Institute of History and Ethnology named after Sh. Sh. Ualikhanov

Full name: ALIMBAY NURSAN ALIMBAYULY

Position: Principal researcher of the Ch.Ch. Valikhanov Institute of History and Ethnology, CS MES RK.

Academic degree, title: Candidate of Historical Sciences, Professor.

Contact details: e-mail: Burgan555@gmail.ru

Biography: born on September 5, 1954 in the city of Taldykorgan.

Education: higher education, Kazakh State University named after S.M. Kirov (1976).

Work experience:

1976-1979 Teacher of Taldy-Kurgan Pedagogical Institute;

since 1979, postgraduate, senior laboratory assistant, junior, senior, leading researcher at the Institute of History and Ethnology of the Academy of Sciences of Kazakhstan;

1990-1991 Advisor to the Secretariat of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Kazakhstan;

1999-2022 RSE “Central State Museum of the Republic of Kazakhstan” (CSM RK);

2022 Chief Researcher of the Institute of History and Ethnology named after Ch.Ch.Valikhanov CS MES RK.

Alimbay N.A. is the winner of the following awards:

2002 – honorary name “Honored Worker of Kazakhstan”;

2002 – Jubilee Medal “10 years of independence of the Republic of Kazakhstan”;

2010 – order “Kurmet”;

2011 – Jubilee Medal 20 years of independence of the Republic of Kazakhstan”;

2013 – European gold medal of the European Scientific and industrial chamber;

2013 – Golden Medal of the International Organization of Turkish culture (TURKSOY);

2018 – Jubilee Medal”20 years of Astana”;

2021 – Jubilee Medal “30 years of independence of Kazakhstan”.

Scientific interests: Specialist in historical ethnography and oral history of Kazakhs, theoretical and methodological problems of nomadism, folklore studies.

Scientific achievements:

Since 2005, on the personal initiative and direct guidance of Professor N.A. Alimbay, the following innovations have been introduced:

– in the history of national museums, the Central State Museum of the Republic of Kazakhstan officially received the status of a scientific organization, started implementing major research projects;

– in the history of Russian museums, an international action “Night at the Museum” was organized, which has traditionally been held every year since then;

– over 10 scientific catalogues have been created, which represent a special genre of scientific research, but also act as a kind of effective form of museum resource management;

– lectures are held for students, undergraduates, doctoral students in the field of anthropology and ethnology;

– as part of the development of international cooperation, conferences, museum exhibitions are held together with foreign museums, research, educational and cultural institutions (France, Czech Republic, Hungary, Turkey, etc.), with further publication of collections of materials.

Since 2008, on the initiative and with the direct participation of Nursan Alimbay, the Scientific Library of the Central State Museum of the Republic of Kazakhstan has been functioning, where special scientific and educational literature is concentrated, there is a basic and rare fund, archival materials and periodicals. Under the leadership of Nursan Alimbay, the Presidential Culture Center was created, which became the basis for the creation of the National Museum of the Republic of Kazakhstan. He also developed the concept of the National Museum of the Republic of Kazakhstan.

To date, 17 candidates of sciences have defended themselves under his leadership. He is the head of 2 doctoral students (according to the joint educational integration program between Al-Farabi Kazakh National University and the Research Institute, CSM RK).

Expert or project activity (participation in international commissions):

Member of the permanent expert commission under the Committee of Culture of the Ministry of Culture and Sports of the Republic of Kazakhstan; member of the UNESCO Commission.

Foreign member of the Editorial Board of the scientific journal «Journal of Eurasian Studies. Journal of the Gabor Balint de Szentkatolna Society. Founded: 2009».

Member of the editorial board of domestic scientific journals: “Otan Tarikhy”, “Kazakh Tarikhy”, “Electronic scientific journal “Edu.e-history.kz “.

Project Manager:

1. “Nomadic community of Kazakhs: context, structure, functions (XVIII – early XX century)” (2018-2020).

2. “Photo–documentary sources on the history and culture of Kazakhstan of the second half of the XIX – first quarter of the XX centuries. (according to the collections of domestic museums)” (2020-2022).

Executor in projects:

1. “Historical Encyclopedia of Kazakhstan” (2018-2020);

2. “Traditional economy and culture of Kazakhs in the first decades of Soviet power: inertial development, destruction and consequences (historical and ethnological research)” (2020-2022);

3. “Development of the academic publication “History of Kazakhstan from ancient times to the present day” in seven volumes” (2021-2023) (main performer).

Publications: Alimbai N.A. owns over 300 publications (scientific articles, monographs, textbooks, encyclopedias, etc.) in domestic and foreign publications.

