Kazakh Steppe in the Eyes of Russian Scientists
Казахская степь глазами российских ученых
Kashkimbayev A.N.
1 September 2022Cherkas Global University Press
Bylye Gody
2022#17Issue 31335 - 1347 pp.
The formation of Kazakh-Russian contacts in the 19th – early 20th centuries is one of the most important issues in the history of international relations as part of the geopolitical system of interests of Russia in Central Asia and the territories adjacent to this region. The Soviet historical science often characterized this historical stage as “the time of Kazakhstans voluntary entry into Russia”, sometimes changing the focus to “Kazakhstan being part of the Russian Empire” (Suleimenov, Basin, 1981; Shoinbaev, 1982). In this article, the main focus is on the study of the works of the Orenburg Scientific Archival Commission (hereinafter referred to as OUAK) identified by the author in the Russian National Library of St. Petersburg. For the most part, the works of the commissions employees were compiled on the basis of reporting documents and diaries of the expedition members. They contained valuable information about the steppe regions of the Kazakh lands and local residents. At the same time, the main attention of the commission members was paid to the study of Kazakh history, elements of ethnography, economic structure, geography, trade and economic prospects, geopolitical situation, and the potential of available natural resources. The article attempts to examine in detail and study some aspects of the formation of Kazakh-Russian relations in the context of studying and analyzing the works of Russian scientists, military and officials of the 19th – early 20th centuries. Including for the analysis, the works of A. Anikhovsky, I. Anichkov, V. Vodopyanov, G. Volkonsky, Y. Gaverdovsky, G. Gens, V. Zotov, V. Illeretsky, I. Castagne, S. Sevastyanov, L. Slovokhotov, D. Sokolov, I. Shukshintsev. Copyright
Bukhara , Central Asia , expeditions , Kazakh-Russian relations , Khiva , Orenburg , Orenburg Scientific Archival Commission
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Institute of History, The State of the Science Committee, The Ministry of Education and Science of the Republic of Kazakhstan, Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan
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