Аңдатпа
Kazakhs are kindly disposed towards Uzbeks regarding them as brothers, andUzbeks sympathize with words “If your friend is Kazakh, then you are not left in trouble”. It is asign of brotherhood between two nations. Proclamation of the year 2018 the year of Uzbekistanon the Kazakh land as a symbol of brotherhood and rendering honors to great Kazakh poet Abay’screative work in Uzbek country are made deliberately. These significant events in literary processalso point to the dynamic development of cultural and literary intercommunication in the Turkicworld. It is known that worldview features of the nation are reflected on its art of the word. Forthis reason, it is important to study Kazakh-Uzbek literature with common historical roots in thecontext of comparative literature studies. This article examines Kazakh and Uzbek literaryrelations originating from folklore, and literary relations between them are divided intochronological periods in accordance with principles of historical development. Accordingly theaim of the article is to identify historical bases of Kazakh-Uzbek literary relations and specialaspects of their development.