Raiymbek Batyr mausoleum

Kazakh : Райымбек батыр кесенес?
Location	Almaty , Kazakhstan
Designer	Ibrayev Bek Anuarbekovich
Material	granite
Beginning date	1992
Completion date	1994
Dedicated to	Kazakh batyr

Raiymbek Batyr Mausoleum ( Kazakh : Райымбек батыр кесенес? , Russian : Мавзолей Райымбек Батыра, tr. mavzolei raiymbek batyra ) ? is the mausoleum of the Kazakh hero Raiymbek , who fought against dzhungar invaders. It is located in the city of Almaty , on the homonymous Raiymbek Prospect  [ ru ] .

Construction [ edit ]

Raiymbek's tomb was destroyed during the Russian Civil War , between 1918-1922. ^[1] In 1981, a granite stela was installed at the burial site. ^[2] In 1992, the mausoleum was built on the gravesite, designed by architects B. Ybraev, Sh. Otepbaev and S. Agytayev. In 2017, by a resolution of the Almaty City akim , Raiymbek's mausoleum was transferred to the communal property of the city of Almaty. ^{[3] [4]}

Modern-day mausoleum [ edit ]

The monument has an unusual shape, in the form of a pointed tent with a crescent on top, inside which there is a sarcophagus with the ashes of the hero. Also on the territory of mausoleum there is a spring and a prayer room. ^[5]

In 2005, in honor of 300th anniversary of Raiymbek's birth, the deputy of Almaty maslihat and general director of the corporation "Sana-Oi Invest" Daulet Abenov funded the creation and installation near the mausoleum of a symbolic Koran , made of black marble, where people can worship by laying his hands on it. ^[1]

The sacredness of mausoleum is underscored by the fact that in his lifetime, Raiymbek was recognized as an "auliye", or "saint". ^[1]

References [ edit ]

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