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The museum "old books and publications" has been opened
07-12-2020

Today, the National State Book Chamber of the Language Policy Committee of the Ministry of Culture and Sports of the Republic of Kazakhstan has opened a museum "old books and publications". 

The ribbon of the museum was cut by Deputy Chairman of the Committee on Language Policy Ainur Myrzabekova, Hero of Labor of Kazakhstan Ayagul Mirazova and Chairman of the Union of Writers of Kazakhstan Ulugbek Esdaulet. 
The museum presents valuable books and newspapers published from the mid-nineteenth century to the 30s of the twentieth century. An abstract was written for about two hundred printed publications. 
Most of the printed products put on the shelf were produced in Tashkent and Kazan. The museum presents the first collections of Abai's poems, several textbooks by Akhmet Baitursynov, works by Beimbet Maylin, Mirzhakyp Dulatov, Magzhan Zhumabayev. 
Literature, medicine, veterinary medicine and even party bulletins were selected from the books in the archives of the press of the National State Book Chamber. The author of the original is Doctor of Philology Garifolla Anes. 
At the opening ceremony of the museum" ancient books and publications " Ainur Myrzabekova, Ulugbek Esdaulet, Bauyrzhan Zhakyp, Ayagul Mirazova, Yesengali Raushanov, Mereke Kulkenov, Almas Akhmetbekuly looked at the works of Kazakh margasks published a century ago. 
As Abish Kekilbaevich said, "man has made man a book, humanity has made a library," it is the duty and duty of all mankind to honor the sacred world, which spiritually improves a person, forms the mood, the depth of thoughts. 
The museum is constantly updated to present century-old books, to show the real situation and the state of the country at that time. 
Very valuable exhibits of the museum can be seen by special permission and with the participation of a specialist of the National State Book Chamber. 
The honored guests who came to the opening ceremony of the museum got acquainted with the sacred relics that were captured on the pages of the history of the century.

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