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Night Witch from Steppe: What Khiuaz Dospanova Forces Us to Confront?

By Aida Нaidar on 9 May 2026

Khiuaz Dospanova, a famous Kazakh navigator-gunner, inscribed her name into the history of Kazakhstan and the Soviet Union for generations. She was born in the village of Ganyushkino, now in the Atyrau region of Kazakhstan, on May 15, 1922. Her story is a testament to the fact that what...