Paper long abstract:

When studying the motives of Kazakh officials entering the civil service in the Semirechensk oblast (region) in the second half of the XIX century, it is very important to consider their ancestral-family, social and other origins. Because these factors determined their interests in serving the local administration.

Here it is important to consider the motives of serving the colonial apparatus of officials, considering their social origin. The diversity of this category gives an idea of the reasons for becoming officials in the administration.

Also interesting are the positions of local officials who viewed the civil service as a “social lift” for the realization of their career prospects.

It is also important to pay special attention to Kazakh officials who went to serve “in the footsteps of their father”, such as the Syrttanov brothers, who entered the civil service “obeying the will of their father”.

In addition, the study of this topic has an interdisciplinary character, because, in order to solve this problem, it is necessary to consider it comprehensively. It will be very important to use both archival materials and materials of oral folk art of the Kazakh people. This makes it possible to consider this problem from different sides.