Kazakhstani archeology: in the shadows of soviet legacy and polity of nation-building

2022

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DOI 10.33876/2782-3423/2022-1/29-38
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Abstract

The archeology of Kazakhstan is one of the most dynamic, if not the most publicly visible and dynamic anthropological sub-disciplines in this post-Soviet Central Asian country today. The Kazakhstani state and elite pay a lot of attention to archeology through different programs and grants. However, I argue that: after becoming independent more than thirty years ago, Kazakhstani archeology still demonstrates a strong attachment to Russian archeology as with the former academic metropole, in some sense operates in many ways in the shadows of the Soviet legacy; archeology is still heavily dependent on state ideology or used by it as a nation-building tool. Археология Казахстана сегодня является одной из, если не самой публичной и динамичной антропо-логической субдисциплиной в этой постсоветской среднеазиатской стране. Казахстанское государство и элита уделяют большое внимание археологии через различные программы и гранты. Однако я утвер-ждаю, что: став независимой более тридцати лет назад, казахстанская археология по-прежнему демон-стрирует сильную привязанность к российской археологии, как к бывшей академической метрополии, в некотором смысле действует во многом в тени советского наследия; археология по-прежнему сильно зависит от государственной идеологии или используется ею как инструмент национального строитель-ства.