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Sagadat Nurmagambetov
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| Birth name | Sagadat Kozhahmetovich Nurmagambetov |
| Born | 25 May 1924 Kosym, Kazak ASSR, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union (now in Aqmola Region, Kazakhstan) |
| Died | 24 September 2013 (aged 89) Almaty, Kazakhstan |
| Allegiance |  Soviet Union (1942–1991) Kazakhstan (1991–1995) |
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 Red Army / Soviet Army Ground Forces of Kazakhstan |
| Years of service | 1942–1991 1991–1995 |
| Rank | Army general (Ret.) |
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| Awards | Soviet Union:
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Sagadat Kozhakhmetovich Nurmagambetov (born May 25, 1924 – died September 24, 2013) was a very important general from both the Soviet Union and Kazakhstan. He led Kazakhstan's State Defense Committee from 1991 to 1992. After the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991, he became Kazakhstan's first Minister of Defense. He held this important job from May 1992 to November 1995. Later, he advised Nursultan Nazarbayev, who was the President of Kazakhstan, from 1995 to 1996.
Nurmagambetov started his military journey during World War II. He began as a leader of a machine gun team in the Red Army. He quickly moved up, becoming a machine gun company leader and then an infantry battalion leader. For his bravery, he was given the special title of Hero of the Soviet Union in February 1945. His battalion even helped attack the Reich Chancellery during the Battle of Berlin in April 1945. After the war, Nurmagambetov studied at the Frunze Military Academy. He became one of the highest-ranking Kazakh officers in the Soviet Army. He retired from the military in Kazakhstan as an army general in 1995. In 1994, he was named a Hero of Kazakhstan, being the very first person from Kazakhstan to receive this great honor.
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About Sagadat Nurmagambetov
Early Life and World War II
Sagadat Nurmagambetov was born on May 25, 1924. His birthplace was Kosym, a settlement in what was then the Kazakh Autonomous Socialist Soviet Republic. This area is now part of the Aqmola Region in Kazakhstan.
He joined the Red Army in 1942, when he was 18 years old. He quickly received special training to become a machine gun officer. In April 1943, he was sent to the front lines of World War II. He led different groups, starting with a machine gun platoon, then a machine gun company, and finally an infantry battalion.
For his courage and leadership, he was awarded the special title of Hero of the Soviet Union. This happened on February 27, 1945. He also received the Order of Lenin. He fought bravely in the famous Battle of Berlin. In April 1945, he led his battalion's soldiers in the attack on Berlin's Reich Chancellery.
After the War
After World War II ended, Nurmagambetov continued his military education. He attended the Frunze Military Academy from June 1946 to November 1949.
He then held many important positions in the military. He worked for the Turkestan Military District. He also commanded a motorized rifle division and was its chief of staff. He became the chief of staff for the Civil Defence Forces in the Kazakh SSR. Later, he was a deputy commander for the Central Asian Military District. He also served as the first deputy commander of the Soviet Union's Southern Group of Forces in Hungary.
From 1971 to 1994, he was elected as a deputy in Kazakhstan's Supreme Soviet. In 1989, he was chosen to lead a committee that helped disabled people and military veterans.
Leading Kazakhstan's Military
In October 1991, Nursultan Nazarbayev chose Nurmagambetov to lead Kazakhstan's State Defense Committee. This was a very important role as Kazakhstan was becoming an independent country.
In May 1992, the State Defense Committee became the Ministry of Defense of the Republic of Kazakhstan. Nurmagambetov was named Kazakhstan's first Defense Minister. He stayed in this role until November 1995, when he retired from the armed forces as an army general. President Nazarbayev later said that he looked for a general to lead the troops after independence, and he found Sagadat Nurmagambetov.
In 1994, he received Kazakhstan's highest award, the new title of Hero of Kazakhstan. He was the first person from Kazakhstan to get this honor. From 1995 to 1996, he worked as an adviser to President Nazarbayev. Sagadat Nurmagambetov passed away on September 24, 2013.
Family
Sagadat Nurmagambetov had two children. His son, Talgat (1952–2020), also became a major general in the military reserve. Talgat was born in Tashkent. His father was serving as an officer there at the time.
Talgat's military career included helping with recovery efforts after the Chernobyl disaster. He also helped after the Spitak Earthquake. From 2000 to 2001, he worked as the Inspector General for the Ministry of Defense.
Legacy
Sagadat Nurmagambetov is remembered in many ways:
- The Astana Zhas Ulan Republican School is named after him.
- Every year on May 25, which is his birthday, flowers are placed at a special plaque on his house in Almaty.
- A museum dedicated to him was opened in the city of Aqköl on July 19, 2007.
- On May 25, 2019, a monument was unveiled in Almaty to honor him as the first Defense Minister of independent Kazakhstan.
- Another monument to Sagadat Nurmagambetov was opened in Ust-Kamenogorsk in September 2022.
Honours and awards
- Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
- Hero of the Soviet Union
- Order of Lenin
- Order of the October Revolution
- Order of the Red Banner
- Order of the Patriotic War, 1st class and 2nd class
- Order of the Red Star, twice
- Order "For Service to the Homeland in the Armed Forces of the USSR", 3rd class
- Order of the Red Banner of Labour, twice
- Order of the Badge of Honour
- Medal "For Battle Merit"
- Jubilee Medal "In Commemoration of the 100th Anniversary of the Birth of Vladimir Ilyich Lenin"
- Medal "For Distinction in Guarding the State Border of the USSR"
- Medal "For the Victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945"
- Jubilee Medal "Twenty Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945"
- Jubilee Medal "Thirty Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945"
- Jubilee Medal "Forty Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945"
- Medal "For the Capture of Berlin"
- Medal "For the Liberation of Warsaw"
- Medal "Veteran of the Armed Forces of the USSR"
- Medal "For Strengthening of Brotherhood in Arms"
- Jubilee Medal "40 Years of the Armed Forces of the USSR"
- Jubilee Medal "50 Years of the Armed Forces of the USSR"
- Jubilee Medal "60 Years of the Armed Forces of the USSR"
- Medal "For Impeccable Service" 1st, 2nd and 3rd classes
- Republic of Kazakhstan
- Hero of Kazakhstan
- Order of Otan
- Medal "Astana"
- Medal "10 Years of the Armed Forces of the Republic of Kazakhstan"
- Medal "10 years of independence of the Republic of Kazakhstan"
- Jubilee Medal "50 Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945"
- Jubilee Medal "60 Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945"
- Russian Federation
- Order of Friendship
- Medal of Zhukov
- Ukraine
- Order of Bohdan Khmelnytsky, 3rd class (2004)
- Honour of the President of Ukraine
- Medal "Defender of the Motherland"
- Jubilee medal "60 years of Ukraine's liberation from Nazi invaders"
- Bulgaria
- Order "September 9, 1944", 1st class with swords.
- Poland
- Golden Cross of Merit
- Medal Pro Memoria
- Mongolia
- Medal "30 Years of Victory over Japan's militarists"
He was also made an Honorary Citizen of Astana, Almaty, and Donetsk.
See also
In Spanish: Sagadat Nurmagambetov para niños
- List of Kazakh Heroes of the Soviet Union
