Republican scientific and practical conference on the topic «History and culture of Atyrau in the XIX-XX centuries» dedicated to Kurmangazy Sagyrbayuly

After the plenary session, the conference participants made presentations at Abay Centre in the sections as “Kurmangazy Sagyrbayuly is a great composer and figure”, “Caspian region in the XIX-XX centuries: historical, ethnographic and archaeological research, culture of the Kazakhs of the Western region in folklore sources".

At the conference following participants presented their articles: the Honored worker of Kazakhstan, professor K. Sakharbayeva presented with the article “Heritage of kuy composition of Atyrau region”, professor of the department of archeology, ethnology and museum studies of Kazakh national university  named after Al-Farabi, candidate of historical sciences Kartayeva Tattigul presented with a report “Some regional features of the Atyrau region”, professor of the Kazakh national university of arts, candidate of art history P. Shegebayev presented with a report “On the program content and musical structure of ancient kuy-legends” (facts, ideas, hypotheses). The honored worker of Kazakhstan, associate professor of the department of folk singing of the Kazakh national conservatory named afterKurmangazy, candidate of philological sciences S. Zhanpeissova presented with a report “History of the singing tradition of Atyrau region”. Head of the department of the North Kazakhstan regional local museum Galiya Berdagulova presented with a report “Caspian region in the XIX-XXcenturies: in historical, ethnographic and archaeological research”, associate professor of Western Kazakhstan state university named after Makhambet Otemisuly, candidate of art historyA. Yergalieva presented with a report “Manifestations of the process of cultural exchange between border peoples in the works of Kurmangazy”. Chairman of the organizations of veterans of Kurmangazy rural district K. Zharmukhambetov presented with a report “Kurmangazy Sagyrbayuly - a famous composer, musician, dombra player”. Director of the Atyrau regional local history museum M. Kipiyev presented with a report “Bokey Khan about migration processes in Atyrau region”. Deputy for scientific work of secondary school No.12 named after F. Dosymov Seytaliev A. and descendant of Kurmangazy Saigyrbayuly Kayyrgalieva A. presented with the report “Grandchildren of Kurmangazy”.

All participants of republican scientific and practical conference “History and culture of Atyrau in the XIX-XX centuries” were awarded with certificates.

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