NUR-SULTAN. KAZINFORM - Today s Birthdays is the one-stop shop where you can learn about prominent Kazakhstani people who were born on the 6th of March.
In 1848 and 1852, he travelled through the Kazakh steppes for historical, ethnographic, and geographical studies.
In 1858, the two-volume book Explorations in Eastern and Western Siberia, where he also depicts Kazakhs’ life, traditions, household, and so on was published in London. The book also described the cities and strongholds of Semipalatinsk, Ayagoz, Kapal, Lake Zhaysan, and Shyngystau silver deposit. In 1860, his book Travels in the Regions of the Upper and Lower Amoor was issued.
He also published the stories on Kazakh steppe place names.
Moryak Shegenov (1956) – the founder of the institution of judicial jury in Kazakhstan. Born in Dzhezkazgan region, he graduated from the Karaganda State University, majoring in law in 1979.