Solemn events dedicated to the 160th anniversary of Mashkhur Zhusup Kopeyev took place in the mausoleum complex of the poet and thinker, located in Bayanaul district.

A yurt town of 35 yurts was built for guests in the tract of Eskeldy. More than five thousand people gathered for the public festivities. The head of the region Bulat Bakauov, representatives of the intelligentsia and the scientific community of the region took part in the celebration.

A special feature of the event was a meeting with famous Mashkhur scholars, as well as Kazakhstani historians and theorists of literature.

Honorary guests of the meeting were Meruert Abuseitova, Professor, Academician of the National Academy of Sciences, writer Galym Zhailybai, as well as Ayazhan Sagitkyzy, Professor, Doctor of Philosophical Sciences.

In addition, a solemn presentation of the digitized 20-volume work of Mashkhur Zhusup Kopeyev and a three-volume collection of the writer's works devoted to the khans, batyrs and biys took place on this day.