The presentation of the State Prizes took place in the Council of Ministers, among those awarded were Sabit Mukanov, Moris Simashko, Anuarbek Alimzhanov, Evgeny Brusilovsky, Olzhas Suleimenov, Azerbayjan Mambetov, Kanafiya Telzhanov, Shaken Aimanov.
Mukanov S.M. -- Kazakh writer
poet
public figure
academician
Chairman of the Writers' Union of Kazakhstan (1936-1937)
1943-1952). Simashko (Shamis) M.D. - Soviet writer
screenwriter
translator
People's Writer of Kazakhstan. Alimzhanov A.T. -- Soviet and Kazakh writer
publicist
party and public figure. Brusilovsky E.G. -- Soviet composer
music teacher
professor
People's Artist of the Kazakh SSR. Suleimenov O.O. -- Kazakh poet
writer
literary scholar
Hero of Labor of Kazakhstan
socio-political figure
diplomat. Mambetov A.M. -- Kazakh theater and film director
theatre teacher
Honored Artist of the Kazakh SSR
People's Artist of the Kazakh SSR
People's Artist of the Karakalpak Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic
People's Artist of the USSR
People's Hero of Kazakhstan. Telzhanov K.T. (Telzhanov M.T.-B.) -- Kazakh painter
Corresponding Member of the USSR Academy of Arts
People's Artist of the Kazakh SSR
People's Artist of the USSR. Aimanov Sh.K. -- Kazakh actor
theatre and film director
People's Artist of the USSR.
1968