Chingiz Aitmatov
The First Teacher
The First Teacher
ISBN: 9879550230358
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The story was first published in 1962 and describes the lives of Kirghiz villagers after the Russian Revolution. The story describes a generation of workers brought up to be the labour force for the Russian Imperial Railway, educated in Russian schools for indigenous peoples, all with the aim of trying to change society.
Altynai, a teenage girl in a small Kirghiz village wanted to go to school to learn to read and write. Duishen, a young communist took on the responsibility to educate the children from poor families in his community and he became the original, The First Teacher' in their lives.
He was responsible for transforming the lives of Altynai and instrumental in helping her grow into becoming a famous academic in her own right.
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