Publications in publications recommended by CCSES:

1. Community as a way of life of nomads: on the mechanism of realization of social relations in a nomadic environment // Otan tarikhy. – 1998. – No. 3. – p. 42-54.

2. Community as the main organizational form of social relations among nomads: preliminary notes // Bulletin of the Eurasian Humanitarian Institute. – Astana. – 2006. – No. 2. – p. 17-24.

3. The process of power (dance power) in nomadic Kazakh society: the main organizational forms (institutions), organization and implementation. – 2018. – № 10 (October). – p. 3-17.

4. Kazakh eltiri: conceptual meaning in the nomadic environment, technology of preparation, utilization / / Kazakh tarikhy.– 2019. – № 2 (169). – p. 31-34.

5. Socio-anthropological cognitive character of the four main principles of the Kazakh traditional concept of personality / / Kazakh tarikhy. – 2020. – № 9 (186). – p. 6-9.

6. The traditional procedure for choosing a person for the Khan’s power in nomadic Kazakh society // Kazakh tarikhy.– 2020. – № 10 (187). – p. 5-8.

Publications in international conferences:

1. Theoretical assessment of the work of Chokan Valikhanov on ethnic culture of Kazakhs // Chokan Valikhanov and modernity. Collection of materials of the All-Russian scientific conference dedicated to the 150th anniversary of the birth of Ch.Ch. Valikhanov. Almaty: Nauka Publ., 1988, p. 199-203.

2. To the structural characteristics of the property of sheep in Eurasia epochs of the Middle Ages: issues of historiography and methodology // Turkology-88.material of the V all-round turkological conference. Frunze: Ilim, 1988. – p. 500-503.

3. Eurasian housing as a common type of social // material of the international scientific and practical conference on urbanization and nomadism under the aegis of UNESCO. May 17-19, 2003-Almaty: Dyk-Press. – 2004. – p. 78-86.

4. Society as a society (or about the main criterion of identification of the nomadic Society of Kazakhstan) // peoples of Eurasia: culture and society. The third international Eurasian Scientific Forum. – Astana. – 2004. – p. 159-160.

5. Two principles of identification of Kazakh nomadic community // Proceelings of International scientific conference “Hungarians and Eastern” (Materials of the International Conference of Hungary and the East. History). 1-4 June 2004-Budapest, 2004.

6. On the historiography of pedagogy in post-Soviet Kazakhstan: experience and problems // VII Congress of ethnographers and anthropologists of Russia. Section “historiography of domestic ethnographic studies”. – Saransk, 9-14 July 2007-Moscow-Saransk, 2007.

7. “L’ethnie et la tradition culturelle: les problemes de correlation”// Festival surla diversite culturell et le dialogue en Asie centrale. Paris, 2006 p. 126-127. (French lang.).

8. “Ethnic Group and cultural tradition: problems of interaction”// The Festival on Cultural Diversity and Dialogue in Central Asia. Paris, 2007 p. 148-151. (Eng. lang.).

9. The world of nomadic culture of Kazakhstan // Kazakhstan: people, animals and gods stepei. Materials of the international Kazakh-French scientific conference. – Paris, Gimet, 2010. – p. 17-24.

10. Nomadic society of Kazakhstan: meaning, structure, functions // Kazakhstan: people, animals and gods of the steppe. Materials of the international Kazakh-French scientific conference. – Paris, Gimet, 2010. – p. 43-50.

11. The principle of an organizational equilateral triangle of public relations in a nomadic environment // Aral-Caspian region in the context of the history and culture of Eurasia. Materials of the 2nd International Scientific Conference. Almaty-Aktobe: Arys, 2011. – p. 164-169.

12. Social structure of the nomadic Society of Kazakhstan: problem and method // actual problems and prospects for the development of Kazakhstan’s historical science. Materials of the International Scientific and practical conference dedicated to the 85th anniversary of the Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Kazakhstan, doctor of historical sciences, professor acting-A.H. Asylbek. June 6, 2014 scientific Ed. B.A. Baitanayev Almaty, 2014. – p. 391–394.

13. Nomadic society as the main organizational form of traditional social relations in Kazakhs: problems of ethnosociological reconstruction // Centuries of Kazakh formation (dedicated to the 550th anniversary of the Kazakh Khanate) – Taraz: DanAi, 2015, p. 231-244.

14. The process of power (dance power) in nomadic Kazakh society: the main organizational forms (institutions), organization and implementation / / materials of the international scientific and methodological conference “X Orazbaev readings” “historical and cultural heritage of Kazakhstan: problems of research, explanation and preservation” (Almaty, May 11-12, 2018). – Almaty: Kazakh University, 2018. – p 14-33.

