History of the native land Unknown about Kosym

Last summer, a group of journalists visited the Kurkelinsky rural district of Bayanaul district and, among other memorable places in the Makash tract, visited the grave of the miner Kosym Pshenbayev (1844-1932). In honor of his 150th birthday in 1994, the miners of the production association “Ekibastuzkomir”, led by the then general director Amangos Utegenov, erected a tombstone over the abandoned burial of the rudoznatets, fenced the entire family zirat. After a short prayer, the little-known facts of Kosym Pshenbayev’s biography were told to us by Bayanaul local historian-aksakal Nygmet Zhaminov. The local historian made this story into a book that he wrote and prepared for publication. Kosyma, considered him drowned and stopped the search. Kosym Pshenbayev is a great Digger and ataman Kosym Pshenbayev was born on the land of his ancestors, in the area that is now called the Sarsenbai spring at the western foot of Kyzyltau. Oblique originates from the historically famous kind Kobolde. His pedigree is as follows: Koboldy — Milton — Zhailau — Konys Seksenbay Psebay — Oblique. Kosym devoted his whole life to the earth. One of the first Kazakh geologists, he is rumored to have graduated from a religious madrasa opened in his native land by Nurgali Taushabayev, had no special education, but had a unique natural flair. He discovered several deposits (the mines of Zhamantuz, Maikoben, Kandykkarasu, Karasor, Shoptykol, Zheltau, Maykain), but the most important discovery was the coal deposits in the Ekibastuz tract in 1895. Pshenbayev found ore deposits based on the traces of ancient miners, ore outcrops to the surface, as well as on the types of vegetation in a particular area. Oblique was a large, heroic figure, reputed to be bold and resolute. Although he did not participate in fights, he could easily fend off two or three attackers. According to the story of his grandfather Nygmet Zhaminov-Rysbek, there were disagreements between Kosym and the village Bayanaul ataman Joseph Zonov, as if about the ore sites. As a result, Kosym was accused of stealing cattle and ordered his arrest. Grandfather Rysbek knew the details firsthand, because he was an employee of ataman Oske, as, distorting the name, the Kazakhs called Joseph Zonov. Arrived from the army Oblique ran in the direction of the Rector and jumped into the water. The soldiers who combed the coast and the water surface of the lake could not find Kosym. He had been a good swimmer since childhood. That’s what saved him. Skew swam across the lake and from a secret entrance under the water entered a spacious cave near the red stone. Only inquisitive natures like Kosym knew about the cave created by Lady nature, the entrance to which was located below the water level. The rock on the side of the Small Mountain is still called the red stone. Kosym was hiding in a cave, apparently delivering food at night by underwater road. In the end, the ataman, without finding it, owned crafts: he skillfully sewed boots, masterfully carved wood and bone, was a jeweler and blacksmith. In forced captivity, he sewed for ataman Zonov beautiful hunting boots, which were worn by Russian aristocrats. When all was quiet, Kosym came to the house of the ataman. At first, the frightened ataman, noticing the peaceful appearance of the guest, invited him to his house, and they talked for a long time. Thanks to Kosym’s talents, they later became friends. Grandfather Rysbek claimed that the ataman wore boots sewn with a Braid only on holidays. At that time, the friendship of a skilled simple Kazakh with the sovereign ruler of Bayanaul Zonov, nicknamed by Bayanaul residents “zharty patsha” – half a king, was an extraordinary case. In the last years Since 1918, Pshenbayev left the craft of a miner and began to live a settled life. Kosym Pshenbayev had no children of his own. With the beginning of the severe famine of the late twenties of the last century, he wandered on foot through his native lands. During the period of the country’s weakening, few people supported anyone, especially the old man Kosym, who was more than 80 years old. By the end of 1930, he wandered into a lonely house in the town of Toltai, where Nygmet Zhaminov’s parents lived with their three children. The cattle, like all Kazakhs, were taken away, and the family fed on captured hares, but Kosym Pshenbayev was given a corner and food. Kosym once said to Nygmet’s father: “In such a difficult time, when for the sake of their own salvation, the father and mother renounce their children, you feed me together with your children. Let’s go, I’ll show you a place where there are placers of gold nuggets, which will be enough for more than one generation of your descendants!”. “My father, who was afraid of gold from birth,” says Nygmet Zhaminov, “refused:” Wealth has never been a friend to anyone. There, before our eyes, the rich are starving to death. I help you and honor you not because of the gold, but so that the children will receive the blessing of the great citizen of the Alash Horde.” After a while, the Slant came down, and then with the direction of his hand, he showed my father the place where he had left the mark: “Later, when you need it, you will go and take it!”. However, this secret Kosyma father did not reveal to us. In the summer of 1932, Pshenbayev died. The father and mother performed the ablution of Pshenbayev, sent him on his last journey. There was no sign of transport. They put the body on a two-wheeled cart, harnessed it, and took it to the Makash winter camp, to the family cemetery, which was located 3-4 kilometers from the house. In the winter quarters, in the only surviving house, a distant relative of Kosym, Abdyrahman, escaped from the jute. They were too weak to dig a deep grave, and they dug it up to their shoulders. They covered the top with a door, buried Kosym Pshenbayev. Thus ended the life of one of our outstanding countrymen. The sign of Kosym — 25 years have passed, I graduated from the ten-year school in 1956, – says Nygmet Zhaminov. — In the region, the development of virgin lands began, only virgin workers with at least 2-3 years of work experience were accepted to universities. We, school leavers, stayed at home and went to the newly created state farms on the Komsomol ticket. My uncle kalken of Aminov, doctor of geological Sciences, he worked at the Institute of Kanysh Satpayev. One day, from the place that Kosym showed him, his father sent two pieces of whitish stone to his uncle in Alma-Ata with gifts in a parcel. After a while, in May, when a relative — veterinarian Yelubai Syzdykov was visiting the house, a helicopter arrived. Four men got out, my uncle among them, and headed for the house. We met, treated. The boss was a tall Russian guy with a beautifully trimmed beard and mustache. They were sent specifically because of the stones sent by their father. This area was located 5-6 kilometers from our house. Elubai and I took the guests in carts. On the spot, the geologists scattered, examining the stones. Suddenly the bearded man shouted: “I found it, I found it!” We ran up, and in a crevice among the rocks lay a bluish flat stone with a notch at one end. The bearded man then put the stone back in its place, then pulled it out again, explaining something in Russian to his friends. Later, in a scientific work on geology, my uncle showed us an explanation: it was a conditional mark, known as the”sign of Kosym”. The guests were very pleased and thanked their father. Later, for 20-25 years, geologists continuously set up tents to explore the area. We did not care about them, we grazed our cattle … A. KULNIYAZOVA.