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Dulat Babatayuly (1802-1874) — Russian-Kazakh poet

Biography
He was born in 1802 in Ayagoz village of Semipalatinsk region of Omsk province (now Ayagoz district of East Kazakhstan region). Information about his life is virtually absent. Comes from a breed syban of Naiman tribe. He was born in the family of a nomad, which did not prevent him from becoming one of the most educated Kazakhs of his time. In his youth he learned the Arabic language from aul molds for making flowers. He studied and knew Arabic poetry well. It is known that one of the first among the Kazakh poets passed from oral creative improvisation to poetic works which were written down and then printed. In addition, it is considered the first Kazakh poet who wrote satirical works.

The first collection of works by Dulat "Sheetname" was published in Kazan in 1880. His poems glorifying virtues, such as hard work and honesty, and critical vices, swagger and falsehood, social injustice, idleness, sycophancy, were widely known among the Kazakhs. In his works he also often criticized the authorities of tsarist Russia and their attitude to the Kazakhs, opposed the adoption of Russian culture by the Kazakhs. The latter circumstance led to the fact that in Soviet times his works, although published, were not particularly famous

Dulat introduced a new system of poetry in Kazakh poetry — rhyme "a a a b". This rhyme took and further developed in his poems Abay. In the history of Kazakh literature Dulat's works were evaluated differently, and in 1940-1950-ies became the object of literary disputes. At the Plenum of the CPSU Central Committee and the scientific conference devoted to the main problems of Kazakh literature (1959), Dulat was evaluated as a conservative poet. It was decided not to study the work of Dulat in secondary schools. So, M. Auezov's novel "Abai's Way" displays Dulat under an assumed name Barlas. Scientific assessment of Dulat's creativity is connected with the studies of K. Omiralieva, which is collected and prepared for printing all of his works. The works of the poet published in different anthologies; in the collection "works of the Kazakh poets of the XVIII—XIX centuries" (Alexander, 1962); in the newspaper "Ush Gasyr zhyrlaydy" ("works of the Kazakh akyn of the pre-revolutionary period," A., 1965). The poem "Spambot" first published in the 5th issue of the magazine "Zhuldyz". In 1991, a collection of works by Dulat "Zamana Sazy"was published. Many works of the poet are stored in the manuscript Fund of the Central scientific library of the Academy of Sciences of Kazakhstan.