The program “Madeni mura” (“Cultural Heritage”) in realizing the potential of Russian archives for studying National History (on the example of the Russian State Archive of Ancient Acts)

Abstract

The article analyzes one of the large-scale initiatives of the First President of the Republic of Kazakhstan N.A. Nazarbayev “Madeni mura”, which had a key influence on the development of historical science. The study examines the works of a prominent political figure, in which great attention is paid to the development of national history. To strengthen contacts, we consider the direction of analysis of common points of contact with Russia. Also, we provide an overview review of the President’s historical concepts and programmatic articles, which have become a kind of engine for the formation of projects to enhance the study of national history. The main focus is on studying the results of the “Madeni Mura” (“Cultural Heritage”) Program, which played an important role in the formation of scientific works and collections of documents, the release of which contributed to the identification of new materials on the history of Kazakhstan. The novelty of the work is the analysis of a number of volumes of the ten-volume “History of Kazakhstan in Russian Sources”, published within the framework of the Program, which used documents found in the Russian State Archive of Ancient Acts (RGADA). The basic issues of Kazakh-Russian relations and the history of Kazakhstan were considered, according to which the published documents were selected: Geographical and territorial aspects, socio-economic and military-political cooperation. The collections of documents were studied where some of the previously identified sources were also published. The main result of the work was the study of the littlestudied aspects of the Kazakh-Russian contacts and the degree of influence of the “Madeni mura” program on enhancing the research and identification of archival documents on the example of the Russian State Archive of Ancient Acts.