Baurzhan Momyshuly was a Kazakh- Soviet military officer and author, pasthumously awarded with the titles Hero of the Soviet Union and People's Hero of Kazakh. He was born on the 24th of December in 1910. A family of nomadic herders from the Dulat tribe. He lived with his relatives until the age of thirteen. But spent his teenage years in Soviet boarding school. In September 1941, the division was sent to the front in Malaya Vishera, at the vicinity of Leningrad. After the World War, many of his works began to be published. And he died on the 10th of June in 1982 (aged 71).
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People of America love sports of all kinds. Many people play sports in their free time, and than they go to games or watch them on TV. One of the most popular sports is football. Millions of people watch football each weekend, during the autumn and winter. Baseball is also very popular. They play football in the spring and summer, while in the winter they play basketball. Basketball started in America in XIX century. People wanted to play sports in winter, but it was too cold outside. Basketball was the game they could play inside in the gyms. Each school in the USA has its own team of young athletes. The pupils and their families and friends come to watch school games. Thousands of children play basketball at weekends. School games can be as much fun as the big games.