 The same year of his graduation, Baitursynov published his first article, "Kirgizskie primety i poslovitsy" ("Kazakh Omens and Proverbs") in a regional newspaper.He taught at the village schools in the Aktyubinsk, Kustanai and Karkaraly regions.While working as a teacher in a Russian-Kazakh school in the Kustanai region, Baitursynov lived in a house near a Russian forester, whose daughter, Alexandra Ivanovna, fell in love and married him.