CONTRIBUTION OF ACADEMICIAN M-A.H. ASYLBEKOV TO THE STUDY OF KAZAKH HISTORY

Abstract

Malik-Aidar Khantemirovich is an outstanding scientist who has made a worthy scientific contribution to the study of the history of Kazakhstan.  The scale of academic Malik Khantemirovich's scientific research was exhaustive. He was interested in the formation of national specialists, the production process, the development of railways and the formation of workers in Kazakhstan, historical demography, insufficiently studied aspects of the national 
liberation movement of the Kazakh people, the fate of the national intelligentsia. Academician M. Asylbekov laid the foundations for new areas of scientific research in Kazakh historical science, such as the history of the formation of the working class, problems of personal development and historical demography. The fundamental changes that took place in the socio-economic and political life of Kazakhstan after the declaration of independence did not affect the demographic situation of the republic. In most cases, these processes were a manifestation of the negative and positive effects of the transition period. As a result, they are reflected in the quantitative and 
qualitative indicators of the population, their territorial location and the processes of internal and external migration. M.Asylbekov is a leading expert of the republic on the socio-economic and demographic development of Kazakhstan in the XIX-XX centuries. The deep knowledge and broad outlook of the scientist-historian allowed him to write valuable works on the problems of national history. As a result of a thorough study of the socio-demographic problems of Kazakhstan, many monographs and books have been published. Accelerated industrialization, the formation and development of the working class, which turned Kazakhstan into a source of raw materials, 
including the specifics and specifics of training national specialists in industry and transport, were comprehensively studied on the basis of a new approach that convincingly proved the impact of industrial development on the deterioration of the environmental situation in many regions. His works analyze the state of the republic's industry today, the causes and consequences of unemployment during the transition period, and make recommendations on ways out of the protracted social crisis. This article about academician M.H.Asylbekov examines the main aspects of his contribution to Russian historical science and social activities. At the same time, based on the memoirs, works of the academician and other data, the main directions of scientific and social activities of the scientist are considered.