Yessengali Raushanov Scholarship Awarded at the Expedition Meeting

At Kh. Dosmukhamedov Atyrau University, a national research expedition meeting titled “National Values. Kazakh Ethnography. Zeinolla Sanik – 90 Years” was held under the initiative of the Writers’ Union of Kazakhstan.
The event brought together prominent poets, writers, and public figures of Kazakhstan, who delivered speeches and discussed key issues in the field of national ethnography.
The delegation was led by Mereke Kulkenov, Chairman of the Writers’ Union of Kazakhstan, and included notable figures such as Deputy Chairman and renowned poet Kasymkhan Begmanov, ethnographer Akhmet Toktarbai, public figure and journalist Amirzhan Kosanov, Executive Director of the “Zeinolla Sanik” Foundation and improvisational poet Serik Kaliyev, and entrepreneur Kanat Zeinollauly, a founding member of the foundation. The research group met with the faculty and students of Kh. Dosmukhamedov Atyrau University.
Chairman of the Board – Rector of the University, Salamat Idrissov, delivered a welcoming speech:
“I wish great success to the work of this national expedition. Scholars of Atyrau University, with its 85-year history, have also been conducting consistent research on the historical and ethnographic heritage of the Atyrau region. This work is a shared national treasure. We are pleased that the studies of our scholars will be included in the expedition’s forthcoming publication dedicated to the 90th anniversary of writer and ethnographer Zeinolla Sanik.”
He also announced that, with the support of the foundation, a special classroom named after Zeinolla Sanik will soon open at the Faculty of Humanities and Arts.
Kanat Zeinollauly, entrepreneur and son of the late writer, expressed his gratitude:
“I am truly delighted! One of the leading universities in western Kazakhstan - Kh. Dosmukhamedov Atyrau University - is giving us the opportunity to open a classroom named after my father, ethnographer and writer Zeinolla Sanik. This spacious, sunlit room overlooking the Ural River will be modernly equipped by autumn as part of the university’s 85th anniversary. It is a profound gesture of respect for history, national values, and ethnography. On behalf of our family and the foundation, I sincerely thank Rector Salamat Nurmukhanuly, the faculty, and the students.”
This year marks the 90th anniversary of Zeinolla Sanik, a celebrated writer and ethnographer. In his honor, the Writers’ Union of Kazakhstan and the Zeinolla Sanik Foundation jointly established the Yessengali Raushanov Scholarship, named after the renowned poet, writer, and State Prize laureate of the Republic of Kazakhstan. The scholarship was awarded to Yerbeket Magauiya, a third-year student in the Faculty of Multilingual Education majoring in Kazakh Language and Literature Teaching.
During the scholarly meeting, participants engaged in meaningful discussions on the importance of national values and ethnographic heritage.
Dr. Zhamiga Tanatarova, Doctor of Historical Sciences and Professor, emphasized the need to include the work of Atyrau ethnographers in the final expedition publication and proposed selecting innovative research for inclusion.