The culture of Kazakhstan of the soviet period in the french historiography of the second half of the XX - early XXI centuries

The article analyzes the historiography of French scientists regarding Kazakhstan. We have studied the works of leading French researchers from the second half of the XX century to the present. Historiography is considered by us as a special historical discipline that studies the history of the accumulation of historical knowledge, the methodology of the development and study of historical thought, the history of the creation of historical works and biographies of scientists, the history of scientific institutions, the organization of historical education and the dissemination of historical knowledge. The main purpose of writing the article was to familiarize researchers with the scientific environment, the modern reading community. The article provides a scientific analysis of the works of French researchers who wrote about the culture, traditions and religious beliefs of the Kazakhs in the period from the twentieth to the beginning of the twenty-first century. According to the theory and methodology of scientific research, the methods of historicism, objectivity, historical comparative analysis and historical consistency were mainly used. In the post-war years, French Sovietology proved its right to occupy a worthy place in world historiography, was in demand not only in Western countries, but also in the countries of the former Soviet Union. The greatest accuracy and depth of analysis were distinguished by the works of Helene Carrer D'ancosse, Alexander Bennigsen, Vincent Monteith, Alain Blum, Isabelle Ohayon, Marlene Laruelle. At the beginning of writing the article, books and articles by Soviet researchers, including on the history of Kazakhstan, were taken as a basis