15. Semipalatinsk exogamous structure “zhetiata” as society-Society (on the issue of Association of society and family of Kazakh-cochevnikov) // actual issues of studying the historical and cultural heritage of the people of Eurasia: materials of the XV Eurasian Scientific Forum. – Astana: IM penetration. L. N. Gumileva, 2018. – p. 46-53.

16. Semipalatinsk exogamous structure “zhetiata” as a society (on the problem of Association of society and family of Kazakh-nomads) // historical yegodnik (labor of learned III). – Almaty. – 2019. – pp. 99-117.

17. Kazakh Chronicle as a folk genre (issues of studying the Chronicle as a historical history) // historical chronicle (works of learned III). – Almaty. – 2019. – p. 117-132.

18. To the problem of the Association of families and societies of Kazakhs-nomads (Semipalatinsk exogamous structure “zhetiata” as society) // materials of the international scientific and methodological conference “XII Orazbaev readings” “historical and cultural heritage of ancient and traditional societies of Central Asia: problems of Research, Interpretation and preservation” / responsible Ed. R.S. Jumatayev – Almaty: Kazakh University, 2020. – p. 3-19.

19. 190 years of the State Central Museum of the Republic of Kazakhstan / / materials of the international scientific and methodological conference “XIII Orazbaev readings” “historical and cultural heritage of ancient and traditional societies of Central Asia: new discoveries and interdisciplinary research” / responsible Ed. R.S. Jumatayev – Almaty: Kazakh University, 2021. – p. 468 – p. 4-5.

20. on five original manuscripts related to the biography and work of Abai in the funds of the State Central Museum of the Republic of Kazakhstan / / materials of the international scientific and methodological conference “XIII Orazbaev readings” “historical and cultural heritage of ancient and traditional societies of Central Asia: new discoveries and interdisciplinary research” / responsible Ed. R.S. Jumatayev – Almaty: Kazakh University, 2021. – p. 468 – p. 206-215.

Publications in scientific achievements included in the database of Scopus / TR

1. Alymbay Nursan, Kartaeva Tattigul, Meirmanova Guljan. Features of national craftsmanship in the construction of winter housing of the Kazakh people // International Multidisciplinary Scientific Conference on Social Sciences and Arts SGEM. – 2018. // https://sgemworld.at/ssgemlib /spip.php?article6821 (Bulgaria).

2. Alimbay N., Orynbayeva G. Kazakh Traditional Village in the Works of Russian Scientists (late XIX–early XX century) // Bylye Gody. – 2019. – Vol. 51. Is. 1. P. 337–347. (SJR 0.3; it is indexed in: Web of Science (USA), Scopus (Netherlands), scientific Electronic Library (Russian Federation) and others.).

3. Alimbai N.A., Smagulov B.K. Radical changes in the traditional system of land use among Kazakh nomads in the context of the colonial policy of the Russian Empire (late XIX – early XX centuries): factors and consequences // Bylye Gody. 2020. Vol. 58. Is. 4. p. 2765-2776.

4. Alimbai N.A., Smagulov B.K. Contribution of Russian researchers to the collection and study of materials on the customary law of the Kazakhs (late XVIII – early XX centuries) // Bygone Years. 2021. 16 (1). p. 85-96.

Monographs (textbooks, encyclopedias, etc.):

1. Alimbay N., Mukanov M.S., Argynbayev X. Traditional culture of life support of Kazakhs. Essays on theory and history. – Almaty: Nauka, 1998. – 234 p.

2.traditional system of ethnographic categories, concepts and names of Kazakhs.The Encyclopedia. In 5 volumes.Scientific editor and project manager Nursan Alimbay.- Almaty: “Alem Damu integration”, 2017. – 4208 p., ill. (Central State Museum of the Republic of Kazakhstan).

Publication in foreign magazines:

1.problems of ethnosociological reconstruction of the koshevoi society as an organizational form of traditional public relations in Kazakhs // Kazakhs of Russia: history and modernity. Material of the international scientific and practical conference (Rint). Omsk: Omgu, 2010. – p. 20-30.

2. Le monde de la culture nomade des kazakhs // Kazakhstan: hommes, betes et dieux de la steppe. – Paris: Guimet, 2010. – p.18-22.

3. Society and Culture of the nomads of Central Asia through time // Nomads and Networks: The Ancient Art and Culture of Kazakhstan / Edited by Soren Stark and Karen S.Rubinson with Zainolla S.Samashev and Jennifer V.Chi. ISAW New York University. – New York: Princeton University Press, 2012. – p. 152–163.

4. Early nomads and ancient turks society and its later historical parallels (in connection with the need to study their actual role on the silk road) // 1st International Silk-road Conference by the International Association for the Silk-road Studies. The Silk-road Research Center of Hankuk University of Foreign Studies (HUFS). Gyeongju, Korea, from August 21 to 24, 2015.