The story about outstanding wrestler of the past, pride of the Kazakhstan sports Hadzhimukan Munaytpasov, sports history of his small homeland of Priishimya where it was born.

Hadzhimukan Munaytpasula Karaotkel of the Akmolinsky district was born in 1886 in an aul. Among local Kazakhs wrestling kazaksha kures enjoyed love and was popular. Hadzhimukan grew in the atmosphere of sports meet, a cult of physical force and respect for strong people. His father Munaytpas - modest rather poor guy, dreamed of that day when his talented and strong son becomes dear and worthy person. Since Hadzhimukan's childhood accustomed to physical work. In 10 years it could move freely bags from a bullock cart in a barn. Strong by nature he struggled not with the contemporaries, and with those who was 5-6 years more senior than it. Without passing any competition in the district, he always came out the winner. In search of means of livelihood of Hadzhimukan it is employed in workers to wealthy citizens of Akmolinsk. At this particular time it started showing big physical force. So, in winter of 1899 in buranny day it transported hay from the steppe to the city. Horse, having stuck in snowdrifts, I fell. Then, Hadzhimukan, put a horse on sledge, loaded hay, and delivered sledge and freight to Akmolinsk.

In 1901 in Omsk the circus where passed competitions of wrestlers including the French fight championship opened. The message reached Hadzhimukan, since the childhood dreaming to become the professional wrestler. Having passed through extreme difficulties, it reached the far Siberian city. Here it managed to take part in one of the first official fights with the well-known professional wrestler Zlobin. After fight the eminent wrestler, having felt in the young man natural talent, I issued it the recommendation in I.Lebedev's well-known school in St. Petersburg where Kazakh палуан it was trained within two years in the French wrestling. Now it is Greco-Roman wrestling. In 1909 it passed to group of the world champion, the organizer of large competitions George Lurikh and acted under Mukhanur's Japanese name.

From now on triumphal procession of one of the strongest people of a planet begins. For Hadzhimukan's sports career I visited 54 countries of the world and 40 cities of the Russian Empire. It made thrifty use of the roots and expressly went in чапане and a national skullcap.

In recent years Hadzhimukan lived in the Southern Kazakhstan area and died in 1948. It left about itself(himself) kind memory, the well-known Russian athlete Ivan Poddubny was his friend. In military years, despite age Hadzhimukan Munaytpasov acting in various areas of Kazakhstan and Russia, I collected 100 thousand rubles and I handed over them in Fund of Defense of the country on construction of the military plane which was transferred to one of the best pilots to Kazhtayu Shalabayev. Its parting word to the Kazakh expert sounded so: "Fly on it tulpare as a hawk, and beat fascists ruthlessly".
Glorified wrestler in Astana the street, stadium, sports school is called a name.

Valery Ilyin

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