The article is devoted to one of the leaders of the Alash movement and the Alash party, a bright and talented statesman and public figure who actively participated in the creation of Turkestan autonomy and the reunification of the Kazakh lands, publicist and educator Hayretdin Abdrakhmanovich Bolganbayev (1894-1937). On the basis of video documents, factual material on his biography, as well as information about his activities, has been collected. He suffered torments and persecution, was arrested twice and spent a total of six years in the GULAG camps, but he endured all the trials with dignity, preserving vitality, spiritual light and human nobility.