DECISION
On admitting participants to the competition for the vacant position of Director of the Republican State Treasury Enterprise “State Historical and Cultural Museum-Reserve ‘Botai’” of the Committee of Culture of the Ministry of Culture and Information of the Republic of Kazakhstan.
Dear friends!
As part of the national campaign “Eр Есімі – Ел есінде” (“The Name of the Hero Lives in the Memory of the People”), dedicated to the 80th anniversary of Victory in the Great Patriotic War, the State Historical and Cultural Museum-Reserve “Botai” presents an exhibition titled:
“No One Is Forgotten, Nothing Is Forgotten!”
“Botai Culture: Preservation, Museification, Popularization, Achievements and Discussions”
On April 17, 2025, a field seminar titled “Botai Culture: Preservation, Museification, Popularization, Achievements and Discussions” was organized at the Botai settlement near Nikolskoye village in Aiyrtau District. The event was dedicated to the International Day for Monuments and Sites (April 18).
The purpose of the seminar was to study and promote the Botai culture as a phenomenon of the early Eneolithic period of Eurasia, its role in domestication processes, social structure, and modern scientific discussions, as well as to address key issues arising in the field of cultural heritage protection.
“Botai – Culture of the Great Steppe”
On April 16, at the Aiyrtau District House of Culture, the regional review of amateur artistic creativity “Tugan Zher – the Cradle of Unity and Nationhood” was held.
The Republican State Enterprise “State Historical and Cultural Museum-Reserve ‘Botai’” actively participated in this event with a traveling exhibition titled “Botai – Culture of the Great Steppe.”
The exhibition featured unique artifacts discovered at the Botai and Krasny Yar settlements, clothing of a Botai woman reconstructed based on the model of American scantiest Sandra Olsen, as well as paintings by museum restorer Yuri Borisovich Tikhonov dedicated to the Botai culture.
Republican Competition
The State Historical and Cultural Museum-Reserve “Botai” announces the holding of a republican competition on the theme “The Steppe of Arka – the Homeland of Horses”, to be conducted from April 15 to April 30 among students of grades 5–8.
The purpose of the competition is to foster patriotism among the younger generation and to promote the Botai culture, encourage interest in the study of the history of Kazakhstan, its regions, and the Botai heritage, as well as to develop students’ creative skills and popularize artistic expression among the population of the region.
