The first volume of the Chronicle of the Turkic civilization was prepared by the scientists of the Altai State University, a coeducational and public research university in Barnaul, Russia.
34 specialists from 25 universities and institutes of seven states took part in its preparation, RIA Novosti reports with reference to the information center of the REC "Greater Altai" of Altai State University.
The university noted that the book was created on the basis of archaeological and ethnographic data, Turkic runic, Arab-Persian and Chinese written monuments.
“This publication is the first volume of the Chronicle of the Turkic civilization, which we plan to publish as part of the Turkic World of the Great Altai project,” said the editor of the publication, head of the Great Altai REC and Turkology Research Center, Professor of Altai State University Sergey Zemlyukov.
The preparation by scientists of a monograph on the history of the origin of the Turkic civilization will, according to Zemlyukov, be one of the important factors in the integration of the Turkic-speaking countries of Central Asia and the Slavic-Turkic community.
Scientists recalled that according to various sources, from 160 to 180 million representatives of the Turkic ethnolinguistic group live in the world today. Only in Eurasia, the Turkic peoples have 40 ethnic groups in their composition.
The researchers noted that work on the study and systematization of data on the era of the birth of the Turkic peoples, the history of the First Turkic Khaganate, as well as issues of the state system and law, language and culture is important for Russia, where the Turkic peoples make up the second largest population group and live in many regions.
According to Zemlyukov, the involvement of scientists from different countries in the work on the monograph made it possible to create a wide range of opinions on many controversial and still insufficiently studied subjects in the history of the Turkic-speaking peoples. These are questions of the origin, formation and settlement of the Turkic peoples, their interaction with neighboring peoples, the creation of various unions and states.
The book is based on the work of fundamental research by Russian archaeologists, leading scientists from Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan, Tajikistan, Turkey, Kyrgyzstan and Germany.
According to scientists, this is one of the largest attempts to systematize materials about the history of the Turkic peoples of Central Asia. (ILKHA)