The archaeological excavations carried out in the city of Turkestan in the 1970s did not aim to determine the «age» of the medieval city. The first archaeological research on the territory of the medieval city…
Sandalwood hearths were first discovered in the Turkestan region, in houses dating back to the 12th century in Kuyruktobe, located 5 km southeast of the medieval settlement of Otrar. Although they were found in houses…
In 1227, when Genghis Khan divided his vast empire, which was under Mongol rule, between his four sons, the city of Yasi passed into the possession of his second son, Chagatai. The lands that went…
Archaeologist Taisiya Nikolaevna Senigova in her work «Cultural structures near the mausoleum of Khoja Ahmed Yasawi» notes the existence of a second previously unknown khalvat (Kyluet) near the Yasawi mausoleum in Turkestan. T.N.Senigova learned about…
«Kyluet Underground Mosque» is one of the priceless historical monuments in the National Historical and Cultural Museum-Reserve «Aziret Sultan», created around the mausoleum of the great ancestor of our people, a precious source of inexhaustible…
Images and traditional patterns on wooden elements are an integral part of decorative and applied art. Their preservation and restoration is not only a technical process, traditional patterns of wooden elements are an important part…
The famous scientist and architect G.A. Pugachenkova writes that there were five types of markets in Central Asia: the first was a market in the form of a row of shops along the main street,…
When the fate of our people was in danger and war was approaching, the leaders of the country, biys, sages of that time directly contributed to the adoption of the main state law «Zhety Zhargy».…
The burial place of the Kazakh Khan Yesim is located in the city of Turkestan. It is historically reliable that during his reign the city of Yasy was renamed Turkestan — «the land of the…
The historical and cultural heritage of each nation is its valuable treasure, reflecting its past. This heritage plays an important role as the spiritual wealth of the people, the basis of their national identity and…
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