Dmitriy

Mustafa Shokay, a prominent politician of the first half of the 20th century, aspired to unite the people of Central Asia into a large, peaceful Turkic state. His activities drew the attention of the totalitarian regime, and his ideas were labeled anti-Soviet. Mustafa Shokay had to flee, wandering through the Caucasus, Turkey, France with his loyal wife Maria, who sacrificed her brilliant opera career for him. Even far from his homeland, he lived for its needs and aspirations, doing everything possible and sometimes impossible to realize his idealistic dream of Turkestan's independence.

Drama

Biography

Kazakhstan

Mustafa Shoqai

Мұстафа Шоқай

Historian Ermukhan Bekmahanov, in his quest for truth, delves into the life of the great Khan Kenesary Kasymov, a figure once revered across the Kazakh Steppe. Yet his daring claim, labelling the Khan's uprising as a 'national liberation movement', clashes with the prevailing Soviet ideology, inciting greater wrath and a looming prison sentence. Time passes, and another researcher, young journalist Ramazan, turns to the legendary figure of Kenesary, only to face his own trials for truth.

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