Kuluypa Konduchalova

Kuluypa Konduchalova was born on 15 June 1920 in the village of Kara-Jygach, (now located in the Alamüdün District, Chüy Region) in the Kyrgyz area of the Russian Empire.

[8] Returning home at the end of the war, Konduchalova first worked in the Propaganda and Agitation Department of the Kirghiz Soviet Socialist Republic.

[9] The Ministry of Foreign Affairs took on an important role at this time, because the only Soviet Republics recognized by the United Nations after the war were Belarus and Ukraine.

As the centralized structure had collapsed during the war, Konduchalova became responsible for insuring that Kyrgyz diplomats were informed on international developments and law, had proficiency in English and French, and were provided with the necessary materials from TASS to perform their duties.

Some of the most-known Kyrgyz performers of the 1960s and 1970s participated in the show, including Bübüsara Beyshenalieva, Artyk Myrzabayev [ky], and Uran Sarbagishev [ru], all of whom became People's Artists of the Kirghiz SSR or USSR, among others.

Konduchalova organized cultural exchange activities and exhibitions throughout the Soviet republics, but also abroad, traveling to Belgium, Canada, Denmark, France, Sweden and Syria.

[11] In 2010,[12] she received the highest national honor,[11] Hero of the Kyrgyz Republic with the special distinction "Ak-Shumkar", from President Roza Otunbayeva[12] In 2011, Munduzbek Tentimishev published the biography Легендарлуу өмүр: Күлүйпа Кондучалова (Legendary Life: Kuluypa Konduchalova), dedicated to one of the few women who rose in political rank in her era.

Konduchalova on a 2020 stamp of Kyrgyzstan