From the history of socio-cultural surveys by regional statistical services (based on the materials of the activities of the statistical committees of Kazakhstan in the late 19th - early 20th centuries)

Skopa V. A.

The article systematically presents individual works of the statistical committees of Kazakhstan in terms of the socio-cultural study of the region at the end of the 19th - beginning of the 20th centuries. The objects of study are highlighted, of which the most significant can be attributed: the study of the life of the sedentary and nomadic population, their occupation, economic basis, trade, as well as economic, ethnographic and other conditions for the formation of life. The methodological support of the census campaigns was of great importance, which were largely accompanied by instructional letters and instructions in order to avoid inaccuracies. Much attention was paid to agricultural statistics, the study of the resettlement business, which intensified in the late 19th - early 20th centuries. The sociocultural surveys carried out in the region made it possible to accumulate unique material, which in many ways became the basis for the design of museums and libraries.

Keywords:history, Kazakhstan, statistical committee, sociocultural research, questionnaire.