Participation of the Tatar Intelligentsia in Scientific, Cultural and Educational Work in Kazakhstan (19th – mid-20th centuries)

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https://doi.org/10.22378/2410-0765.2023-13-4.69-79

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Tatars, Kazakhstan, steppe zone, scientific and cultural-educational activities

Abstract

This article is devoted to the study of the results of participation of Tatar intellectuals in scientific, cultural and educational work in Kazakhstan. State officials, clerics, and jadidites has formed the basis of the Tatar intelligentsia in the steppe zone. Civil servants played an important role in the study of the history, language, family customs of the Kazakh people. Tatar mullahs practiced zoology, history, poetry and literature. Tatars in the steppe zone published newspapers, magazines, books not only in the national language, but also in Kazakh. The ideas of Jadidism and Pan-Islamism were actively disseminated in the region through printed media. The Jadits were ideological inspirers of the development in the steppe zone of theater arts, new-method schools and libraries. One of the most important results of the activity of the Tatar intelligentsia in pre-revolutionary time was the growth of political self-consciousness of Muslim peoples. During the revolution, Muslims attempted to form an autonomy based on religious, ethnic self-determination.

For citation: Makhmutov Z.A. Participation of the Tatar Intelligentsia in Scientific, Cultural and Educational Work in Kazakhstan (19th – mid-20th centuries). From History and Culture of Peoples of the Middle Volga Region. 2023, vol.13, no.4, pp.69–79. https://doi.org/10.22378/2410-0765.2023-13-4.69-79

Author Biography

Zufar Aleksandrovich Makhmutov, Federal Scientific Center for Psychological and Interdisciplinary Research

Dr. Sci. (history), Senior Researcher of the Federal Scientific Center for Psychological and Interdisciplinary Research (Kazan, Russian Federation); ORCID: 0000-0002-1063-4061; e-mail: zufar@inbox.ru

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Published

2023-12-01

How to Cite

Makhmutov, Z. A. (2023). Participation of the Tatar Intelligentsia in Scientific, Cultural and Educational Work in Kazakhstan (19th – mid-20th centuries). From History and Culture of Peoples of the Middle Volga Region, 13(4), 69–79. https://doi.org/10.22378/2410-0765.2023-13-4.69-79

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