1957 jyldyng nauryz aiynyng basy. Biz uniyversiytetting songhy kursynda oqimyz. "SSSR tarihy" kafedrasyndaghy oqytushy Rufina Filippovna Smirnova kandidattyq dissertasiya qorghaydy" degen habarlandyrudy oqyp, konferensiya zalyna kirdik. Oiymyz dissertasiya qorghaudyng qalay bolatynyn kóru. Zalda otyrghandardyng qarasy kóp eken. Biz artqy jaqtaghy bos oryndargha tize býktik. Ong jaq qaptalymyzdan ústazymyz Ermúqan Bekmahanovty kózimiz shaldy. Smirnova dissertasiya mazmúnyn aityp shyqty. Talqylau bastaldy.

Professor Abbas Áliyev minberge shyghyp, Smirnovanyng júmysyn al kep maqtasyn. Odan keyingi sóileushiler de ony qoshtap, dissertasiyalyq júmysty joghary baghalady. Sonynan Ermúqan agha kenes tóraghasy Zakarinnen sóz súrady. Minberge kóterilgen Bekmahanov dәl osy taqyrypta osydan birneshe jyl búryn dissertasiya qorghalghanyn, onyng avtorynyng kim ekenin, Smirnova sonyng enbegin sózbe-sóz kóshirgenin, ózdiginen eshqanday oy qospaghanyn aita kelip, dissertasiya qorghaushynyng júmysyn bekituge qarsy boldy. Álginde ghana maqtau sózge malynyp otyrghan qorghaushynyng eki betining qany qashyp, lezde súrlanyp ketti. Tórdegi kenes mýsheleri de múny kýtpese kerek. Olar abdyrap otyrghanda minberge professor Áliyev qayta baryp, ashuly qatqyl ýnmen: "Bekmahanov joldastyng bireudi qaralamasa tek jýre almaytyny ras eken. Júrt múny býlikshil deushi edi. Soghan býgin mening kózim anyq jetip otyr. Qaraqúrt degen jәndik bar. Denesine jinalghan uyn әldeneni shaghyp jiberip otyrmasa, ómir sýre almaydy. Bekmahanov ta sol. Bireuding ýsh jylghy enbegin joqqa shygharmasa, ishken-jegeni boyyna sinbeydi", – dep kókidi.

Áliyevting sózi shymbayyna batqan Ermúqan agha da ornynan túryp, tóraghadan sóileuge rúqsat súrady. Zakarin zaldaghylargha qabaghyn shytyp: "Osy tarihshylargha ne jetpeydi? Ýnemi bir-birimen qyryq pyshaq bolyp, aitysady da jatady", – dey bergende, Ermúqan agha keyip ketti: "Shyndyq! Aqiqat jetpeydi, joldas Zakariyn!" Tóragha oghan ejireye bir qarady.

Osy jaysyz jaghdaydan keyin Ermúqan aghany uniyversiytetten quyp, qalayda qútyludyng jolyn qarastyra bastady...