Notable people

Zauytbek Karabekuly Karabekov was born in 1941 in the village of Dihankol, in what is now the Tolebi district. His father, Karabek Kozhageldiev, was drafted into the army in 1942 and heroically died on December 17 of the same year in the village of Arestovo, Sychev district, Smolensk region.

Nurbоlat Esenbekuly Abildaev was born on February 12, 1981, in the village of Dihankol, Tölebi district of the South Kazakhstan region. In 1998, he graduated from Dihankol Secondary School. Seeking a profession, he studied at the Shymkent “Agro-Technical College” from 1998 to 2001, earning a qualification as an electrician-mechanic.

Sadykov Aitmakhan was born on September 24, 1922, in the village of Dihanköl, Lenger District, Shymkent Region. He was orphaned at a young age and raised in an orphanage. In 1941, he graduated with honors from the secondary school named “10th Anniversary of Kazakhstan” in the village of Georgievka.