Today, Abai University and the Mukagali Makatayev Literary-Memorial Museum, which is part of the Almaty Region Museum Association, signed a memorandum of mutual cooperation and agreed to implement large-scale joint projects. Within the framework of the agreement aimed at promoting our national culture and literature, both sides intend to elevate spiritual and educational activities to a new level. In the near future, special traveling exhibitions and mobile museum activities will be organized for the students of the alma mater.

The museum staff, who specially arrived from the village of Karasaz – the poet’s homeland and land of poetry – met with the university leadership and discussed future plans. Museum representatives stated their readiness to establish close ties with the major educational institution that trains future teachers and language and literature specialists, as well as to jointly hold scientific and creative evenings.

Founded in 1991, the Mukagali Makatayev Literary-Memorial Museum is a sacred place that carefully preserves and promotes the poet’s personal belongings, manuscripts, and creative heritage. It can be said that this meeting carries special symbolic significance. This year marks the 95th anniversary of the birth of the outstanding son of our people, the Khan Tengri of Kazakh poetry – Mukagali Makatayev. Therefore, this partnership will become a vivid example of honoring the poet’s spirit and reviving his immortal legacy at the height of modern times.

The cooperation between the black shanyrak and Karasaz carries great educational and moral value for students. For example, there is an opportunity to organize a traveling museum exhibition within the university for students and the residents of Almaty. Such an initiative will allow learners to become closely acquainted with the world in which the phenomenal poet lived, to see rare unique exhibits with their own eyes, and to gain spiritual enrichment without leaving Almaty.

The joint agreement between Abai University and the Mukagali Museum is an important step aimed not only at strengthening bilateral relations, but also at instilling national values in the younger generation and promoting the golden pillar of our literature. This noble initiative, which broadens the cultural horizons of future teachers, will gain new momentum in accordance with the demands of the times and will continue systematically in the future.

Media Center “Abai University”