The Idea of National Independence in the Works of M. Chokay

Abstract

The name M. Chokai as a historical person is known not only in Kazakhstan, Central Asia and Russia, but also in the countries of the European Community. If his ashes rest in the center of Berlin, near Paris there is an alley with his bust. The difficult fate of the glorious son of his people, the new generation began to get acquainted only over the past thirty years. In recent years, a 12-volume collection of works by M. Chokai has been published, where there are a lot of socio-political problems and information that shed light on the past of our people. The article analyzes the fateful judgments of the author about the fate of nations. Readers are presented with political views and attitudes of public figures of the beginning of the twentieth century, as well as information about their future fate. The publication covers numerous information affecting the interests of not only the Kazakh people, but also the peoples of Central Asia and the Caucasus, as well as countries outside the world. Against this background, М.Шоқай is shown as a major public figure who carried through his life the idea of the unity of the Turkic peoples.