Qairat Rysqulbekov | |
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Қайрат Рысқұлбеков | |
Born | Birlik, Moiynkum District, Jambyl Region, Kazakh SSR, USSR | 13 March 1966
Died | 21 May 1988 Semipalatinsk prison, Kazakh SSR, USSR (KGB cell No. 21) | (aged 22)
Cause of death | hanging with shirt, allegedly self-inflicted |
Nationality | Kazakh |
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Qairat Nogaibaiuly Rysqulbekov (Kazakh: Қайрат Ноғайбайұлы Рысқұлбеков; 13 March 1966 – 21 May 1988) was a participant in the Jeltoqsan riot of 1986 that took place in Almaty, Kazakhstan. He later died in mysterious circumstances while held by the authorities. He was posthumously awarded the title Hero of Kazakhstan after independence.[1]