Abai Zholy regional intellectual online competition, dedicated to the 175th anniversary of Abai Kunanbayev

“Abai Kunanbayev made a significant contribution to the history of our country as a scientist, thinker, poet, enlightener, founder of new national literature, translator and composer. His poems and prose reflected the national identity, life, worldview, character, soul, faith, language, traditions and the spirit of the people, which were later evaluated as a unique phenomenon, called the Abai’s World”

Kassym-Jomart Tokayev

On March 13, 2020, schools of East Kazakhstan region conducted an online intellectual competition “Abai Zholy”, dedicated to the 175th anniversary of Abai Kunanbayev to promote Abai’s work and increase interest in the study of classical Kazakh literature.

About 1000 school students of grades 8-10 of secondary schools of East Kazakhstan region participated in the competition. The competition includes 30 test tasks from the epic novel “Abai’s Way” by M. Auezov.

The winners and prize-winners of the competition are awarded with diplomas, the winners with the highest scores will become participants of the training workshop tour with visiting the Zhidebai and the Abai-Shakarim Memorial Complex.