Abstract
This article is devoted to the activities of a prominent public figure, academic enlightener, writer and publicist Myrzhakyp Dulatov, whose name for a long time was undeservedly erased from the memory of the people. It analyzes the multifaceted activities of M. Dulatov in the initial period of the Soviet state.In the introduction, the relevance of the problem is justified, the degree of its knowledge is revealed, the sources used in the work are described, and the purpose and objectives of the study are defined.The article discusses various, not previously used archival documentary sources, as well as articles by M. Dulatov himself.In this work, for the first time, not only social and educational activities are comprehensively investigated, but also the work of a scientist as a teacher in the field of public education, the purpose of which was to fight for the elimination of illiteracy. The analysis of his organizational activities in the development of Kazakh culture, folk art is determined by the contribution to the development of Kazakh journalism as a talented publicist, especially in the creation of such print publications as «Ak Zhol» and «Enbekshi Kazak». The whole life of M. Dulatov was devoted to enlightenment and political activity, he fought for thegood of the Kazakh people for the independence and the formation of a Kazakh democratic state.