On August 15, 2023, a memorandum was signed between the University of Exeter (England) and the Republican State Enterprise “State Historical and Cultural Museum-Reserve ‘Botai’” of the Committee of Culture of the Ministry of Culture and Sports of the Republic of Kazakhstan. The parties signing the document were the Director of the Botai Museum-Reserve, Shakshakov K.G., and Professor of the University of Exeter, archaeologist Alan Outram.

On August 15, 2023, at the Botai Settlement in the village of Nikolskoye, the State Historical and Cultural Museum-Reserve “Botai” organized a republican field seminar titled “Botai мәдениетінің мұралары – әлемдік археологияның жауһары” dedicated to International Archaeologist’s Day.