Kazakh Scientists Study Unique Historical Materials of the Vatican Archive

Vatican, November 25, 2024 – A delegation of Kazakh scientists, led by the Vice Minister of Science and Higher Education of the Republic of Kazakhstan, Dauren Akhmed-Zaki, has arrived in the Vatican to study the history and culture of the Turkic world, including the era of the Golden Horde, based on unique historical materials stored in the Vatican archives. The Kazakh delegation includes leading experts in history, archaeology, and source studies.

The scientific mission has been organized as part of the agreements reached during the first official visit of the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan, Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, to the Vatican in January of this year. It is being carried out under the Memorandum of Understanding signed in 2022 between the R.B.Suleimenov Institute of Oriental Studies and the Apostolic Library and Archive of the Vatican, aimed at fostering scientific cooperation and knowledge exchange.