2009

       On October 7, 2009 as part of the educational program "Political initiatives of N.A. Nazarbayev in the formation and development of the Republic of Kazakhstan" was held the museum lesson “Friendship, strengthening ties through the ages” with the participation of the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Federal Republic of Germany to the Republic of Kazakhstan Rainer Eugen Schlageter.
      The bilateral relations between Kazakhstan and the Federal Republic of Germany are developing steadily and dynamically. Among the first states which recognized the sovereignty of Kazakhstan was Federal Republic of Germany. The diplomatic relations between two countries were established on February 11, 1992. Expansion of Kazakhstan and Germany co-operation contributed to high-level visits.

    A lesson dedicated to the Year of Kazakhstan in Germany, was organized jointly with "Kindergarten - Grammar school № 46" of Astana. There were members of the Council teachers of MFP RK, representatives of Astana akimat, the Office of Education, German society "Wiedergeburt”, parents, teachers and pupils.

     In honour of the distinguished guest was prepared a special exposition from the Museum collection - historical documents, archival materials, objects of material and spiritual culture, letters and telegrams, gifts presented to the Head of the State in different years by delegations of Germany. The documents from the personal archives of the President – is evidence of the origins of diplomatic ties between two countries:
      • transcript of the meeting of the First President of the Republic of Kazakhstan with the Minister of Economy of Germany(1992).
      • joint statement of N.A. Nazarbayev with the former Chancellor of Germany Gerhard Schroeder about the prospects and dynamics of Kazakh-Germany relations and etc.

   The lesson has absorbed only a fraction of Kazakh cultural diversity, synthesize all spiritual wealth of ethnic groups in Kazakhstan. Kazakh and German people linked cultural, economic and political threads, going back centuries. Kazakhstan became a second home for many ethnic Germans. The schoolchildren played dramatized sketch with great warmth on a high emotional note; it was based on documents from the history of Germans who were deported to Kazakhstan in 1941, testifying to the hospitality and generosity of the people of Kazakhstan.
      "I would like to express my gratitude and say that very touched by what I saw today, and realized that for Kazakh people that event data is also important, as for Germans. Today, were made great memories, showed the circumstances that prove the friendship between our peoples. Between our two countries developed close cooperation. We are friends, and this friendship has the historical reasons, as was shown here today”, - said his impressions of the event, the head of diplomatic mission Rainer Eugen Schlageter.

      The pupils of "Kindergarten - Grammar school № 46 "(Director Privalenko R.F.) spoke in German language with the distinguished guests and brilliantly demonstrated that they know 3 languages. R.O. Schlageter noted it in his speech. They spoke in State, German and Russian languages.
      According to Kozorezova S.D. a coordinator of Astana and Akmola region meetings: “Today German diaspora is one of the largest, thanks to the foresight and deliberate policy of the First President of the Republic of Kazakhstan". It is true that friendship affairs are strong. The song "Druzhba-Freundschaft» sounded in the final meeting, became a leitmotif of the entire event and relay to the new 2010 Year of Germany in Kazakhstan