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Chingiz Aĭtmatov
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Person

Chingiz Aĭtmatov

1928 – 2008 · aged 80

Soviet and Kyrgyz author (1928–2008)

Born
12 Dec 1928 · Sheker
Died
10 Jun 2008 · Nuremberg
Part ofKyrgyzstan104 BCE – todaySoviet Union1848 – 1991

Life timeline

Their life from birth to death. On the timeline, world events of the time are shown faintly.

Showing 92 years
  1. 12 Dec 1928BornBorn in Sheker
  2. 1958AwardMedal "For Distinguished Labour"
  3. 1962AwardOrder of the Red Banner of Labour
  4. 1963AwardLenin Prize
  5. 1967AwardOrder of the Red Banner of Labour
  6. 1968AwardUSSR State Prize
  7. 1970AwardJubilee Medal "In Commemoration of the 100th Anniversary of the Birth of Vladimir Ilyich Lenin"
  8. 1971AwardOrder of Lenin
  9. 1977AwardUSSR State Prize
  10. 1978AwardHero of Socialist Labour
  11. 1978AwardOrder of Lenin
  12. 1983AwardUSSR State Prize
  13. 1984AwardOrder of Friendship of Peoples
  14. 10 Jun 2008DiedDied in Nuremberg

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Meanwhile in the world

Major world events during their lifetime (1928 – 2008).

  1. 1933 – 1945The Holocaust
  2. 19341934 FIFA World Cup
  3. 19361936 Summer Olympics
  4. 1937 – 1945Second Sino-Japanese War
  5. 19381938 FIFA World Cup
  6. 1938Munich Agreement
  7. 1939 – 1940Winter War
  8. 1939 – 1945World War II
  9. 1940 – 1945Auschwitz concentration camp
  10. 1941Attack on Pearl Harbor
  11. 1941 – 1945Eastern Front
  12. 1941Operation Barbarossa
  13. 1942 – 1943Battle of Stalingrad
  14. 1945Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
  15. 1945 – 1946Nuremberg trials
  16. 19501950 FIFA World Cup
  17. 1950 – 1953Korean War
  18. 1953 – 1959Cuban Revolution
  19. 19541954 FIFA World Cup
  20. 1955 – 1975Vietnam War
  21. 1956Hungarian Revolution of 1956
  22. 1956Suez Crisis
  23. 19581958 FIFA World Cup
  24. 1959Antarctic Treaty System
  25. 19621962 FIFA World Cup
  26. 1962Cuban Missile Crisis
  27. 19661966 FIFA World Cup
  28. 1966 – 1976Cultural Revolution
  29. 1968Prague Spring
  30. 1969Apollo 11 Moon landing
  31. 19721972 Summer Olympics
  32. 19741974 FIFA World Cup
  33. 19781978 FIFA World Cup
  34. 1978 – 1979Iranian Revolution
  35. 1979 – 1989Soviet–Afghan War
  36. 1980 – 1988Iran–Iraq War
  37. 19841984 Summer Olympics
  38. 1985Schengen Agreement
  39. 19891989 Tiananmen Square protests and massacre
  40. 1989Fall of the Berlin Wall

Biography

Chinghiz Torekulovich Aitmatov (12 December 1928 – 10 June 2008) was a Kyrgyz author who wrote mainly in Russian, but also in Kyrgyz. He is one of the best-known figures in Kyrgyz literature.

Text from the Wikipedia article Chinghiz Aitmatov, CC BY-SA 4.0

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