May 27, 2017 director of the reserve-museum «Ulytau» participated in the first national forum «Sacral Geography of Kazakhstan»  in the National Museum of Kazakhstan. The event discussed the formation of a working group and an expert council of a large-scale project «Sacral Geography of Kazakhstan»

As noted, the draft concept of «Sacral Geography of Kazakhstan»  has been developed with the synchronization of all measures to form a sacral belt with an emphasis on the development of tourist routes. For the consolidation of all local historians and museum workers in the framework of the formation of the map  for the «Union of Local History of Kazakhstan»  was established.

As noted at the meeting, the working group of the center developed criteria for the selection of sacred objects – it should be natural and landscape objects, archaeological and architectural monuments, religious objects that are places of worship, as well as sacred places associated with historical personalities and political events.

Architectural and archaeological monuments, sacral landscapes of Ulytau, a group of interdisciplinary researchers will soon begin scientific expeditions in Central Kazakhstan in the project «Sacral Map of Kazakhstan».