Schegolikhin, Ivan Pavlovich

He studied well at the aviation school, but in 1950, after being arrested in the 4th year, he was sent for three years to a labor camp (Sora molybdenum mine) in Khakassia , where he worked in a hospital. Freed, he left for Kazakhstan .

In 1956 he graduated from the Alma-Ata State Medical Institute . In 1956-1957 - Sanitary doctor of the republican sanitary-epidemiological station.

Member of the Union of Writers of the USSR since 1958 . In 1959 he graduated in absentia from the Literary Institute. A. M. Gorky in Moscow .

He was a correspondent of the newspaper " Medical Worker " in Kazakhstan, a literary consultant to the Union of Writers of Kazakhstan . About 20 years (intermittently) was a member of the editorial board, department of documentary prose and deputy editor in the journal Prostor , where he quit five times “of his own free will”.

The first story, “The daughter of a professor,” was published in 1955 in the journal Soviet Kazakhstan, later renamed Prostor. He wrote the novels Snowstorm Snow, Deficit, Officials, autobiographical - I Do Not Sorry, I Do Not Cry, I Go Out Alone, Save the Fire, The Burden Machine, and Morning Again ”,“ Fifth Corner ”,“ Too Good Heart ”,“ Crazy Week ”,“ Lazarus Day ”,“ Yellow Wheel ”,“ I Want Eternity ”,“ Cold Key of Oblivion ”and others ^[1] .

Born in the Kazakh steppes Shchegolikhin deeply imbued with love for his country. He even, tracing the etymology of his family name, was inclined to believe that the correct name would be Shegali Khan ^[2] . Knowing the Kazakh language well , he translated into Russian about 20 works by Mukhtar Auezov , Saken Seyfullin , Sabit Mukanov , Gabiden Mustafin , Khamza Yesenzhanov , Berdibek Sokpakbaev , Malik Gabdullin , Adi Sharipov .

In 1994-1995 He was elected as a deputy of the Supreme Council of the Republic of Kazakhstan of the 13th convocation, a member of the Committee of the Supreme Council of the Republic of Kazakhstan on culture and the press, the media and public associations.

In 1996-1998 - Member of the Senate of the Parliament of the Republic of Kazakhstan from the city of Alma-Ata , member of the Committee on International Affairs, Defense and Security.

In 1998-2003 - Member of the Senate of the Parliament of the Republic of Kazakhstan .

• The professor’s daughter (short story, 1955, the magazine "Soviet Kazakhstan"), later renamed to "In one institute"
• Snowstorms (1958, novel about virgin lands)
• Keep Fire (1966, short story)
• Three in the Car / Tanya (1972, short story)
• The burden of choice. The Story of Vladimir Zagorsky (Series " Flaming Revolutionaries ", 1979)
• Too kind heart. The Story of Mikhail Mikhailov (Series " Flaming Revolutionaries ", 1983)
• Case, friends, will respond. The Story of Anna Korvin-Krukovskaya (Series " Flaming Revolutionaries ", 1987)
• Deficit (1984, novel on corruption)
• Officials (1987, novel on production corruption)
• I do not regret, I do not call, I do not cry (1987-1989), an autobiographical novel; reprinted in 2006 ^[3] )
• Lazarus Day (1991, the story of the beginning of the 90s in Kazakhstan)
• The Yellow Wheel (1993, short story)
• I want forever (2000, novel)
• The cold key of oblivion (2001, on the collapse of the USSR)
• I go out alone on the road (1996-2004, autobiographical novel, published 2006) ^[4]

Honorary Citizen of the Karabalyk District, awarded with the Honorary Diploma of the Presidium of the Supreme Council of the Kazakh SSR, medals "On the 100th anniversary of V.I. Lenin ”,“ Veteran of Labor ”. In 1994 he was awarded the Kazakhstan Order of " Parasat " (Nobleness).

• In 2017, in the village of Karabalyk (Karabalyk district of the Kostanay region), Chapaev Street was renamed to Ivan Shchegolikhin Street. ^[5]
• In the same year, Shchegolikhina Street appeared in Almaty ^[6] .

• Ivan Pavlovich Schegolikhin