Background
AKYYEV, Kalyk was born in 1883 in village Kuldzhygach, Tyan’-Shan’Oblast. Son of a nomadic cattleherder.
AKYYEV, Kalyk was born in 1883 in village Kuldzhygach, Tyan’-Shan’Oblast. Son of a nomadic cattleherder.
From an early age worked as hired agric laborer. At age 14 began to compose songs.