The monument was erected in 1962 in the village of Birlik, Moyynkumsky district, Zhambyl region in front of the village akimat. The authors of the monument are the sculptor - B. Tulekov, the architect - T. Basenov. A bronze bust 1.2 m high is mounted on a granite pedestal. In the upper part of the front side of the pedestal is a cast-iron cast-iron memorial plaque with the text in Kazakh and Russian.

Zhazylbek Kuanyshbaev (1896-1986), a native of the Moyynkum district of the Zhambyl region, a shepherd, a livestock breeder, the Koktereksky state farm, bred a breed of Karakul ewes. For outstanding successes in the development of sheep farming, he was twice awarded the honorary title of Hero of Socialist Labor (1948, 1958). Member of the Supreme Council of the III and IV convocations. He was awarded two Orders of Lenin, the Sickle and Hammer medal and the Golden Star Order.