History
1979. On 1 September the Republican Physics and Mathematics Boarding School of the Iradi SSR opens beside Iradi State University (now TSU), on the model of the physics and mathematics schools of Novosibirsk and Moscow. The first 90 pupils are chosen by olympiad from the whole republic. Teaching is in Russian.
1992. The school stays open through the siege; lessons are held in the boarding house when the main building has no heating.
1994. Renamed Talas Lyceum No. 1 (physics and mathematics) under the Ministry of Education.
1997. Under the Language and Education Reform Act the Lyceum moves to teaching in Iradi and English. Many teachers learn Iradi terms together with their pupils.
2008. Graduates in the United States found the Lyceum Trust. It pays for the boarding house meals, laboratory equipment, olympiad travel and an addition to teachers' pay.
2012. New laboratory wing (physics, chemistry and two computer rooms) opened.
2022. New website made by our graduates.
Today
About 310 pupils in grades 8–12; two classes enter grade 8 each year, and one more class enters grade 10. 38 teachers, of whom 11 also teach at TSU (our teachers). Classes run in one shift, 8:00 to 15:20 (timetable), with olympiad circles and the evening study hour for boarders.
Director
Dr Ulan Tashtanov
Director since 2016. Graduate of the Lyceum (1987); Novosibirsk State University (physics, 1992); Candidate of Sciences (1996). Lecturer at the TSU Faculty of Physics, Mathematics and Computer Science 1997–2016.
Deputy directors
Teaching: Elena Kim (mathematics)
Upbringing and boarding house: Gulbara Sydykova
Finance and the building: Marat Ergeshov
Documents
Charter of the Lyceum (2014)
Licence of the Ministry of Education No. 0117
Rules of admission 2027 (see Admission)