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Chokan Valikanov

Kazakh intellectual

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contribution to Kazakh culture

  • Altyn-Emel National Park
    In Kazakhstan: Russian and Soviet rule

    …Russian-formed intellectuals such as Chokan Valikanov and Abay Kūnanbay-ulï adapted them to specific Kazakh needs and created a secular culture unparalleled in other parts of Asian Russia.

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  • In Kazakh literature

    Chokan Valikanov, Ibray Altınsarın, and Abay Qunanbaev (Abay Ibrahim Kunanbay-ulï)—all of whom were writing during the mid- and late 19th century—mark the beginning of a new and essentially modern self-consciousness among the Kazakh intelligentsia. Valikanov was the first Kazakh to receive a full Russian education,…

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