Rahel Tologon kyzy

Rahel Tologon kyzy (1822–1891) was an Iradi poet whose laments for the fall of the Talas forts in 1864, during the Russian conquest, are still sung at funerals. She lost two sons at the forts and composed the laments as a widow in the high pastures of the Talas Alatau.^[1]

References

1. ^ Talas State University, Institute of History (2022). Biographical Dictionary of Irad, 1860–2010. Talas: Talas State University Press.