Monument to M. Mametova and A. Moldagulova

Manshuk Mametova was born in 1922. In her student years, she combined studies at the Medical Institute and work in the secretariat of the Council of People's Commissars of the Kazakh SSR. On August 13, 1942, she volunteered for the front and fought in the 21st Infantry Division and the 100th Infantry Brigade. She was promoted to senior sergeant and machine gun crew commander. Manshuk Mametova was awarded the posthumous title of Hero of the Soviet Union for participating in the battle of Nevel in October 1943. A street and a school in the city of Almaty, a glacier and a peak in Zailiysky Alatau are named after her.

Aliya Moldagulova was born in 1925 in the village of Bulak. From the age of 8, after being left without parents, Aliya lived with her uncle Aubakir Moldagulov under the care of her grandmother in the city of Alma-Ata. in 1935, the Moldagulov family moved to Moscow, after his uncle entered the Military Transport Academy, and later the family moved to Leningrad. Since 1939, Alia studied at boarding school N46. At the age of 18, after graduating from the school of snipers, Alia Moldagulova volunteered for the front, where she fought as part of the 54th Infantry Brigade of the Second Baltic Front. She contributed to the successful advance of the battalion near Pskov. Moldagulova was known as a well-aimed sniper. Aliya Moldagulova balls awarded the title of Neroy of the Soviet Union and Lenin Orednom posthumously in June 1944. In May 1997, the mayor of Almaty city decided to build a single monument to A. Moldagulova and M. Mametova.

• Sculptor - Satybaldin K.K.
• Architects - T. Eraliev, V. Sidorov
• Constructor - M.E. Erkenov.

The sculptures of girls in military uniform, marching alongside each other, are made of gray and black granite, as well as the pedestal of the monument. The hands of each of the girls are stretched out and moved back to the beat of the march, which creates the illusion of walking. Behind the sculptures of the girls is a composition in the form of a monumental obelisk. The obelisk is crowned with the sculptural composition "Mir". This composition consists of a voluminous globe and children who let birds into the sky. Two golden stars of the Hero of the Soviet Union and embossed names of girls adorn the pedestal. The monument to the girls is a common one, which leads to the idea of ​​their acquaintance, but during life they were not familiar.

1. On the construction of the monument of A. Moldagulova and M. Mametova in the city of Almaty on October 9, 1980. Decision of the Bureau of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Kazakhstan (AN RK. F 708. Op. 89 D. 2. Letter from the authors of the sculptor E. Sergebaev, J. Moldabaev, architect N. Koishybaev (Ibid. F 116, Op. 2.D. 216. L17 -18) 3. The catalog of documents “Monuments of History and Culture of Almaty” was prepared by the Office of Archives and Documentation of Almaty and the Central State Archive of Almaty.

1. On the construction of the monument of A. Moldagulova and M. Mametova in the city of Almaty on October 9, 1980. Decision of the Bureau of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Kazakhstan (AN RK. F 708. Op. 89 D. 2. Letter from the authors of the sculptor E. Sergebaev, J. Moldabaev, architect N. Koishybaev (Ibid. F 116, Op. 2.D. 216. L17 -18) 3. The catalog of documents “Monuments of History and Culture of Almaty” was prepared by the Office of Archives and Documentation of Almaty and the Central State Archive of Almaty. 4. Monuments of Alma-Ata