Alisher Akishev

Alisher Akishev was born on June 16, 1952. In 1974, he graduated from the History Department of the Kazakh State University named after Kirov. The same year, Alisher Kimalevich began his labor and scientific activity as a laboratory assistant at the Ch. Valikhanov Institute of the Academy of Sciences of the Kazakh SSR. He specialized mainly in the study of the history and culture of the early nomads of Kazakhstan and his first generalizing work, Candidate's thesis on the topic "Art and ideology of the Saka", was defended in 1980.
Since his student years, A. Akishev has been a participant in the field research of the South Kazakhstan Complex Archaeological Expedition. He worked at the Otrar settlement, led one of the SKCAE detachments.
In 1995-1996, Alisher Kimalevich was the Deputy Director for Science of the Institute of "Monuments of Material Culture" under the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Kazakhstan, in 1996-1997 he headed the Department of History of Culture and Religions of the Institute of Oriental Studies of the Ministry of Education and Science of the Republic of Kazakhstan, since 1998 he was a Chief Researcher of the Institute.
Since 2006, Akishev has been working at the Central State Museum of the Republic of Kazakhstan as the Chief Researcher of the Archaeological Center. There he is engaged in the study of problems related to the study, preservation and popularization of monuments of national history - the introduction of artifacts collected and stored in museum collections. Alisher Kimalevich is the head of several priority scientific and applied projects implemented at the Museum. He leads archaeological expeditions in Southern Kazakhstan and Zhetysu.
The main topic of Akishev's research is the problem of reconstruction of the ideological systems of the ancient nomads of Eurasia. The study of the finds from the Issyk kurgan gave scientists a unique opportunity to reconstruct the features of the cult of the leader of the Zhetysu Saka. The study of the regalia of the "Golden Man" made it possible for the first time not only to present the features of the Saka cosmogony, but also to prove the existence of a developed ideological emblem system among the ancient tribes of Zhetysu, about the formation of the concept of justification of the supreme power among the Saka.
A. Akishev is a participant of many international conferences on the problems of the history and culture of the East. He participated in the UNESCO international program "Silk Road - the Way of dialogue". Akishev is the author of 4 monographs and 200 articles. In addition to his works published in Kazakhstan and CIS countries, a number of his articles have been published in Hungary, USA, Finland and South Korea.
 

Акишев А.К. Поиски памятников в ущелье Каратау // АО 1975. - М., 1976. - С. 510-511.
Акишев А.К. Резной нефрит из Отрара // Археологические исследования в Отраре. - Алма-Ата, 1977. - С. 34-42.
Акишев А.К., Байпаков К.М. Медальон с изображением борьбы с драконом из Отрара // СА. - 1981. - № 4. - С. 229-237.
Акишев А.К. Работы в зоне затопления Ойыкского водохранилища // АО 1979. - М., 1980. - С. 427.
Акишев А.К. Искусство и мифология саков. - Алма-Ата, 1984.