NATIONAL SPIRIT IN THE WORKS OF THE KAZAKH INTELLECTUALS AT THE BEGINNING OF THE 20TH CENTURY

Abstract

The article discusses the political and social events in Kazakh land at the beginning of the 20th century, as well as intellectuals Magzhan Zhumabayev and Beymbet Maylin, who were at the center of these events. More precisely, in the works that wrote in the subject of protest against the colonialism of the Russian empire and the authors from different sides described the fate of the Kazakh people. The article says that in such difficult times they spread their work in newspapers and magazines knowing that their lives are in danger and they did this in order to awaken the consciousness of the people. The issues of national spirit and national consciousness in their poems and prose are discussed; it is described how they were able to raise these themes in due time. Analyzing each work individually, the focus is on what ideas are created and what events are associated with them.