Grave of Tatar poet Nur Bayan found in Austria: the poet died in 1945 and never returned home

Albert Mustafin, a native of the village of Anyakovo in Tatarstan's Aktanysh District, has located the grave of the Tatar poet Nur Bayan in Austria. Mustafin, an honorary citizen of Aktanysh District, visited the grave and photographed it.

Nur Bayan (born Nur Galimovich Bayanov) was born on 15 May 1905 in Anyakovo. His poetry speaks of love for the homeland, the fates of ordinary people and the events of his time. He went to the front at the start of the Great Patriotic War and kept writing through the war years.

The poet died in Austria on 23 April 1945, shortly before Victory Day, and never returned home. His memory is kept alive in Anyakovo and Aktanysh District, and his work is part of Tatar cultural heritage.