INTERACTIONS OF COLLECTORS AND MUSEUM WORKERS OF THE NORTH-EAST OF KAZAKHSTAN WITH RUSSIAN COLLEAGUES ON THE EXAMPLE OF CH. CH. VALIKHANOV, M. SHORMANOV AND D. P. BAGAEV

Abstract

Intercultural and inter-territorial interaction in the 1850–1920s had a significant impact on public collecting and the formation of the first museums in the territory of north-eastern Kazakhstan. The stimulating activity of specialists from the European part of Russia in the purposeful collection of local history materials had a positive effect on the preservation of the cultural and historical values of the region. At the same time, this resulted in significant losses for local museum collections due to the transfer of materials to more developed museum centers. In the 30–50s of the XX century, this practice has radically changed, turning into an advisory one. The collected collections of this period predominantly remained in local museum collections, while external specialists were involved in helping in their study, description and museification.