Department of Social and Humanitarian Sciences

Education

• 1975-1980 Kostanay State Pedagogical Institute (named after the 50th Anniversary of the USSR); qualified as a teacher of History and Social Studies.
• 1986-1991 Research trainee and postgraduate student at Saratov State University (named after N.G. Chernyshevsky).
• 2002-2005 Doctoral studies at Saratov State University (named after N.G. Chernyshevsky).

Courses Taught

• Auxiliary Historical Disciplines
• Sources and Historiography of Foreign Countries
• Modern International Relations
• Modern and Contemporary History of Europe and America
• Electronic Archives: Organization and Management
• Archaeography; Historical Science and Modern Theories
• New Approaches to Fundamental Problems of World History
• Sociology
• Political Science
• Cultural Studies

Work Experience

• 1980-1983 Teacher of History and Geography at Lomonosov Secondary School. ...school; Social Studies teacher at Vocational School No. 45, Borovsky District, Kostanay Region.
• 1984-1986 Lecturer at the Kustanay State Pedagogical Institute (named after the 50th Anniversary of the USSR).
• 2005-2019 Professor at the Kostanay Branch of Chelyabinsk State University (concurrent appointment).
• 2005-2011 Professor at the branch of JSC "National Center for Professional Development 'Orleu' – Institute for Professional Development in Kostanay Region" (concurrent appointment).
• 1992–present Professor at Akhmet Baitursynuly Kostanay Regional University (KRU).

Professional development certificates 

• "Use of the electronic information-educational environment and information and communication technologies in the educational process." Kostanay Branch of Chelyabinsk State University. Oct 31, 2022 – Nov 14, 2022.
• "Ancient and Medieval History of Kazakhstan." Sept 21 – Oct 12, 2023 (72 hours). Surgut State University; Akhmet Baitursynuly KRU.
• "Practical model for implementing integrated inclusive higher professional education." June 5–21, 2024. Akhmet Baitursynuly KRU.
• "Historical and philological aspects of Turkic studies at the Institute of Turkic World Studies." Akhmet Baitursynuly KRU; Ege University, Turkey. Oct 7, 2024 – Nov 1, 2024. • Methodological approaches and scholarly debates regarding the history of Kazakhstan and world history. December 22, 2025 – January 16, 2026. Akhmet Baitursynuly KRU.
• Innovative approaches and teaching methodology for the disciplines of Sociology, Political Science, and Cultural Studies. "ZIAT" Scientific and Methodological Center, Astana. June 9 – June 21, 2026. No. S-05059.

Membership in professional organizations

• Deputy of the Mazhilis of the Parliament of the Republic of Kazakhstan, 7th convocation (2022–2023).
• Co-chair of the Communist People's Party of Kazakhstan (2013–2021).
• Member of the Kostanay City Council of Veterans.
• Member of the Scientific and Technical Council of Akhmet Baitursynuly KRU.

Awards and honors

• 2022 Letter of Appreciation from the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan.
• 2022 Laureate of the Akhmet Baitursynov Award (presented by the Department of Culture of the Kostanay Region).
• 2025 Jubilee Medal "30 Years of the Assembly of People of Kazakhstan".
• 2025 "Akhmet Baitursynuly" Badge; 2026: Jubilee Medal "30 Years of the Parliament of the Republic of Kazakhstan.

Activities in the service sector 

• Jury member for city and regional student scientific project competitions in history.
• Collaboration with media outlets and the periodical press (482 articles since 2003).

