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Kazakh folk song “Elim-ai”

“Elim-ai” is a national and mysterious ancient song that tells about great sadness of Kazakh nation. It is the song aim of which is to exalt the spirit of people and make them believe that they will win. The time this song was wrote is called years of great calamity and in Kazakh language it is called "Aktaban shobaryndy, Alkakul sylama zhyldary". It means something like bitter tragedy or the most tragic period in the motherland. In subsequent studies it is written that the author of this song is Kozhabergen Zhyrau Tolybayuly. For the first time in the press published the poem "Karatau leads from the beginning" - M.Tynyshbaev. The poem was later published by A. Baitursynuly, Zh. Doskarayev, A. Kekilbayev and M. Magauin. O. Dyusenbayev studied the version given by M.Orazayev, a folklorist. About this historical poem S.Seifullin, K.Zhumaliyev, NS Smirnova, B.Uakatov, G. Tursynova wrote articles. In some studies (in the version of M.Orazayev), the author of the song is called the Argyn Topys poet, but there is no such person. The heart is made up of beautiful, melodious music, along with its heartwarming content. Years of great calamity 1723-1725 ("Aitaban shobaryndy, Alkakul sylama zhyldary") - the concept of Kazakh history. In the spring of 1723, a large Dzhungar army suddenly attacked the Kazakhs, who were preparing to migrate to summer pastures and did not expect an attack. According to A. Levshin, 7 large detachments of jungars performed against the Kazakhs confirmed by materials of Kazakh folklore. Each detachment consisted of 10 thousand soldiers. One group moved in the direction from Lake Balkash to the mountains of Karatau (under the command of Galdan-Tsaren); the other, having crossed the Altai Mountains, passed along the valleys of the Koktal River (Batur-huntaji); the third went to the Nura River (Amursan); the fourth - to the Shilik River; the fifth moved through the Issyk-Kul region; one more group passed through the Chui valley; the last group passed unhindered through the Ile River. They suddenly attacked the Kazakhs and captured a significant part of their territory. The Dzungars were captured and looted by Sairam, Turkestan, Tashkent. Kazakhs lost about 100 thousand soldiers on the battlefield, the number of casualties among civilians was many times greater. According to Khan Abylaya, out of ten people the four were missing. The survivors left their homeland, abandoning cattle, property, tents. The ruined groups of the Kazakhs of the Senior Zhuz and a small part of the Middle Zhuz, having crossed just above the place where the Chirchik River flows into Syrdarya, migrated to the Khujand and Samarkand regions. The Kazakhs of the Younger Zhuz, skirting the city of Sairam, fled to Khiva and Bukhara. A considerable number, crossing Syrdarya, reached Alkakol. Some Kazakh families migrated to the desert regions of Kyzylkum and Karakum. In the years of great disaster, Kazakhs lost the rich pastures of Zhetysu, the traditional routes of migrations were violated, trade, handicraft centers declined, and the number of cattle fell sharply. In these years, the song "Elim-ai" ("My people") arose, in which the tragedy of the Kazakh people was reflected. The weakening of the Kazakhs was taken advantage of by other neighbors (the Volga Kalmyks, the Ural Cossacks, the Bashkirs, Khans of Bukhara and Khiva), which further exacerbated the difficult situation of the Kazakhs. There was a real threat to the existence of the Kazakh people. In 1726-1727, the Kazakh people, led by Bogenbai, Kabanbai, Sanryk, Janibek, Malaisar, Abilkhair and Abylai, rose to fight the Jungars. The aggravation and heroism of the Kazakhs in the "Aktoban Shibyryn, Alkакol Sulama" supervised minds and souls of our predators. The nation realized that the people would not have a happy life without unity. Bogenbai, Kabanbay, Sauryk, Zhanibek, Malaysary, Abylai, Abulkhair began a battle against the Jungars and won in the Anrakay steppes on the banks of Bulanty and Partition rivers. "Aktyuban Shubyldyn, Alkalol Shulama" was remembered in the history of the Kazakhstan and whole world as a great tragedy and rise of human qualities among kazakh people. That’s why this song is so important for all of us. “Elim-ai” is the symbol of heroism and great win that will remind our descendants how hard it was to build bright future like that. Reference: 1.	https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%93%D0%BE%D0%B4%D1%8B_%D0%B2%D0%B5%D0%BB%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%B3%D0%BE_%D0%B1%D0%B5%D0%B4%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B2%D0%B8%D1%8F 2.	https://kk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%95%D0%BB%D1%96%D0%BC-%D0%B0%D0%B9