Cartographic Works of Russian Scientists as a Historical Source of Toponymy of Kazakhstan (18-19 Centuries)

Abstract

Scientists of the Russian Empire have made a lot of effort in the study of toponomic data of the territory of the attached lands. One of them is modern Kazakhstan. The cartographic works made by scientists of the Russian Empire had information value in development of the huge territory of the Empire. Guided by the principles of research, the authors concluded that the toponymy of Kazakhstan is one of the Sciences that requires research in this area. The use of cartographic materials gave the possibility to study the place names of provinces that existed about the territory of modern Kazakhstan in the XVIIIXIX centuries. Toponymic data can be used to determine the site of the former settlement of people, depending on the available information about the people and their language. In areas of mixed population, according to place names, the area is outlined insufficiently accurately. The possibilities of using place names increase when the language of the ethnos is known, the area of which is reconstructed. The study of toponymic works of Russian scientists on the territory of modern Kazakhstan makes it possible to establish the ethnicity of lands, borders and all this taken together, will contribute to the establishment of mutually beneficial economic and cultural cooperation in the Eurasian economic space. Thanks to cartographic researches of scientists of that time the territory of modern Kazakhstan has kept the historical integrity.