Shaken Niyazbekov
Shaken Onlasynovich Niyazbekov was a Kazakhstani artist best known for designing the flag of Kazakhstan.
He was born on 12 November 1938 in Jambul. Shaken Niyazbekov left Secondary school and entered Leningrad art-industrial college. During studying in this college he participated in restoration works in the Hermitage, Isakiev’s cathedral and Petrodvorets.
Niyazbekov's project of the national flag of the Republic of Kazakhstan was chosen among more than 600 proposals.