Scientific Council Meeting Held at the Saraishyq Museum-Reserve with the Participation of Scholars from Kazakhstan and Russia
Today, the Saraishyq Museum-Reserve hosted a regular meeting of its Scientific Council. The meeting was attended by archaeologist, Doctor of Historical Sciences, Professor E. Pigarev (Kazan, Russia); numismatist, Candidate of Historical Sciences, Professor P. N. Petrov (Nizhny Novgorod, Russia); archaeologist V. V. Plakhov (Astrakhan, Russia); Candidate of Historical Sciences D. Taleyev (Almaty, Kazakhstan); and Doctor of Historical Sciences, Professor A. Sarsenov (Atyrau, Kazakhstan).
The meeting was also attended by members of the Scientific Council – Doctor of Historical Sciences, Associate Professor U. T. Akhmetova; Doctor of Historical Sciences L. Berdigozhin; Chairman of the Joint Trade Unions in the Education Sector of Atyrau Region, Doctor of Historical Sciences A. Akhmet; Candidate of Historical Sciences M. Kassenov (Atyrau, Kazakhstan); Member of the Union of Writers of Kazakhstan and Honoured Local Historian of the Republic of Kazakhstan T. Zhanabay; Head of the Center for the Study of Historical and Cultural Heritage of Atyrau Region T. Dostybayev; local historian S. Auelbayev; veterans of Saraishyq village N. Kurmashev and G. Taiyrov; and museum-reserve staff.
The agenda of the Scientific Council meeting included two issues:
1. “Scientific research activities at the museum-reserve and their priority areas in the study of medieval Saraishyq” – Scientific Secretary A. Zhumabayev;
2. “The current state of the museum’s material and technical facilities and efforts to improve them” – Head of the Museum Collections Storage Department Zh. Kurmashev.
The following issues were also raised and discussed as part of current matters:
1. “International relations of the museum-reserve” – Chief Curator of Collections O. Sagynbayeva;
2. “Experience in the restoration of museum objects at the Saraishyq Museum-Reserve” – Artist-Restorer O. Kendir.
The participants of the Scientific Council positively assessed the work being carried out in Saraishyq and shared their suggestions and opinions.
