THE FIRST KYRGYZ GENERAL ISAKBEK MONUEVA
Isakbek Monuyev was born in 1902, the village of Nura of the Alai region, a military figure of the unrecognized East Turkish Republic. It comes from the famous Kyrgyz aristocratic family in Alai. His father, a large trader, moved to Xinjiang. At the age of 25, Isakbek fought against the Basmachi, who penetrated the Soviet-Chinese border. For these services, the KMT government conferred on him the rank of Major-General.