XIX Ғ. АЯҒЫ – XX Ғ. БАСЫНДАҒЫ ҚАЗАҚСТАНДАҒЫ ТАРИХИ-ӨЛКЕТАНУ ЗЕРТТЕУЛЕРІНІҢ ДАМУЫ

Abstract

A special place in popularization matter of various territories of the Russian Empire, including pre-revolutionary Kazakhstan, belongs to the 19th volume edition of “Russia. A complete geographical description of our fatherland”, published in 1898-1914. edited by V.P. Semenov and under the general supervision of P.P. Semenov-Tyan-Shansky, the vice-chairman of IRGS and V.I. Lamansky, Professor, the chairman of IRGS Ethnography Department. The 18th volume of this publication is dedicated to “Kyrgyz Krai” (1903), including Ural, Turgai, Akmola, Semipalatinsk and Semirechye oblasts of Stepnoy General Governorship; the 19th volume – “Turkestan Territory” (1913) in Syrdarya oblast with Amu Darya department, Zerafshan and Ferghana oblasts with the Pamirs of Turkestan governor general, V.I. Masalsky wasresponsible for the publication. The same importance in the study of historical local lore of Kazakhstanis the publication of a multi-volume “Materials on the Kyrgyz (Kazakh) land use”. Well-known scientistsof Russia from the second half of the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries took part in the preparationand publication of this multivolume editions. In these editions contained not only data on fauna andflora, but also significant geographic and historical local lore data on cities, fortresses, local sights andnatural wealth, as well as on railways, postal routes and stations on them, indicating the distances betweenthem. Ethnographic data show significant interest, which, first of all, concern the cattle-breeding,number of Kazakh ethnic and tribal composition, everyday life, spiritual and material culture, crafts andoccupation of the indigenous and alien Slavic and European populations. In these editions, as well asothers, were provided with a considerable number of professionally executed illustrations in the text andon separate sheets, at the end of each volume there was a folding map of the region described.