Professor of the Department of Turkology of the Faculty of International Relations Kairzhanov Abay Kairzhanovich won the Kul-tegin Prize for outstanding achievement in the field of Turkology for his research "Palaeoturcica: The origin and functioning of the ancient Turkic Runic script".
The merits of A. K. Kairzhanov are not the first time marked by prestigious awards. In 2017, he won the prize of the 14th Olympiad of Peoples of Russia in the field of literature for the high level of research and literary criticism, where he received a small gold medal. In 2019, he was awarded a diploma of the 2nd degree in the scientific work category in the Homer 2019 competition (Athens, Greece).
