Shaken Niyazbekov
Shaken Niyazbekov | |
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Born | Kazakh SSR, Soviet Union | 12 November 1938
Died | 16 August 2014 | (aged 75)
Shaken Onlasynuly Niyazbekov (Kazakh: Шәкен Оңласынұлы Ниязбеков, Şäken Оñlаsynūly Niiazbekov; Russian: Шакен Онласынович Ниязбеков; 12 November 1938 – 16 August 2014) was a Kazakhstani artist best known for designing the flag of Kazakhstan.
He was born on 12 November 1938 in
Petrodvorets
.
Niyazbekov's project of the national flag of the Republic of Kazakhstan was chosen among more than 600 proposals.[1]
Sources
- ^ "Kazakhstan bids farewell to Shaken Niyazbekov". kazakh-tv.kz. 18 August 2014.