Military affairs of Kazakhstan nomads in the literature of 1920s–1960s

Abstract

The paper considers the publications and reference sources of the 1920s-1960s dedicated to the history of the military affairs of the nomads of Kazakhstan. Researches and publications on the topic have been analyzed by characterizing their sources, structure and problems, describing the content of chapters and sections, determining their scientific novelty and contribution to the historiography of the problem. The significance of the works under consideration for the progressive development of the research problem historiography, the enrichment of scientific ideas about the nature and content of the history of military affairs of Kazakhstani nomads is formulated. The content of the works shows the trends of research interests, the vectors of which are characterized with values diversity. The research findings are that the analysis of the works prompts us to present the qualitative characteristics of the publications of the 1920s-1960s on the history of military affairs of the nomads of Kazakhstan. The author comes to the conclusion that: a) research and publications demonstrate the presence of transitions in the considered chronological period from a narrow range of works with limited topics towards expanding the scope of scientific research, through the study of the military organization and the basic foundations of the genesis of nomadic military affairs, and subsequently the development of key components of the problem: the main types of weapons, forms of military organization, the composition of the troops, the nature of the use of weapons; b) as a whole, the studies and publications of the 1920s-1960s laid the conceptual foundations for the historiography of the military affairs of the nomads of Kazakhstan.