Meeting dedicated to the 50th anniversary of the death of Abai Kunanbaev (1954)

View of the building of the Opera and Ballet Theatre in Almaty, people going to the meeting dedicated to the 50th anniversary of the death of the Kazakh national poet Abai Kunanbayev.

Writer Mukhtar Auezov and other guests enter the theatre building.

A portrait of Abai Kunanbayev with the dates of his life and death, hung above the stage.

Members of the presidium and participants of the meeting in the hall stand during a minute of silence, views of the hall.

The chairman gives the floor to Auezov, Auezov goes to the podium.

View of the presidium of the meeting.

Mukhtar Auezov speaks from the podium.

Views of the hall and the presidium, participants of the meeting applaud Auezov.

Participants of the meeting speak from the podium, view of the presidium (from above).

People in the hall applaud the speakers.

Faces of members of the presidium and participants of the meeting.