Today marks the 100th anniversary of the birth of the distinguished scientist, writer, translator, and public figure Yevney Arystanuly Buketov.
He was a unique personality who made an invaluable contribution to the development of Kazakh science, literature, and education.
Yevney Buketov was a Doctor of Chemical Sciences and a corresponding member of the Academy of Sciences of the Kazakh SSR. His research brought groundbreaking innovations to the field of metallurgy.
Under his leadership, his research team obtained five patents, recognized in countries such as Canada, the USA, Australia, Sweden, France, Germany, Japan, and Italy. He also established a laboratory for the study of non-ferrous, rare, and scattered metals, a pioneering development for Kazakh science. In this laboratory, he conducted research on molybdenum, tungsten, selenium, and tellurium.
He authored over 100 scientific papers and contributed to industrial progress through his inventions.
Buketov was also a key figure in the development of higher education in Kazakhstan. In 1972, he founded Karaganda State University and became its first rector. Today, this institution bears his name.
In literature, Yevney Buketov was a profound critic who analyzed the works of Abai and Mukhtar Auezov, writing numerous scholarly pieces. Additionally, he was an outstanding translator who rendered Sergey Yesenin’s Anna Onegina poem and Vladimir Mayakovsky’s poems into the Kazakh language.
