THE PROPAGANDA OF ABAI BEGAN IN TURGAI FROM AKHMET BAITURSYNOV (devoted to Akhmet Baitursynov)

Abstract

The article presents an analytical work on familiarization with the poet Abai, carried out by the representatives of the Turgai poetic school. During the propaganda of Abay Kunanbaiuly, the works of Akhmet Baitursynov were studied. Moreover, the poet's poems are analyzed and included in the "Kazakh chrestomathy" of the enlightener and writer Ybyray Altynsarin, who became not only a figure of the Kazakh people, but also of humanity. The first article, where thoughts about the art of poetic lines are touched upon was written by A. Baitursynuly. An artistic and aesthetic assessment of Abai's work is given in the article and it says that the way was opened to future Abai scholars in the Kazakh literature. The works of representatives of Turgai poetic school, writers and journalists connected with the promotion of the work of the great poet Abai are considered. New facts and literary arguments of such creative personalities of the Turgai region as: Mirzhakyp Dulatov, Abikai Nurtazauly, Syrbai Maulenov, Gafu Kairbekov were presented.