Патшалық Ресей баспасөзіндегі қазақ тарихына қазіргі көзқарас

The aim of the article is the scientific study of the Kazakh theme in the journal publications of Russian researchers: the colonial content in the essays of N.S. Lykoshin, the political view in the manuscript of military scout M.I.Venyukov, which were included in the "Turkestan collection". Main directions and ideas – researching and cognizing the life of the Kazakh people before the October revolution of 1917. It can be noted that the vast wealth of publications in Russian-language periodicals is important for the study of historical journalism. In this connection, the press materials in “Turkestan collection” were not considered one-sidedly. An attempt to comprehensively highlight issues not covered in it was made. The information and data related to the Kazakh people and Kazakh steppe in a number of scientific collections, as well as various periodicals were carefully analyzed and compared. Genre features of publicistic works on research of the Kazakh steppe in the "Turkestan collection" are allocated; editions of Russian newspapers and magazines included in the Collection are systematized according to journalistic genres. The publications about the social situation of the Kazakh people in the late XIX – early XX century written in the Russian periodicals united in the "Turkestan collection" are analyzed; and the reasons why newspapers and magazines considered and covered these issues as an area of the colonial policy of royal Russia are covered. The minerals of the Kazakh land and the description of the natural state in Russian periodicals with a general physical and geographical description of the Kazakh steppe, which abounds in "Turkestan collection", are emphasized. Key conclusions, analysis, and concept. The policy of royal Russia in relation to Central Asia was carried out in the following three stages. During the first period, i.e. between the beginning and the 40s of the 19th century: both sides communicated through diplomatic representatives and tried to solve disputed issues peacefully. In the second period, covering the 40's and 60's of the XIX century, the Russian policy towards the region took a different character and took the form of "showing its military capabilities". The first military campaigns against Central Asian khanates began. In the third period, corresponding to the middle of the 60's and 80's of the XIX century, the royal government abandoned diplomatic negotiations and began to conquer the Kazakh lands by military force. The information and facts about it were systematized and the contents of publicistic works comprehensively covering the events of these three periods in the Russian press from "Turkestan collection" were analyzed. Keywords: N.S. Lykoshin, M.I. Venyukov, life of the Kazakh people, journalistic works, essays.