Centimes – place of birth of Chokan Valikhanov

Orda-wintering Counties was in Aman-Karagai district, Sarykol area now it is a district of Kostanay region.

In 1834, Amankaragay district was founded, and Chingiz Valikhanov, the father of Chokan Valikhanov, was appointed its Aga — Sultan. In 1835, in the Sultan's chosen place of his headquarters, the Kuntimes tract (lit. Chokan Valikhanov was born in a well-protected pine forest.

In 1993, the Foundation stones of the mosque were found. Valikhanov, preserved a memorial sign installed CH. Valikhanov in 1871, and also preserved the places of dugouts where the Sultan's servants lived.

At birth, the boy was given the Arabic name Mohammed-Kanafiya. Later coined by his mother an affectionate shortened name The Chokan is firmly established as an official one. As a child (1842-1847), the boy studied at a Kazakh school opened in Kuntimes, where he received initial knowledge of Kazakh, kipshak-Chagatai, Arabic and Persian. As the son of the elder Sultan, Valikhanov had the opportunity to communicate with famous poets, akyns and artists since childhood, to get acquainted with their work. From an early age, Chokan developed a special love for oral and musical folk art, as well as for drawing. Chokan received his first drawing lessons from Russian military topographers who visited The amankaragai district (since 1844, Kushmurunsky district).