ON SOME TRADITIONALIST ASPECTS AND HISTORICAL PARALLELS OF MODERN KAZAKHSTANI NATION-BUILDING (HISTORIOGRAPHICREVIEW)

Abstract

The paper reflects some of the main trends in the Kazakh nation-building project, noted in the works of Kazakhstani and foreign researchers. Certain correspondences between the "Kazakhstan case" and the general developments of scholars were traced in the article. Particular attention is paid to the Kazakhstani specifics, due to the legacy of the Soviet period and the complex, largely unprecedented political, socio-cultural anddemographic processes that took place on the territory of the republic in previous decades, which have a direct impact on the current state of Kazakhstani society. In the context of the research topic, some parallels were also drawn with the historical past of Kazakhstan, in particular, the use of traditional, traditionalist elements by representatives of Alash-Orda in order to reform and modernize traditional society was traced. Attention is also paid to the attitude of the representatives of the movementto the ideology of Muslim reformism of the early 20th century noted in the works of the authors –Jadidism.