Bauyrzhan Momyshuly
Bauyrzhan Momyshuly, also spelled Baurjan Momish-Uli (Kazakh: Бауыржан Момышұлы, Bawırjan Momışulı; Russified: Бауыржан Момышулы; 24 December [O.S. 11 December] 1910 – 10 June 1982) was a Kazakh-Soviet military officer and author, posthumously awarded with the titles Hero of the Soviet Union and People's Hero of Kazakhstan. == Biography == === Early life === Bauyrzhan was born in Orak Balga, a now abandoned Aul in the modern Jualy District in southern Kazakhstan, to a family of nomadic herders from the Dulat tribe.