", 1927) • Mirror of a woman ("Зеркало женщины", 1929) • Flowers of work ("Эмгек гүлү", 1932) • Attack ("Атака", 1932) • Early verses ("Абалкы ырлар", 1934) • Dnestr flow into deep sea ("Днестр терең деңизге куят", 1939) • Wounded heart ("Жараланган жүрөк", 1940) • With my own eyes ("Өз көзүм менен", 1952) • My birth certificate ("Менин метрикам", 1955) • Face to Face ("Лицом к лицу", 1957) • Time flies ("Время летит", 1958) • Investigation is going on ("Тергөө жүрүп жатат", 1962) • Melodies of komuz ("Мелодии комуза", 1962) • We were soldiers ("Мы были солдатами", 1974) • Master ("Мастер", 1982) • Toktogul ("Токтогул", 2014)

• Prospect after Aaly Tokombaev, a street in southern part of Bishkek, named in 1990.

• Museum after A.Tokmbaev in Bishkek

He also worked under the names Balka, Балка and Чалкар. The authorities additionally record the heading Balka. His recorded language was Kyrgyz.

Aaly Tokombaev is recorded as writer, poet, journalist and translator.