International meeting of the history experts
On the eve of the Independence Day of the Republic of Kazakhstan, the National Museum of Kazakhstan and the Kazakh Embassy in Sweden organized a videoconference «Paleolithic complexes of Kazakhstan» with the participation of experts and scientists from Sweden, Kazakhstan, Russia, Germany and Japan. Academician of the National Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Kazakhstan, Doctor of Historical Sciences, Professor, Senior Researcher of the National Museum of Kazakhstan Zhaken Taimagambetov presented a report.
Director of the National Museum of the Republic of Kazakhstan Doctor Arystanbek Mukhamediuly, Ex-Ambassador of Kazakhstan to Norway Askar Tazhiyev, Ex-Ambassador of Japan to Kazakhstan Ichiro Kawabata, a scientist from Japan, Senior Researcher of the Nara National Research Institute for Cultural Properties, Ph.D., Professor Sadakatsu Kunitake, Director of the Branch of the Institute of Archaeology named after A.Kh. Margulan of the Ministry of Education and Science of Kazakhstan, Candidate of Historical Sciences Talgat Mamirov, Professor of the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU) Gulaim Seisenbaeva, representatives of the National Museum, the Embassy of Kazakhstan, the Youth of Kazakhstan Association in Sweden, Honorary Consul of Kazakhstan, Director of the Department of Molecular Sciences of the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU) Professor Vadim Kessler, as well as archaeologists, professors, students of universities and history-interested citizens of Sweden, Kazakhstan, Russia, Germany and Japan took part in the event.
In the first part of the report, Professor Zhaken Taimagambetov touched upon some issues of anthropogenesis and the most ancient monuments on the territory of Kazakhstan, in the second part he presented information about the joint work with archaeologists from Russia, Germany and Japan.
The Professor mentioned that the territory of Kazakhstan is located between large geographical divisions of the Eurasian continent, coinciding to a certain extent with the historical and cultural regions of Eastern Europe and Central Asia. Proceeding from this, and the noted achievements of scientists, the problems of the Paleolithic of Kazakhstan are of global importance and go far beyond the region.
During the discussion of the report, the participants also expressed the opinion that the information presented would arouse even greater interest and appropriate activity from the scientific community.