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'''Shamshi Kaldayakov''' ({{lang-kz|Шәмші Қалдаяқов}}, ''Şämşi Qaldayaqov''; {{lang-ru|Шамши Калдаяков}}) (August 15, 1937 in [[Ordabasy District|Temirlanovka]], [[South Kazakhstan Province]] — February 29, 1992 in [[Almaty]], [[Kazakhstan]], aged 56) was a [[Kazakhstan]]i [[composers|composer]]. He was born Shamshi Donbaiev, but ran away from school and changed his name to avoid the police.<ref name=":0">{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.co.uk/books/about/Republic_or_Death.html?id=GeasCAAAQBAJ&redir_esc=y|title=Republic or Death! Travels in Search of National Anthems|last=Marshall|first=Alex|publisher=Random House Books|year=2015|isbn=9781847947413|location=London|pages=140-144|quote=He was born Shamshi Donbaiev, but ran away from school and, wanted by the police, had to change his surname. He chose Kaldayakov, meaning 'he has a mole on his foot, because his own father did indeed have one. 'He was the first person in the world to be called that,' [his son] Mukhat cries out when telling this story. 'That's how much of a born composer he was. He even composed his name!'|via=}}</ref> He started playing music aged 17 and mainly wrote songs in a waltz style,<ref name=":0" /> but in 1956, he composed the music to the patriotic song [[My Kazakhstan (1956 song)|My Kazakhstan]].<ref>[http://www.kazind.com/newsarchives/newsvol54.html Embassy of Kazakhstan in New Delhi, India : Weekly News<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> It was adopted in 2006 to be the [[My Kazakhstan (anthem)|Kazakhstan national anthem]] by [[President of Kazakhstan|Kazakh President]] [[Nursultan Nazarbayev]] after a few modifications in the lyrics.<ref>http://www.kyzmet.kz/?lang=ru&id_1=45 {{ru icon}}</ref>

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*[http://www.tarih.spring.kz/?lang=ru&id=personality&subid=738 Biography] {{ru icon}}

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[[Category:1937 births]]
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[[Category:People from Ordabasy District]]
[[Category:Kazakhstani composers]]
[[Category:Kazakhstani musicians]]
[[Category:National anthem writers]]

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