ORAL STORIES - THE SOURCE OF HISTORY OF PEOPLE

Abstract

At the beginning of the research, there is the discussion of the composition of the oral stories, the interaction between the folk prose and other genres, the area of spread, scientific characteristics, attitudes to real historical events, and their role in formulation of the source basis of vital activity of historical personalities.For the first time the little- known plots of the oral stories covering the historical events of the pre-Soviet and modern times have been introduced into scientific circulation, and since the format of research is limited, it was based on the tragic moments of the uprising in the Karaganda coal basin, the narrative about the fate of people who died during the uprising of 1916, some historical information from the biography of Abay, characterizing his humanistic essence.