Togolok Moldo

Togolok Moldo (Kyrgyz: Тоголок Молдо; real name: Байымбет Абдырахманов, Bayymbet Abdyrakhmanov; 10 June 1860 – 4 January 1942) was a Kyrgyz poet, Manaschi and folk song writer.

Born in the village Kurtka in what is now the Ak-Talaa District, Naryn Region, Kyrgyzstan.

He is buried near the village of about 3,000 persons named for him in Ak-Talaa district.

A 'Semetey', totalling around 2050 lines, was collected from him by Kayum Miftakov in 1922.

[3] A manuscript of a sanjira (genealogy) was edited and published in 2009.

Togolok Moldo on the Kyrgyz 20 som note.
Togolok Moldo on a 2010 Kyrgyz stamp.
From left to right: personal secretary of Togolok Moldo Ybraiym Abdyrakhmanov, akyn Togolok Moldo and famous narrator of the epic "Manas" Sayakbay Karalayev. 1930s