On June 12, 2025, a lecture on the topic “Study of the Botai Culture” was held at the Botai settlement for students of Sh. Ualikhanov Kokshetau University.

The event program also included a guided exhibition based on materials and artifacts of the Botai culture.

The staff of the Botai State Historical and Cultural Museum-Reserve presented students with information about the unique results of nearly 40 years of research conducted by Professor V. F. Zaibert and his colleagues from Kazakhstan, the United Kingdom, the United States, Germany, Russia, and other countries. They presented evidence demonstrates that the ancient bearers of the Botai culture were the first to domesticate horses on the territory of Kazakhstan, within the Ural–Irtysh interfluve, as early as the late Stone Age.

During the lecture, students received comprehensive answers to numerous questions regarding the historical and cultural significance of the Botai culture within the context of steppe civilization, as well as about modern research carried out by the integrated expedition. This included insights into equine ecology, genetic, paleozoological, and physicochemical studies of human–horse interaction, as well as information about academic (archaeological) field practice.