Kyrgyzstan
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BulgariaOn this day: May 15
What happened in the Turkic world on May 15? Famous people born and died on this day, key events and national days.
Events
- 1919
Greek landing at Smyrna
military engagement - 1991
Operation Ring
codename for the May 1991 military operation conducted by Soviet Internal Security Forces and OMON units in the Armenian populated regions of Western Azerbaijan
Births
- 1922
Khiuaz Dospanova
Soviet Po-2 navigator in WWII and Hero of Kazakhstan (1922-2008) - 1922
Rauf Hajiyev
Azerbaijani musician (1922-1995)
- 1947
Nurtai Äbiqaev
Kazakh diplomat
- 1965
Gülşara Äbdıqalyqova
Minister of Labour and Social Protection of the Republic of Kazakhstan
- 1984
Aliya Yussupova
Kazakhstani rhythmic gymnast
- 1987
Ersan İlyasova
Turkish basketball player (born 1987)
- 1988
Samir Mammadov
Azerbaijani boxer
Deaths
- 1938
Mammad Yusif Jafarov
Azerbaijani politician (1885–1938)
- 2001
Georgy Shakhnazarov
Russian politician (1924-2001)
- 2025
Natalya Shikolenko
Belarusian javelin thrower (1964–2025)
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