The Historical and Scientific Significance of the First Turkological Congress

Abstract

The First Turkological Congress that held in Baku in 1926 is regarded as a important landmark in the scientific, cultural, and socio-intellectual history of the Turkic peoples. The Congress played a great role in the study of Turkic languages, alphabet reform, the development of a common terminological system, the establishment of national education systems, and the institutionalization of Turkology as an academic discipline. The historical-political circumstances of helding of the Congress, the principal areas of discussion, the adopted resolutions, and the impact on the integration of the Turkic world, the place within the framework of Soviet nationality policy and the subsequent fate of participants of the congress were widely analyzed in the article. At the same time, the role of the Congress in the formation of Baku city as an intellectual center of the Turkic world is researched.