The solemn opening ceremony of the monument to the great Kazakh poet and thinker Abay Kunanbayev was held on Saturday, June 19, 2010.

This sculptural monument to poet and enlightener of the Kazakh people whose name is still revered by the Kazakhs is (wrote several work, including the most famous -. "Words of edification" (a collection of 45 proverbs) on the street Abay, the intersection of Mira street (Beybitshilik) in the old center of Nur Sultan, Tselinograd In Soviet times, Around it is a park where you can walk. This place was Lenin monument, which in 1990 was dismantled in the 16-storey building of the former Design Institute is located Academy of public Administration - also there was the parliament of Kazakhstan, after the capital was moved from Almaty (Alma-Ata) to Nur Sultan (Akmola).

The proposal to open a new monument to Abay was sounded in a written address of a group of deputies of the capital's maslikhat, public and cultural figures addressed to the governor of Imangali Tasmagambetov. In order to implement this project in January this year, a contest was announced for the best sketch-idea of the monument. Its results were unveiled on January 14: the winner was the sculptor from Almaty Bolat Doszhanov.

The words of Abaj's edification are translated into many languages of the planet and are relevant to this day. Today the whole world understands the wisdom and beauty of the words of the great son of the Kazakh steppe. The 150th anniversary of Abai will be celebrated under the auspices of UNESCO

Abai is arguably the most famous poet of the country and translated into the language of Goethe and Schiller. There is an Opera which many Kazakhs rave about and that it often lists in the new Nur Sultan National Opera. Public transportation is problematic in Nur Sultan. They exist and they were significantly strengthened for the expo-2017. But the search by departure points and times is somewhat challenging without Russian language skills.

A very unique monument dedicated to one of the most important figures of Kazakh culture. It is impressive, indeed. When creating the monument, the reflection of the greatness of Abai's personality, his high civic position, spirituality, wisdom, irreproachable possession of the word and the depth of the literary images created by him was of particular importance.