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BYLYE GODY, vol.17, no.4, pp.1585-1595, 2022 (ESCI)
The article deals with the problems of modern historiography on the topic of the history and evolution of the khan's power in the traditional Kazakh society of the modern period. Khan power of the Kazakhs has deep roots of its origin in the period of antiquity, but institutionally it takes shape in the era of the Middle Ages, the time of the Mongol conquests. In Russian pre-revolutionary historiography, the institution of khan power was not generally distinguished from the general context of Kazakh history into a separate subject of study. The situation began to change in the Soviet period, when special attention was paid to the state-legal aspects of the development of the Kazakh society of modern times. Modern Kazakh and Russian historiography of the problem is represented by works written using new scientific approaches and theoretical concepts. At the same time, in the study of the institute of khan power, there are still a number of unexplored aspects, as well as an assessment of the khan power of the Kazakhs, and its role in the weakening and decline of the Kazakh Khanate.