@article{Khabdulina_2022, title={The history of the creation of the museum-reserve «Bozok»}, volume={4}, url={https://tsj.enu.kz/index.php/new/article/view/155}, DOI={10.32523/2664-5157-2022-2-116-129}, abstractNote={<p>In 2018, a decree of the Government of the Republic of Kazakhstan on the establishment<br />of the State Historical and Cultural Museum-Reserve «Bozok» in the structure of the Ministry of Culture<br />and Sports was issued. The road to this event took 20 years. The idea of preserving the archaeological<br />site and creating a Museum-Reserve on its basis came from its first researcher K.A. Akishev.<br />Bozok is a unique monument of historical and cultural heritage on the territory of Central Kazakhstan.<br />The history of its discovery and exploration involved a chain of significant circumstances. It could not<br />have been opened earlier, although it has existed for more than a thousand years. Bozok is a kind of<br />message received at a special symbolic moment of the turn of the millennium, which coincided with<br />remarkable events: independence, the transition to a new phase of state building, the establishment<br />of the capital in a new place. All these significant circumstances were confirmed by the discovery of<br />the deep historicity and significance of the Kazakh steppe as the center of the Eurasian continent. It<br />turns out that historical events of a political and creative nature took place here, that there was an<br />accumulation and development of new cultural and technological achievements that influenced the<br />ethno-genesis of the Kazakhs, which formed the genetic code and mentality of the Kazakh ethnos. In<br />ancient times, in the history of the steppe space, there were significant periods of awakening, invention<br />and spread of innovations in the vast areas of the ecosystem of the Ancient East, Central Asia. The<br />article deals with a brief history of the discovery and exploration of the mediaeval settlement of Bozok.<br />The first results of archaeological research have shown the importance of this historical monument. Its<br />origin dates back to the ancient Turkic era of the 7th – 8th century. The archaeological site of Bozok serves as a confirmation of the ethno-genetic memory of the ancient Turkic-speaking population in<br />choosing a site for urban space and shaping it in the tradition of the steppe mentality.</p>}, number={2}, journal={Turkic Studies Journal}, author={Khabdulina Марал}, year={2022}, month={Jun.}, pages={116–129} }