Russian City May Name Square After Tokayev’s Father
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A square in Omsk may be named after Kemel Tokayev, the father of President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, Orda.kz reports.
The initiative was supported by the administration of the city’s Central District. The final decision will be made by deputies at a plenary session of the Omsk City Council.
The Regional Kazakh National-Cultural Autonomy of Omsk Region proposed naming the square near Hospital Lane after Kemel Tokayev.
Kemel Tokayev was connected to Omsk through the war. In 1945, the commander of a machine-gun squad was seriously wounded in the leg. He was taken to an evacuation hospital in Omsk, where doctors saved his leg from amputation.
In 2020, a memorial plaque was installed on the hospital building in his memory.
Two public spaces in Omsk may soon be named after prominent figures, one of them after Kemel Tokayev.
Original author: Eva Golovintseva
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