Shaken Niyazbekov

Şäken Niazbekov
Born
Шәкен Оңласынұлы Ниязбеков

(1938-11-12)12 November 1938
Taraz, Kazakh SSR, Soviet Union
Died16 August 2014(2014-08-16) (aged 75)
Almaty, Kazakhstan

Şäken Oñlasynūly Niazbekov[a][b] (12 November 1938 – 16 August 2014) was a Kazakh artist who designed the flag of Kazakhstan.

He was born on 12 November 1938 in Jambul (present-day Taraz). Following secondary school, Niazbekov entered Leningrad art-industrial college. While studying in this college he participated in restoration works in the Hermitage, Isakiev’s cathedral and Petrodvorets.

Niazbekov's project of the national flag of the Republic of Kazakhstan was chosen among more than 600 proposals.[1]

Notes

  1. ^ Often transliterated as Shaken Onlasynovich Niyazbekov through a Russified Romanization of Шакен Онласынович Ниязбеков.
  2. ^ Kazakh pronunciation: [ʃækʰʲén woŋɫɑsə̆nʊɫə́ nijɑzb̥ʲékʰəf]

References

  1. ^ "Kazakhstan bids farewell to Shaken Niyazbekov". kazakh-tv.kz. 18 August 2014.
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