50 Tenge Magzhan Zhumabaev

Magzhan Zhumabaev was a Kazakh poet whose reputation Soviet authorities spent decades trying to erase. Arrested twice — first in 1929, then again in 1937 — he was executed by firing squad in 1938 as part of Stalin's purges targeting Kazakh intellectuals and nationalists. Rehabilitated posthumously in 1960, his work was gradually reintroduced into Kazakh literary culture, though full official recognition came only after independence. This coin belongs to Kazakhstan's long-running commemorative series honoring figures suppressed under Soviet rule.