<em>Биография </em> Kanysh Imantaevich Satpaev - geologist, the pioneer of numerous deposits of mineral resources in Kazakhstan, the scientist, the first President of the Academy of Sciences of Kazakhstan.
Kanysh Satpayev was born on 12 April 1899 in Bayanaul district of Pavlodar oblast. His father was a nomad, but knew Arabic, could read and write, remembered by heart verses from the Koran. He was even elected Biy - generic judge. He possessed a rare memory, loved to tell stories, fairy tales. Kanysh Imantaevich always remembered with gratitude his father.
In infancy Satpayev was not by Kanysh. He was given the name of Abdul-Gani. Mom started to call the baby Gani, then another kinder - Ganesh. When the boy went in Russian-Kazakh school's first teacher wrote a new student in Russian way - Kanysh. Under this name he became known worldwide. After school he entered the pedagogical Seminary, then at the mining faculty of the Tomsk technological Institute.
K. Satpayev was irrepressible person: constantly aspired to knowledge, interested in everything new and unexplored and not only in his chosen profession of a geologist. In his youth he was a textbook algebra, collected works of folk art. He was interested in archeology, investigated stone sculptures, rock drawings, architectural monuments. An important finding is the slab with the inscription Timur found near ridge Ulytau mountain slope of Altynshoky. Now this plate is in one of the halls of the Hermitage.
The future academician, a geologist by profession, had deep knowledge in the Humanities. In 1927 he published the book "Er " Edige"masterpiece of oral national creativity. On his initiative was started two-volume edition, and then a multivolume history of Kazakhstan, the collected works of T. Valikhanov in five volumes.
Most of K. Satpayev loved travel on boundless lands of Central Kazakhstan, revealing their secrets. Every geologist wants to open the treasure which for a long time keeps the earth. Dreams K. Satpayev came true: manganese ore deposits Naizatas and Jazdy, open K. I. Satpayev a fully ensured in the years of the great Patriotic war the needs of ferrous metallurgy of Urals mountains and Siberia.
"Reason and hammer" - this motto international geologists. Satpayev this motto not enough words of love for his people and for his native land.
Famous historical episode meeting Kanysh Satpayev with Winston Churchill, the famous English Prime - Minister-Minister. When U. Churchill presented heroic statue of the Kazakh, he inquired: - All Kazakhs as good as You? My people above me decently and with dignity replied Kanysh Imantaevich.
<span>His name was known and immortalized in the names of streets, universities not only in his native land, but also in space. In the vastness of the Universe, at the distance of hundreds of millions of kilometers from Earth makes his eternal progress planet 2402 "Satpayev". In his honour called new mineral "Satpaeva". In the 100-year anniversary of the Scientist, academician, the first President of the Academy of Sciences of the Kazakh SSR on the decision of UNESCO 1999 was declared the year of Kanysh imantaevich Satpaev. </span>
- I am a journalist. I write an article about religious. Can I ask you some questions?
-ok.
-do you believe in God?
-yes, I do.
-What ‘s your religion?
- I am Christian.
- do you often go to a church?
-no. not often.
-do you follow fasts?
- I try
- How often do you pray?
- not very often.
- do you pray only when you want to ask something?
-no. I pray when I want to ask and when I want to thank.
-Do you think that it is very important for everybody to visit a church?
-I think that every person must decide it himself. It is not very important because God is in our heart. And if you want to pray you can pray everywhere.