Goal of the “Young Tour Guide” Club: To foster students’ interest to the history, culture, and spiritual heritage of their homeland, to teach them the skills of guiding excursions, to develop their speech culture, and…
Read MoreGoal of the “Young Restorer” Club: To foster love for the history, spirituality, culture, and traditions of the country, as well as to cultivate patriotism and civic responsibility. Objectives of the “Young Restorer” Club: The…
Read MoreThe settlement is located 7 km south of the city of Turkistan, 350 m east of the shahristan of the city of Shaugar-Shoitobe. Coordinates: 43˚14.477΄, 068˚18.511΄. Elevation above sea level — 219 m. The mound…
Read MoreThe settlement of Shoitobe-I is located about 7 kilometers south of the city of Turkistan, just 200 meters southeast of the ruins of the ancient town of Shaugar-Shoitobe. Coordinates: 43˚14.501΄, 068˚18.405΄. Elevation above sea level…
Read MoreThe name “Shoitobe” derives from the Oghuz tribe “Shoy.” Coordinates: 43˚14.451΄, 068˚17.622΄. Within the Turkistan oasis, several cities are known whose names are connected with Oghuz tribes: Qarnuq — Qarnaq; Qarajuk — Qarashyk; Baiyldur —…
Read MoreYasy-Kultobe is one of the most ancient archaeological sites in Kazakhstan. It is located just 350 meters south of the Mausoleum of Khoja Ahmed Yasawi. Coordinates: 43˚17.597΄, 068˚16.268΄. This site is of republican significance. Archaeologists…
Read MoreThe underground complex “Qiluet” of the National Historical and Cultural Reserve-Museum “Aziret Sultan” is an outstanding monument of medieval architecture (12th–19th centuries) that plays a significant role in the study of the history of Turkistan…
Read MoreThe Friday Mosque is an architectural monument of the 12th–19th centuries, located 120 meters southwest of the Khoja Ahmed Yasawi Mausoleum. According to local tradition, Yasawi himself lived here with his family. Later, a mosque…
Read MoreOne of the remarkable medieval architectural monuments located southwest of the Khoja Ahmed Yasawi Mausoleum is the Eastern Bathhouse. Built in the 16th century, it served the local population continuously until 1975. In 1979, at…
Read MoreSince 1978, the medieval historical and architectural monuments within the “Aziret Sultan” National Historical and Cultural Reserve-Museum have been gradually museified. Initially, six halls of the Khoja Ahmed Yasawi Mausoleum (Kazanlyk, Dining Hall, Library, Large…
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