Social and political activities of Zhumabek Tashenev

Abstract

This article is devoted to the social and political personality of the famous statesman and public figure, one of the first leaders of the republic during the years of virgin lands development, Tashenev Zhumabek Akhmetovich. He served as chairman of the presidium of the Supreme Council of the Kazakh SSR, and then headed the government of the republic. In this regard, the authors of this article attempted a historical study of the personality of Zh. Tashenev as a socio-political figure, and gave an assessment of his life and work. The authors describe the role of Zh. Tashenov in the development of the economy and culture of Kazakhstan and substantiate the need to perpetuate the services of this outstanding statesman and party figure to the country.
The authors conclude that the main merit of Zh. Tashenev was his struggle to preserve the territorial integrity of Kazakhstan.