Encyclopedic knowledge in many fields of science, in Kazakh folklore, literature, history, culture amazed contemporaries the first president of the Academy of Sciences of Kazakhstan K.I. Satpayev. The first printed work of the future academician is connected with the artistic poetic world – with the Kazakh song and music culture. No less interesting are the letters, the addressees of which lived in Moscow and Leningrad, Almaty and Vinnytsia, Dushanbe and Zyryanovsk. The traditions of the epistolary genre have their origins in the cultural layers of previous eras and millennia. Realistic tendencies in the creation of a letter as a document of the era are based on the natural talent of the author, a high level of education and his refined culture. In terms of genre, letters are divided into political, journalistic, private. The creative manner of K.I. Satpayev, whose name relates to the history of the formation and development of industry in Kazakhstan, included scientific and precise thinking, logic and evidence, chronology. The letters of the academician and first President of the Academy of Sciences of Kazakhstan are unique in style, combining clarity and personal involvement in the events of his epoch. Self-knowledge and self-analysis are the dominant features of the epistolary texts of an outstanding personality of national significance. The scientific novelty and relevance of this article is determined by the fact that a rich epistolary heritage is introduced into scientific circulation, capturing important milestones in life, essential aspects of the biography and scientific fate of K.I. Satpayev. The wise mentor of youth treated the upbringing of the scientific generation in a fatherly manner. The famous scientist is modest and strict with himself, but caring towards the participants of the Great Patriotic War, cultural figures, teachers, young scientists, schoolchildren, and children of fellow scientists. Thanks to the letters, the portrait of the world-famous geologist, the organizer of science, who was extremely demanding of himself, becomes more understandable, sincere and heartfelt.
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