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Birthday of biy, speaker and wit Zhankutty Botantaylu

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The public figure and khan of Little Horde Abulkhair was killed

The public figure and khan of Little Horde Abulkhair was killed - e-history.kz
321th anniversary and 256 years passed since death of an outstanding statesman and military leader of Kazakhstan of the 18th century. The supreme commander of the Kazakh troops in the war with Dzhungars famous Khan of Little Horde Abulhair (1693-1748). He was the first who initiated in the tragic historical period the process of entering Kazakh lands in Russia. In the new stage of history, he completed a political line started before him by Tauekel, Tauke and Kaip khans, gradually converging of the Kazakh Khanate and the Russian state, culminating in the establishment of a protectorate over the Kazakh steppe Russia.