Sacred Places of the Kazakhs in the Turkestan Region in the Works of Russian Researchers and Travelers (second half of the 19th – early 20th centuries)
Святые места казахов в Туркестанском крае в трудах русских ученых и путешественников (вторая половина ХІХ – начало ХХ вв.)
Toktabay A.U. Dossymbetov N.A.
1 September 2022Cherkas Global University Press
Bylye Gody
2022#17Issue 31214 - 1226 pp.
The article discusses the history of the study of sacred places in relation to Kazakhs of the Turkestan region in the works of Russian researchers in the second half of the XIX – early XX centuries. The Turkestan region under the government of Tsarist Russia includes the southern regions of Kazakhstan, the territories of Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, and Tajikistan. The contribution of the Turkestan circle of archaeology amateurs to the study of the history, culture, archaeological and architectural monuments of the Turkestan region was great. Members of the circle were I.V. Anichkov, E.T. Smirnov, A. Divaev, V.A. Kallaur, V.V. Barthold and others. Architectural features, history and legends of the sacred places of the Turkestan region were considered in their works. Moreover, from special research and daily reports of this period, it is possible to determine the role of sacred places in the region among the population, the cultural image of Kazakhs in the consciousness of Kazakhs. Russia took over the management of the Turkestan region, special research activities increased since the second half of the XIX century. Another reason for this is the policy of special resettlement from the inner regions of Russia to the lands of Central Asia and Kazakhstan. Such studies do not leave unnoticed, from the history of the region to the everyday life of local peoples. Of course, scientists and travelers, in turn, also considered sacred places as objects of study. Memoirs, articles, reports of these researchers were published in newspapers and magazines and special collections “Turkestan Vedomosti”. In the works of Russian scientists and travelers in the half of the XIX – early XX centuries, the irrigation systems of the Turkestan region were described and specially studied. After all, the Tsarist government had the task of providing special settlers with irrigated land for sowing. This article uses articles from newspapers and journals and individual works of Russian researchers, travelers and officials before the October Revolution.
ditches , irrigation system , Khoja Ahmed Yasawi , Kokkesene , madrasah , mausoleum , mosques , mound , sacred places , Turkestan region
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