Monographs

1. The Pre-war City: "Kustanay—Regional Center, Kazakh SSR" (1936–1941). In 2 volumes. Almaty: Evero, 2022.
2. The Polish Delegation in Kazakhstan: The Wartime Era and Diplomats in Documents, 1941–1943 (A Case Study of the Kustanay Region, Kazakh SSR). Almaty: Evero, 2022. Co-authors: S. Khazbievich, A. Berkimbava.
3. "Further surveillance of him has been established." Akhmet Baitursynov under the surveillance of the Tsarist Okhrana (1905–1917). Kostanay: Kostanay Printing House, 2022. Co-authors: Ibraev E.E., Tabuldenov A.N.
4. At the Origins of the University: The History of the Kustanay Teachers' Institute (1939–1955). Kostanay: A. Baitursynov KRU, 2024. Co-author: Nurseitov B.N.
5. From Technical School to Specialized College: The Formation of the Secondary Specialized Education System in the City of Kostanay (1923–1941). Kostanay: Kostanay Printing House, 2024.
6. From Medical Technical School to Feldsher-Midwifery School (1929–1941): Essays on the History of the Kostanay Higher Medical College. Kostanay: Kostanay Printing House, 2025.
7. "The UNKVD Troika for the Kustanay Region Resolved..." The City of Kustanay, Kazakh SSR: The Politics of Terror and Repression (1936–1941). Almaty: Arys LLP, 2026.
9. "Further surveillance of him has been established." Akhmet Baitursynov under the surveillance of the Tsarist Okhrana (1907–1910). // Otan Tarihy. 2022. No. 2. pp. 123–134. Co-authors: Ibraev E.E., Tabuldenov A.N.
10. "To ascertain through covert means." The Orenburg Publishing Partnership "Azamat" under Police Surveillance (1913–1917). // *Herald of Omsk University. Historical Sciences*. 2023. Vol. 10, No. 2 (38). Pp. 23–34. Co-authors: Ibraev E.E., Tabuldenov A.N.
11. Baitursynov and the *Qazaq* Newspaper on the Eve of the February Revolution of 1917 in Russia. // *Bulletin of Abai KazNPU: Historical and Socio-Political Sciences*. 2023. No. 1. Pp. 267–276. Co-authors: Ibraev E.E., Tabuldenov A.N.
12. The Opening of the Kustanay Pedagogical Technical School in the Context of the History of Pedagogical Education in Kazakhstan (1920s – Early 1930s). // *Bulletin of KazNU: Historical Series*. 2023. No. 3. Pp. 59–74. Co-authors: Bekmagambetova M.Zh., Turezhanova S.A.
13. Karkaralinsk Uyezd in the Documents of the Orenburg Governor’s Chancellery and the Omsk Gendarmerie Administration in the Early 20th Century. // *Bulletin of L. Gumilyov ENU: Historical Sciences, Philosophy, and Religious Studies Series*. 2024. Vol. 146, No. 1. Pp. 162–185. Co-author: Ibraev E.E.
14. The Kustanay Obstetrical Technical School within the Healthcare System of the Kazakh ASSR (1929–1935). // *edu.e-history.kz*. 2024. No. 3. Co-authors. Sametova G., Turezhanova S.
15. From the History of Teacher Training in the Kazakh SSR (First Half of the 1950s). // "edu.e-history.Kz", (2025). 12(2), 471–487. Co-authors: Nurusheva G., Turezhanova S.
16. Leaders of the Kazakh National Movement in Political Surveillance Documents (Orenburg, August 1916). // Asian Journal "Steppe Panorama". 2025. 12 (6). pp. 1693-1707. Co-authors: Ibraev E.E., Tabuldenov A.N.
17. Police Surveillance of the Activities of the Kazakh Intelligentsia and Public Philanthropy in the Publishing Sphere (1913–1917). // Eurasian Journal of History. 2026, 31, 1(121). Co-authors: Ibraev E.E., Shaukenov Zh.A.
19. "Be That as It May, the Judicial Reform Will Soon Come to Light": An Unknown Source on the Preparation of the Judicial Reform of 1864 in the Russian Empire // Herald of the Archivist. 2021. No. 4. pp. 1131-1142.
