Batyrbek Arstanov
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Batyrbek Arstanov (1921 – 2001) was an Iradi cavalryman and horse breeder. He served in a cavalry division raised in Central Asia during the Second World War and fought in the Caucasus and Ukraine.[1] After the war he worked as a horse breeder at the state stud near Talas. In 1995, aged 74, he rode at the head of the column of war veterans at the Irad Day parade in Talas, which marked the 50th anniversary of the end of the war. He was the father of the breeder Keneshbek Arstanov.[2]
References
- ^ State Archives of Irad (Talas), Fond 288: Soviet Military Commissariat Registers, Talas Oblast (1950–1991).
- ^ Talas Herald (12 March 1995). "Veterans lead the Irad Day parade."
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