Yakup Kulmiy

Who was Yakup Kulmiy?

Yakup Kulmiy was a Bashkir poet working under the pen name of Yakup Khairullovich Kulmukhametov.

He is the author of more than 20 books of poems: “Selected works”, “The beauty of soul”, “The sun of soul”, “Lyrics” and others; and popular songs: “My motherland”, “My Urals”, “A nightingale” and others.

Being a participant in the second world war, he was awarded the Order of the Patriotic War 2nd class, and medals. In 1958-1978, he worked in radio, in the wording of literary programs of the State Committee for Television and Radio Broadcasting Council of Ministers of the Bashkir Autonomous Republic.