Abstract
In the field season of 2019, the Turgay team of the A.Kh. Margulan Institute of Archaeology conductedan exploratory study of the wintering of Akhmet Baytursynov’s family – Mashen. For the firsttime, the archaeological study of the area was conducted in 2016 by A.Z. Beisenov. The site is locatedon the shores of the Ulyjylanshyk River in the Jangildin District of the Kostanay Region. As a result ofthis work, the preserved ruined remains of several structures, forming a complex of objects, and relatedto the concepts of life and death, were revealed. The complex includes the remains of residential andutility buildings, as well as objects associated with funeral rite. The closer acquaintance with the siteraises the question posed in the title of the article, as the plates installed on the site are missing thename Mashen. The article discusses the possibility of museumification of these objects. Currently, in thenational science, there is a positive trend in the study of the modern history sites. Archaeological, systematicresearch into the Kazakh winterings is of major importance, in particular in addressing the issuesof economic development of the Steppe, settlement, environmental adaptation. The implementationof the museumification of the “Mashen” complex is specifically topical at present. The development ofthe museum should involve not only the departments responsible for science, culture, architecture, butthose dealing with the management of motorways, air routes, bridge construction, telecommunications.