On March 18, 2025, the Kostanay Regional Museum of Local Lore hosted a meeting evening dedicated to the 80th anniversary of the birth of Doctor of Historical Sciences, Professor, full member of the Academy of Natural Sciences of the Republic of Kazakhstan Amanzhol Kuzembayuly.
Amanzhol Kuzembayuly was born on March 24, 1945 in Uzynagash village of Mendygara district of Kostanay region. After graduating from a seven-year school in his native village, he entered a boarding school in 1960. Ibraya Altynsarina, Kostanay. In 1965, he became a student at the Faculty of History of the Kazakh University. In addition to history, he studied archaeology, ethnography, and anthropology at the university, which he did all his life.
At the meeting with the hero of the day, Deputy Head of the Department of Culture of the Akimat of Kostanay region M.B. Abdrakhmanov, as well as poet, writer, local historian S.O. Ospanov, head of the Department of Culture and Language Development of the Akimat of Mendykara district Zh.M. Tazhenova, Candidate of Historical Sciences, Professor of the Department of History of Kazakhstan of the A.Baytursynuly Kazakh National University O.I. Isenov, Candidate of Historical Sciences, Associate Professor of the A.Baitursynuly State University A.B. Shalgimbekov.
The event was attended by intellectuals, public figures, cultural workers, students and schoolchildren.
During the evening, Honored Cultural Worker of the Republic of Kazakhstan, Honorary citizen of Mendikarinsky and Zhangeldinsky districts, poet-composer, singer Bakhytzhan Saukenov performed a musical number, a student of the secondary school named after A. Baitursynuly Esen Arman performed the kuy "Yerke sılım".