The national teacher and educational system (based on the documents of the Archive of the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan)

Abstract

The article, based on the analysis of documents of the Archive of the President of Kazakhstan, reveals the contribution of Akhmet Baitursynov to the development of education. The author traces the evolution of his views on education and science on the basis of archival documents, and also shows the process of implementation of these ideas in practice in the Soviet era. The author proposes to classify archival documents into 3 groups. The documents of the first group related to the life and activities of Akhmet Baitursynov in 1917-1929. The second group includes documents related to political persecution covering the period from 1929 to 1938. It should be noted that among these documents there is an archive criminal case created within the NKVD, closed for researchers for many years and kept under the seal «secret». The third group includes documents on political rehabilitation of A.Baitursynov in 1960-2020. The article, based on the analysis of documents of the Archive of the President of Kazakhstan, reveals the contribution of Akhmet Baitursynov to the development of education. The author traces the evolution of his views on education and science on the basis of archival documents, and also shows the process of implementation of these ideas in practice in the Soviet era. The author proposes to classify archival documents into 3 groups. The documents of the first group related to the life and activities of Akhmet Baitursynov in 1917-1929. The second group includes documents related to political persecution covering the period from 1929 to 1938. It should be noted that among these documents there is an archive criminal case created within the NKVD, closed for researchers for many years and kept under the seal «secret». The third group includes documents on political rehabilitation of A.Baitursynov in 1960-2020.