Kazakh: Райымбек батыр кесенесі | |
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Location | Almaty, Kazakhstan |
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Designer | Ibrayev Bek Anuarbekovich |
Material | granite |
Beginning date | 1992 |
Completion date | 1994 |
Dedicated to | Kazakh batyr |
Raiymbek Batyr Mausoleum ( Kazakh: Райымбек батыр кесенесі, Russian: Мавзолей Райымбек Батыра, tr. mavzolei raiymbek batyra) — is the mausoleum of the Kazakh hero Raiymbek, who fought against dzhungar invaders. It is located in the city of Almaty, on the homonymous Raiymbek Prospect .
Raiymbek's tomb was destroyed during the Russian Civil War, between 1918-1922. [1] In 1981, a granite stela was installed at the burial site. [2] In 1992, the mausoleum was built on the gravesite, designed by architects B. Ybraev, Sh. Otepbaev and S. Agytayev. In 2017, by a resolution of the Almaty City akim, Raiymbek's mausoleum was transferred to the communal property of the city of Almaty. [3] [4]
The monument has an unusual shape, in the form of a pointed tent with a crescent on top, inside which there is a sarcophagus with the ashes of the hero. Also on the territory of mausoleum there is a spring and a prayer room. [5]
In 2005, in honor of 300th anniversary of Raiymbek's birth, the deputy of Almaty mäslihat and general director of the corporation "Sana-Oi Invest" Daulet Abenov funded the creation and installation near the mausoleum of a symbolic Koran, made of black marble, where people can worship by laying his hands on it. [1]
The sacredness of mausoleum is underscored by the fact that in his lifetime, Raiymbek was recognized as an "auliye", or "saint". [1]