VERITABLE SERVICE TO SCIENCE (DEDICATED TO 85th ANNIVERSARY OF PROFESSOR M.M. BAGIZBAEVA)

It is devoted to the memory of outstanding scientist-philologist Maya Mikhailovna Bagizbaeva. The material about the great scientific input to study of folklore is presented. The unique archive materials about the folklore of Semirechye, Eastern Kazakhstan etc. are collected due to her assiduous work. The room of folklore was inaugurated and then folklore laboratory, the annual folklore practice was organized, the folklore ensemble “Druzhenka” was created. It is known not only in Kazakhstan but also beyond the boundaries. The basic scientific achievements of professor M.M. Bagizbaeva such as “Russian Folklore of eastern Kazakhstan”, “Folklore of Semirechye Cossacks” are still of great scientific interest and very demanded. It is marked that all the activities of the scientist were aimed at study of relevant problems of Russian folklore in Kazakhstan and promoted the consolidation of common understanding and respect of peoples in poly language space of Kazakhstan. In 2017 Maya Mikhailovna celebrates the 85th anniversary; the staff of the university and her native department will celebrate this jubilee at the International Scientific-Practical Conference “Bagizbaeva’s Readings” (April, 2017).

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