In the homeland remember and honour the great fellow countryman (to G.N. Potanins 175 anniversary)

This article is devoted memory of the outstanding public figure XIX - the beginnings XX centuries, thetraveller, the ethnographer, the specialist in folklore - Grigory Nikolaevich Potanin. The author with deep respect and pride writes about itnot only as about the well-known fellow countryman, the native of Pavlodar Priirtyshja, but also as about the largest researcher of history andculture of the people of the Central Asia. G.N. Potanin is presented in article as the researcher with rather versatile scientific interests. Theauthor mentions one of the basic directions of researches of the scientist - studying of ethnography, folklore and history of the Kazakh people.The basic problems entering into a circle of its interesting questions it is a life and culture of Kazakhs, interrelation kazahsko-russian, thecountry and Cossack population of Priirtyshja and Altai. From here the author does absolutely fair conclusion: G.N. Potanin - the classic ofthe Kazakh ethnography, one of founders Studying of Kazakhs.Also the author marks about friendly relations Н. Potanin with representatives engendering then Kazakh intelligency. The correct conclusionis drawn that G.N. Potanin was a link between the first Kazakh intellectual - C.C. Valihanov and a brilliant galaxy Kazakh intelligencythe beginnings XX-th centuries. Also the author analyzes Grigory Nikolaevich Potanin's powerful contribution to business of educationof the people of Siberia, Kazakhstan and Mongolia, their familiarising with Russian culture. The reader will be not not left indifferent bythe story of the author about that with what trembling and respect G.N.Potanin concerned traditions and the customs, rich culture Kazakh,Mongolian, Buryat, etc. the people. In 2005 to G.N. Potanin's 170 anniversary the Pavlodar state university has let out G.N.Potanin's selectedcompositions in three volumes. For gathering of materials the author of article with the colleague went to Tomsk where have spent big theresearch work in archive of the scientist. In Tomsk the state university the author has got acquainted with leading scientists-potaninoveds,about them the author of article also writes. The author shares impressions about the oldest high school of Siberia - Tomsk the state university,including uniqueness of a park-architectural ensemble, the solid faculty of high school, also prospects of cooperation with the Kazakhstanuniversities is noted. In article contains valuable the information about planned in October, 2010 in Pavlodar the actions devoted to 175-year-old anniversary of G.N. Potanin so for example, carrying out of the international scientifically-practical conference «II Potanins readings» is planned.

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