An important direction in understanding the historical events and cultural features of the ancient and medieval nomads of the Eurasian steppe belt is the purposeful study of the military sphere of life of nomadic society. The international scientific and practical conference "The role of Nomads of the Eurasian Steppes in the development of world military art", held on April 22-23, 2010 in Almaty by the Kazakh Research Institute for the Cultural Heritage of Nomads of the Ministry of Culture, was devoted to discussing topical problems and achievements of scientists - archaeologists, orientalists, historians - from Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Russia In the framework of the annual scientific readings dedicated to the memory of the famous Kazakh scientist-ethnographer N. E. Masanov. Many leading experts in the field of weapons studies and military history of medieval Turkic and Mongolian nomadic peoples were invited to the conference. The readings were opened by the director of the Kazakh Research Institute for Cultural Heritage Nomadov I. V. Erofeeva. Representatives of state bodies of Kazakhstan and well-known foreign scientists addressed the conference participants with greetings. A. M. Khazanov (Wisconsin, USA), a well-known nomad specialist, sent his greetings to the conference and wished it successful. The first report "Military affairs of the Turkic peoples of Western Siberia in the Late Middle Ages" was made by the author of this report Yu. S. Khudyakov (Novosibirsk). page 163 It presents the results of studying the weapons complexes of the Turkic nomadic ethnic groups that inhabited the southern regions of Western Siberia and Altai in the late Middle Ages. The authors analyzed the evidence of cross-cultural contacts, mutual influence and interaction between the Turkic and Mongolian ethnic groups and ethnic groups and the Russian population in this region of Eurasia. The report of M. H. Abuseitova (Almaty) "Written and archival materials on the history of weapons ... Читать далее