The formation of the image of Russia in school textbooks of the history of Kazakhstan as a factor of influence on interstate relations

The subject of this scientific article is the image of Russia in the school course of the history of Kazakhstan for grades 7 and 8. As part of the development of social cooperation, a fairly extensive regulatory framework has been formed. However, the internal policy of the Kazakh authorities, in particular in the field of school education, contradicts the officially chosen course. Meanwhile, school education has a significant impact not only on the formation of people's self-awareness, but also on interstate relations in general. The purpose of the work is to trace the process of forming the image of Russia in Kazakh school textbooks and determine its nature. For this purpose, several textbooks of the old and new generation were taken, an analysis of how information was transformed depending on the time of creation of the textbook was carried out. A comparative historical method was used as the main method, with the help of which textbooks of different generations were compared. The historical and systematic method allowed us to study history textbooks in the context of international humanitarian cooperation. This is the first time this problem has been considered in such a volume, taking into account the impact on the social sphere. The analysis of textbooks allows us to take a fresh look at the relations between Russia and Kazakhstan. It has been established that, with the exception of some positive assessments that occur in the seventh grade school year, the image of Russia is presented in a negative way in Kazakh textbooks. It was revealed that he changed over time only for the worse. Despite Kazakhstan's official statements that Russia is almost one of the most important partners, students in the course of the school history curriculum receive negative information about Russia. This trend of school education in Kazakhstan has a negative impact on relations with Russia.

Russia, Kazakhstan, school textbook, history, relationships, humanitarian cooperation, international relations, education, historical image, colonialism