Shot-Aman (Shota) Valikhanov (1932-2021)
– public figure, well-known Soviet and Kazakh sculptor, Honored Architect of the Republic of Kazakhstan, Honorary Professor of Kokshetau State University was born in the North Kazakhstan region in the village of Syrymbet, in the homeland of Shokan Ualikhanov. Shot-Aman Idrisovich is a descendant of the outstanding ethnographer and researcher Shokan Ualikhanov. Graduated from the Moscow Architectural Institute. He began his career as an architect of the “Казгипрогорсельстрой” Institute in 1956. As the author of the main symbol of our state – the coat of arms, he is one of the outstanding personalities of Kazakhstan who made a huge contribution to the annals of the history of Kazakhstan. Shota Idrisovich is the author of many buildings and monuments of the country, more than twenty monuments, including the monument to twice Hero of the Soviet Union Talgat Bigeldinov in our city.
He was awarded the orders “Құрмет”, “Парасат”, “Отан”, the badge ” Белсенді қызметі үшін “, Laureate of the State Prize of the Kazakh SSR, has the title of “Honored Architect of the Kazakh SSR” and the title of “Honored Worker of Kazakhstan”.