20. "Do Not Classify German Settlers as Evacuated Population": The Situation of the German Intelligentsia During the Great Patriotic War (A Case Study of the Kustanay Region of Kazakhstan) // Bulletin of Volgograd State University. "History. Regional Studies. International Relations". 2022. Vol. 27. No. 1. pp. 105-114. Co-authors: Vashkau N.E., Berkimbaeva A.M.
21. The Newspaper “Kazak” and its Opponents in the Kazakh Society during the First World War. // Bylye Gody. 2022. No. 3. pp. 1470–1481. Co-authors: Absadyk A.A., Boranbayeva B.S., Mukhitov K.
22. "Nad przepaścią" (Above the Precipice). Paintings from January 1941 by an unknown Polish girl exiled to Kazakhstan as a reflection of the Stalinist deportation policy. *Przegląd Wschodnioeuropejski*. XVIII (1)/2023. pp. 351–365. Anna Borissova, Selim Chazbijewicz.
23. "So far, no charges have been brought against him." Public response in Russia defending the arrested Kazakh poet A. Baitursynov in 1909. *Bylye Gody*, Vol. 19, Issue 2, 2024. pp. 927–936. Co-authors: Ibrayev E.E., Tabuldenov A.N., Turezhanova S.A., Nurusheva G.K.
24. "Representatives of the Polish Army Headquarters in the Kustanay Region..." On the history of the formation of General Anders' army in Kazakhstan during World War II. *Bulletin of Volgograd State University. History. Regional Studies. International Relations*. 2024. Vol. 29, No. 3. pp. 138–152. Co-author: Logvinchuk A.
25. "About Withdrawal From USSR Citizenship of Former Polish Citizens of Polish and Jewish Nationality: 1945–1946 (on the Example of the Kostanay Region of the Kazakh SSR)." *Istoriya* 15.4 (138) (2024). Co-author: Borisova A.P.
26. "Under the regulations on the protection [of state security]...: Correspondence regarding Akhmet Baitursynov, 1909." A Kazakh teacher in the documents of the Omsk Gendarmerie Directorate // *Bulletin of Volgograd State University*. "History. Regional Studies. International Relations." 2025. Vol. 30, No. 1. Pp. 199–212. Co-author: E.E. Ibraev.
27. Administrative Culture of Suspicion: A Denunciation Campaign against the Newspaper “Kazakh” // Bylye Gody. 2026. 21(1). P. 497-511. Y. Ibrayev, G. Nurusheva, A. Yeralina.
29. “Compile lists of everyone without exception in the shortest possible time.” The Eve of the “Great Terror” Era (A Case Study of the Kostanay Region, Kazakh SSR) // Zhumabay Shayakhmetov – A Prominent Statesman. Almaty: Ch.Ch. Valikhanov Institute of History and Ethnology, 2021. 276 p. Pp. 219-227.
30. Ivan Panteleymonovich Naydenov – Director of the Kustanay Teachers' Institute // 3 i: intellect, idea, innovation (Historical Sciences). 2025. No. 3. Pp. 291-298. Co-authors: S. Turezhanova, G. Nurusheva.
31. The Role of M. Dulatov and A. Baitursynov in Establishing the “Azamat” Cultural and Educational Society // “Mirzhakyp Dulatuly and the National Spirit.” Torgay-Kostanay. 2025. 87 p. Pp. 175-191. Co-author: E.E. Ibrayev.
32. “On the Counter-Revolutionary Activities of an Underground Anti-Soviet Organization of Clergy in the City of Kustanay.” Based on Materials from a 1937 NKVD Criminal Case File // Unity of Traditional Values ​​of the Peoples of Russia. “Rasulev Readings.” Chelyabinsk-Troitsk, 2026. Pp. 113-122.

International projects

• Member of the international project "Polish Diplomatic Missions in Kazakhstan, 1941–1943." 
• International grants: 2021 Ttravel grant from the Sybir Memorial Museum and the Institute of National Remembrance (Republic of Poland);
• International grants: 2026 Travel grant from the Witold Pilecki Institute (Poland).