Sabira Maykanova

Sabira Maykanova
Сәбира Майқанова
Maykanova on a Stamp of Kazakhstan
Born(1914-01-01)1 January 1914
Died14 February 1994(1994-02-14) (aged 80)
Almaty, Kazakhstan
Burial placeKensai Cemetery, Almaty, Kazakhstan
AwardsOrder of the Badge of Honour
Order of Kurmet
Order of the Red Banner of Labour
People's Artist of the USSR
People's Artist of Kazakh SSR
State Prize of the Kazakh SSR

Sabira Maykanova (Kazakh: Сәбира Майқанова; 1 January 1914 – 14 February 1994) was a Soviet stage and film actress.

Biography

Maykanova was born on 1 January 1914 in Syr-Darya Oblast, Russian Turkestan, Russian Empire.[1][2]

Maykanova was educated at the Alma-Ata Cooperative Technical School.[3] In 1932, Maykanova was accepted into the Kazakh State Drama Theater in Alma-Ata,[3][4] where she became a popular stage actress.[5] From the 1950s she also performed in films.[6]

In the 1970s, Maykanova visited Italy with the Kazakh Theater Society.[7]

In 1983, Kazakh writer Dulat Issabekov dedicated his play The Heirs to her and she played the main role on the stage.[5][6]

Maykanova died on 14 February 1994 in Almaty, Kazakhstan.[1][6] She was buried at Kensai Cemetery in Almaty.[3]

Awards

References

  1. ^ a b "Кино-Театр.Ру". Kino-teatr.ru. Retrieved 14 November 2025.
  2. ^ "«Тарих» - История Казахстана - школьникам | Исторические вехи | Независимый Казахстан (1986 - …) | Исторические личности | Майканова Сабира (1914–1998 гг.)". Tarih-begalinka.kz (in Russian). Archived from the original on 8 September 2025. Retrieved 14 November 2025.
  3. ^ a b c d e "Персональный сайт - Майканова Сабира". akterruss.ucoz.net (in Russian). Archived from the original on 22 February 2025. Retrieved 14 November 2025.
  4. ^ a b Қазақстан: ұлттық энциклопедия (in Kazakh). Qazaq ent︠s︡iklopedii︠a︡sy. 1998. ISBN 978-9965-9389-7-9.
  5. ^ a b c "Сәбира Майқанова | Әдебиет порталы". Әдебиет порталы (in Kazakh). Archived from the original on 13 June 2025. Retrieved 14 November 2025.
  6. ^ a b c d e "Сәбира Майқанова (1914 - 1994)". Қазақша портал ZHARAR (in Kazakh). 12 December 2016. Retrieved 14 November 2025.
  7. ^ Qazaqstan kommunisī (in Kazakh). Qazaqstan KP Ortalyq Komitetī baspasynyn͡g baspakhanasy. 1977. p. 84.