Abstract
Despite the rich history of the protest movement of the masses against the tsarist government in Kazakhstan in the XVIII-XIX centuries, it is known that there was political pressure to study the liberation struggle led by Kenesary Kasymuly. Kenesary Khan was first published in scientific publications in the late 40s-early 50s of the last century in the difficult socio-political conditions prevailing in the republic at that time. This is why the title of this article attracts historians with its scientific relevance and the need for research. The work examines the works of A. F.Ryazanov, who devoted his research to the whole era of the national liberation movements of the Kazakh people as a whole. Some controversial issues are revealed in the manuscript of the historian, who was one of the first to begin studying the resistance movements. Moreover, the pinnacle of the study of this national movement is the monograph of the famous historian, Doctor of historical Sciences of Kazakh origin Ermukhan Bekmakhanov "Kazakhstan in the 20-40s of the XIX century". The publication gives priority to the historiographical analysis of this fundamental work. Scientific analysis is associated with the formation of prerequisites for the political processes that brought to life the notorious "Bekmakhanov case" of that period. The scientific response to the uprising under Kenesary's leadership has resumed since the 1990s. In accordance with this, the research of historians J.Kasymbayev and E.Ualikhanov became an important contribution to the historiography of the movement. The historiography of the national liberation movement of the Kazakh people led by Kenesary Khan deserves dedication in a series of articles. And this publication can be perceived as a precursor to our upcoming scientific publications.