Memories of a veteran of the Great Patriotic War Izgilik Nurmagambetovich Dabayev about outstanding contemporaries of the twentieth century. The heroes of his essays are prominent Kazakh public and political figures.

The author of the direct communication with the heroes of the sketches of this book, drawn from the direct communication of the author, will have a worthy public response, not to mention their significance from the point of view of the upbringing of patriotism in the younger generation of Kazakhstanis.

The relevance of the book is obvious, since Izgilik Dabayev gives valuable evidence about people whose life is the property of the newest history of Kazakhstan.