Background
TOKTOGUL, Satylganov was born in April 1864 in village Sasyk-Zhiyde.near Ferghana, Kirghizia
TOKTOGUL, Satylganov was born in April 1864 in village Sasyk-Zhiyde.near Ferghana, Kirghizia
1898 arrested and sentenced to death for his political songs directed against feudal system and Tsarist officials. Sentence commuted to hard labor in Siberia. 1910 excaped and fled to Kirghizia
One of the founders of Kir poetry. Left many songs and folk melodies, recorded by musicologists directly from him and his pupils.