Geopolitical aspect of Kazakh statehood

Abstract

The article studies the theoretical and methodological issues of the geopolitical aspects of national statehood of Kazakhs. The author of the work paid particular attention to the relationship of state and statehood concepts, to the understanding of the role and significance of theoretical and spatial, natural and climatic factors in the formation of national statehood. Specificity of the geographical location of Kazakhstani spatial boundaries between sedentary agricultural crops and the active involvement of the population of the Great Steppe in the political orbit of interaction of the various states and civilizational waves coupled with a combination of mountain, desert, forest landscape areas and remote location from the oceans and seas, determined form as well as economy of statehood in the region.