THE GREAT SILK ROAD: FROM HISTORY TO THE FUTURE OF KAZAKHSTAN
S.K. ZHETPYSBAEV
Pavlodar State University, 64 Lomova str., Pavlodar, 146000, Republic of Kazakhstan
Keywords: Великий Шелковый путь, караванный путь, торговля, Казахстан, Китай, дипломатические контакты, торгово-экономическая магистраль, Россия, Алтай, "Новый шелковый путь", интеграция, туризм, Great Silk Road, caravan route, trade, Kazakhstan, China, diplomatic contacts, trade and economic highway, Russia, Altay, "New Silk Road", integration, tourism
Abstract
The article relevance is due to the necessity to generalize historical stages of functioning of the Great Silk Road in relation to its revival in the context of globalization. It reveals the important role of this transcontinental trade route for the international relations development of the peoples in Kazakhstan and Central Asia states. The author represents initiatives and strategies of Kazakhstan, China, and Russia on the development and implementation of promising for Asian countries project “New Silk Road”; gives the characteristic of its main areas of cooperation in the economic and sociocultural spheres; pays attention to popularization of the Great Silk Road and its Siberian component as the longest object of world cultural heritage significant for tourism development.
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