Taraz unveils monument to Sherkhan Murtaza

TARAZ. KAZINFORM A monument honoring writer Sherkhan Murtaza unveils today in Taraz. Born in Zhambyl region he is a soviet and Kazakh writer, public and political figure, people’s writer of Kazakhstan, merited worker of culture of Kazakh SSR, laureate of the state prize of Kazakh SSR.

On September 28 he would turn 90.

Various events dated to the 90^th anniversary of the great Kazakh writer will be held in the region.

Notaby, in 2009 the Sherkantanu research centre opened at the International Taraz Innovations Institute which made a great contribution to studying the writer’s heritage.