When you meet such people as Maken and Muftah Tuleshev, then you want to believe that good will win the evil for sure and the world will be light, beautiful, happy. That is why they paint it with bright colors of their boundless pure soul, able to ennoble everything around and bring happiness to people. They lived together fifty years and have never regret that their destiny brought them together. And everything began from one look. The look that become a basement of their endless love and that united their hearts forever.

Their first meeting happened in distant 1957, when a young veterinary Muftah Tuleshev, within a group of overlanders by his task overlanded a heard from Taldy-Kurgan region in a distant Ayaguz of Semipalatink region. At this time she was riding a bicycle on the country road, while he was riding a horse. Their eyes met and at once they understood that it was love. They got acquainted. But well-brougth-up and proud Maken didn’t allow herself to meet the young man often, though she liked not only him but also his veterinary bag, and rare in those days binoculars – the attributes that were showing a solid state of a young man.

After two weeks they got married and Muftah took his girl into his aul. Since that moment passed fifty years. Maken and Muftaha gave a birth to eleven children, unfortunately there were left only eight alive, but they gave to the lucky grandfather and grandmother nineteen grandsons and four granddaughters – the largest treasure. They live in the suburbs of Almaty, and despite the old age they keep the house skilfully. They flatly refuse from any help that their children are able to pay today. Every day, Maken Spatylovna gets up early and begins to cook.

“She cooks a lot, - says Muftah Esposynovich, - what if children will come with grandchildren. It is necessary to have dastarkhan always ready. As I remember our life we always have guests. Co-workers came to drink tea, and not only them but also neighbours, and relatives. We met everyone with joy. And now when we already do not have the same quickness that we had in youth, and the health is not the same, she still has time to do a lot. She is cooking, looking after the house, digging the farm, weeding the strawberry. Do you know what a delicious strawberry she is growing! Come to us in spring, and taste it.” As a matter of fact everything what is doing this couple they do very well, as they can not do any half-heartedly. That is why they brought up such amazing children.“Mother and father have never read to us any moralities or lectures, as do many other parents, - remembers the elder daughter, Madina – they just lived, worked, loved and always supported us. And even now, when their lives are far away from modern ideas, impregnated with progress and mad rhythm, we still turn to them for help. And they give us wise pieces of advice, which at first sight seem to be unrealistic and untenable, but after some time they convince us that parents are always right." Muftah Esposynovich was a veterinarian for forty years. He was a very competent expert, and was often sent to the areas where the situation with cattle was unfavourable. Sometimes it happened he comes home at night and says, "Get ready, tomorrow we move."

And the faithful, and obedient wife, sighs and starts to pack things. And wherever they came, they always had a place for living and were warmly greeted by people. Tuleshevs quickly became friends in the new village, in their house dragged everyone, as there was always bright, clean, hospitable, and the hosts were full of kindness and hospitality. In Maken Spatylovny has a natural mathematical mind. Still in her seventy-plus years she decides the examples with logarithms as nuts, remembers complicated geometric formulas, and even sometimes helps grandchildren cope with homework. Her grandchildren Adilgerey and Rauan finished schools with golden medals, and now they are studying at the Technical University KBTU for the presidential scholarship. "Mother checked our diaries every day - smiling the older son Seytkerey - she wanted us to get higher marks than our teacher put. And we tried not to upset parents. We all have beautiful handwriting, that we owe from the mother. If you made ​​a mistake in the word, it forces us to rewrite it several times, so we are good at grammar. "

The second long-expected son in the family of Tuleshev was born 1 May, Muftah rolled a feast for the whole world. His son was named Toremurat. After service in the North-Sea Navy, he got a degree in law. Now he works in the police and in the rank of Major. Maken Spatylovna worked as a teacher in kindergarten, taught in rural schools. Successfully she replaced all the teachers of all subjects, as for some reasons there were not enough of them. Despite the fact that she had education only in pedagogical school, her sharp mind and property in everything helped her to penetrate in everything quickly, to remember and to learn any discipline. She taught Kazakh and Russian languages, literature, and to coped greatly with algebra and geometry. She learned English on her own by tapes in times when it was not so popular and in demand, as it is now. "Our mother was successful in everything - says Zohra, the second daughter – it seemed that for her there are not twenty-four hours in a day, but all forty-eight. She has a multi-faceted nature and extraordinary capacity for work. She was constantly engaged in self-education, worked in school, was busy at home, never left us without attention. She sewed very well. In the seventies, the eighties, during the period of shortages she sewed us dresses, blouses, coats from the old things, which were impossible to distinguished from the import things.

She took care of everyone. And father worked, and though we saw him not often, he has always been for us an authority and an example. By the way, Seytkerey, the eldest son, followed his footsteps and became a veterinarian. Today, though, he has his own business (time is bringing adjustments in life), but still ... Safia is a middle daughter and also graduated from Veterinary Institute, Department of "zoo engineer." It just happened that during forty years Muftah Esposynovich has not received any of the awards, but has made a great contribution to the livestock industry of the country, but he was not disappointed, the main award for him - his faithful companion of life, children and grandchildren. "Healthy, intelligent, and even beautiful children that is the happiness and the award," - said Muftah.

They were born in love, surrounded by care and attention, today they pay the tribute to his parents and return debts. Muftah is also grateful to his friends who have supported him in the difficult minutes. And when 12 October Tuleshevs celebrated their golden wedding, friends from all over Kazakhstan came to their celebration. They were glad, cried, remembered and were happy. They deserved their happiness with their work, kindness, compassion, honest attitude towards people.

"Mother and Father pampered most of Baktygereya the fourth son, calling him Altyn Konyr and heard in response:" You - our Gold! "- remembers Malina. - It's true, like a valiant batyr from Kazakh tale, his height 188 cm, and goodness knows no bounds. His first salary, he gave to his partner, because he was a father of many children and needed money. "
On your question, how often do they quarrel over these fifty years, both shrug and ingenuously answer: "We had no time to quarrel. We were always busy with work, kids, so there was no time for the scandals."

"Mother is a little impulsive, sometimes explosive, and father is calm and steady, - continues the conversation their youngest daughter, the beautiful Dana - perhaps that is why they complement each other so perfectly and lived a long life, being able to go through many trials, without losing their feelings."

"Our parents never saved their money, and when, in the early nineties, everyone was stressed about their" burnt deposits ", they were calm, they did not have cash savings. Their capital is - educated, healthy children - continues Dana.

- Mother and Father live by the motto: "You possess only what stays with you after the shipwreck."

"The most important quality, engrafted to us by parents is - honesty - said Bakhtiar, the third son. - They have been always honest with people, and we are looking at them, could not grow the others."

Muftah-aga had a stroke, but he still gets up early every morning, takes care of pets, and Maken-tate is busy around the house. Without work, they can not live. Needlewoman Maken still sews, embroiders, knits. She has a large linen tablecloth on which she embroidered the names of all her children, grandchildren and great grandchildren. And as soon as the next member of the family is born, she happily embroiders a new name. And let her work-worn hands fill this family heirloom with new embroideries for a long time. Let the gender of Tuleshev family continue - beautiful, kind people who are able to understand, support, forgive and give joy.