Legendary baatyr of Kyrgyz With his noble deeds and loud sports achievements, Kojomkul glorified himself for centuries. He is associated with the legendary Manas - he is the same impressive, omnipotent and, most importantly, generous.

Baatyr Kojomkul was born in 1889 and lived in the village of 8 March, which was later renamed in his honor and is now called Kojomkul. He gained fame throughout the country due to his physical characteristics - his height was more than 2 meters, despite the fact that he was of a thin build, he weighed 164 kg (according to other sources - 203), the middle finger of his hand was 26 cm.

In his youth, Kojomkul could easily wipe the nose of any "strong man" in power competitions. He won many competitions, by the end of the 20s there was not a single opponent left for him in Kyrgyzstan.

With impressive physical data, Kojomkul never boasted of his strength and did not show his physical superiority to anyone. At the same time, he was a generous, modest and pure-hearted man. He never raised his voice at people.

The strongman was engaged not only in sports, but also in public affairs: he was the chairman of the committee of the poor, the head of the land department of the Kara-Balta district, the chairman of the executive committees of the Suusamyr, Kaiyrma, Koko-Meren village councils. He died at the age of 67 in 1955.

Interesting facts:

• Locals willingly tell stories about how Kojomkul raised a multi-pood stone on Suusamyr, how, having taken a horse on himself, he carried it across the pass, pulled out a camel drowning in a swamp, freed a mountain path from a huge stone the size of a large yurt that fell there.
• According to stories, Kojomkul could carry stones weighing up to seven hundred kg.
• Kojomkul was an illiterate man.He knew how to read and write, but he could not make an official paper competently. One day he lost his stamp. On some statement instead of a stamp, he left a thumbprint. In the district committee, they immediately realized: this is Kojomkul's finger. And they accepted the statement without any objection.
• He especially loved children, everything is one - his own or someone else's. In the village he knew all the boys and girls. And those who did well in school, forced to go to college.
• Kojomkul was an excellent hunter, and almost every day his faithful wife Akmaday prepared game food for the poorest Suusamyr people.

Memory of him:

The village where he was born is named after Kojomkul. In the village there is a small museum where you can see photos, some clothes of baatyr. In 1993, the Palace of Sports was named after this great athlete, who had great respect among contemporaries and our generation. The Kaba Uulu Kojomkul Foundation was established. For his work, he was awarded the Order of the Red Banner of Labor, the Certificate of Honor of the Government of the Kyrgyz SSR.