I was born in 1937 on a kolkhoz, or collective farm, near Tokmok, Kyrgyzstan.
وُلِدْتُ عَامَ ١٩٣٧ فِي مَزْرَعَةٍ يُدِيرُهَا عِدَّةُ مُزَارِعِينَ تَحْتَ إِشْرَافِ ٱلْحُكُومَةِ ،‏ قُرْبَ بَلْدَةِ تُوكْمَاك فِي قِيرْغِيزِسْتَان .‏