1289th ... under such a number in the data bank of soldiers killed and missing during the Great Patriotic War called up from the territory of Kazakhstan, is Sergeant Nurken Abdirov, Hero of the Soviet Union. The winged batyr, the pride of Karaganda, the pilot who repeated the feat of Gastello. The hero of the Soviet Union, Nurken Abdirov, was called differently. How was the short but vibrant life of this amazing young man? Why are the data collected about him by journalists so contradictory? What secrets does his front-line letters hide? See Enigma Of The Great Steppe for more on this and more.
