Jaqipbek Maldybayev
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Shengeldy village, Zaysan District, Russian Empire
Jaqipbek Maldibayev | |
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| Native name | Жақыпбек Малдыбаев |
| Born | 15 May 1907 Shengeldy village, Zaysan District, Russian Empire |
| Died | 8 June 1938 (aged 31) Tashkent, Uzbek SSR, USSR |
| Allegiance | Soviet Union |
| Battles / wars | Basmachi revolt Spanish Civil War |
Jaqipbek Maldybayev (Kazakh: Жақыпбек Малдыбаев, Russian: Жакыпбек Малдыбаев; 15 May 1907 — 8 June 1938) was the first Kazakh combat pilot.[1] Trained as a reconnaissance pilot, he participated in military operations against the Basmachis and in the Spanish Civil War as a soldier-internationalist.
Maldybayev was born on 15 May 1907 to an impoverished Kazakh family in Shengeldy village. He received a basic religious education where he learned to read before starting work in a gold mine at an early age, and also worked as a herdsmen.[2][3] There were 13 children in his family, but only five lived to adulthood; in 1928 he became head of the local committee of laborers.[4] He was drafted into the Red Army in 1929.[5]