The Steppe Elite of the Kazakhs of the Junior Horde in the Period of Vassalage: New Approaches and Problems of Rethinking
Степная элита казахов Младшего жуза в период вассалитета: новые подходы и проблемы переосмысления
Shotanova G.A. Uzhkenov E.M. Dzhumagaliyeva K.V.
1 June 2022International Network Center for Fundamental and Applied Research
Bylye Gody
2022#17Issue 2590 - 603 pp.
The article examines the role and significance of the steppe nobility of the Junior Horde, which played a significant role in the process of establishing Kazakh-Russian relations of the XVIII - early XIX centuries, since the role of the steppe elite was very relevant. In the context of the management of their possessions, representatives of the Steppe elite were guided by the norms of the customary law of the code of laws compiled by Tauke Khan, who was known as Zhety Jargy and had a certain influence on the decision of not only internal, but also involved in external processes of the Kazakh statehood. Their presence during important negotiations was explained by the fact that each steward was interested in the safety of those tribal groups that made up his entourage and represented his allotment. Therefore, the khan accepted the solution of issues on which the welfare of the Steppe depended in the presence of elders, influential sultans, biys and batyrs. The same case is recorded in written sources when the fate of the fatherland was decided after the death of Tauke Khan. Then Abulkhair Khan took a key position in the Kazakh steppe. This was a person who was appreciated by the external rulers by the elder khan. The role of the Khan of the Junior Horde Abulkhair in the life of both the Kazakhs themselves and his relationship with Bashkirs, Kalmyks, Russians, Khivins, etc., is described very meaningfully in the writings of representatives of these peoples. Here the authors tried to reconstruct the picture of the circumstances that radically changed the sociopolitical structure of the Steppe and intend to assess some historical figures that played an important role in solving the strategic tasks of the Kazakh steppe.
Abulkhair Khan , Junior Horde , Kirillov expedition , Orenburg , Russian Empire , steppe elite , strategic partner
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Ch. Valikhanov Institute of History and Ethnology, Almaty, Kazakhstan
Public Foundation “Institute of National History”, Almaty, Kazakhstan
Saken Seifullin Kazakh Agrotechnical University, Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan
Ch. Valikhanov Institute of History and Ethnology
Public Foundation “Institute of National History”
Saken Seifullin Kazakh Agrotechnical University
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