Artistic written sources on the history of Kyrgyzstan in the XIX - early XX centuries

The study focuses on the scientific study of the literary heritage of Moldo Niyaz, Moldo Kylych, Aldash Moldo, Togolok Moldo (Bayymbet Abdrakhmanov) and other well-known scribes, authors of literary written sources on the history of the Kyrgyz people of the 19th century. The author, noting that the akyns-writers were competent advanced thinkers and educators of their time, deeply understood the aspirations and goals of the people, were able to analyze the era in which they lived, concludes that in an objective scientific assessment of the history of the Kyrgyz people in this era, their works should be used as an artistic historical source.