Alikhan Bukeikhan’s philosophy of independence (cultural and philosophical analysis)

Abstract

The beginning of the XX century was a time of aggravation of the land problem for the Kazakh people. Atthis time, the Kazakh intelligentsia, who were engaged in Enlightenment, began to actively act. AlikhanBukeikhan was the head of the government of Alashorda, who managed to mobilize Kazakh students not onlyin the educational, but also in the political struggle to work in the interests of the nation. The article discussesthe philosophy of independence of Alikhan Bokeikhan in a historical and cultural context. The authors of thearticle take into account topical issues of political, economic, educational, organizational, cultural activities ofA. Bokeikhan using the example of historical data and memorable notes. Thanks to his political insight, hemanaged to preserve our land by uniting Kazakh intellectuals, so that it would not be swallowed up or de-stroyed by the policy of the Empire. Archival data show that Alikhan’s political influence was strong evenduring his imprisonment. Intellectuals of such Turkic countries as fraternal Turkish, Tatar, Bashkir, Uzbek,Kyrgyz took Alikhan’s philosophy of independence as an example. In the article, an attempt is made to un-derstand the high level of political philosophy of A. Bukeikhan and his relationship with external forces isconsidered. Among the intellectuals of Russia, historical figures who have established close relations are in-dicated by the reference table. The article systematically defines a holistic picture of the political philosophyof the head of Alashorda, regardless of the period of his life, such as participation in regional expeditions,membership in the cadet party, joining the organization of Freemasons, becoming a Duma deputy, imprison-ment, persecution in historical context. The content of the article deals with the stages of development of po-litical philosophy of Alikhan Bukeikhan, his contribution to independence, his activity towards the unificationof the Kazakh people in a cultural and philosophical context.