The basic postulates of the Thesis

- As a result of the Orenburg scientific archival commission activity important materials on the history of Kazakh nation since XVIII century till 1918 were collected into the common archive. Although this activity was oriented to the realization of Russian colonial politics, it retained important materials about colonized Kazakhstan, made a contribution to the development of science.

- The documents systematized in the Orenburg scientific archival commission prove that from the second half of XVIII century the vigorous activity for learning Kazakhstan was outlined, and the results of Russian scientific researches show the radical restructuring of the Kazakh society.

- The Orenburg scientific archival commission was founded for the purpose of systematizing the documents which had been saved up in XVIII-ХIХ centuries in the office of the Orenburg governor general. Thus originals of many documents concerning to the history of Kazakhstan had been taken away to Moscow and St.-Petersburg.

- In the work of the archival commission the Muslim population of Orenburzhye had been involved. It is established that they weren't admitted to the basic work. But, in spite of it such figures as G.B.Balgymbaev, A.B.Bajtursynov being commission members carried out their own researches.

- It is established that I.A.Kastane organized searches of the richest archaeological heritage, did excavations, published the results in various editions, and G.B.Balgymbaev and A.B.Bajtursynov showed the results of the commission’s work to the Kazakh public.

- "The Works" of the archival commission were circulated in all scientific institutions, state structures, statistical committees, capital higher educational institutions of the Russian empire which allowed to the results of scientific researches about the Kazakh steppe to get world-famous reputation. Also the commission library exchanged materials with the newspaper "Kazakh".

- The commission helped to organize an archive, a library and a museum in the region. And today these establishments keep much of the Kazakh heritage.

- Though systematizing of archival documents was an overall objective of the archival commission, but it fulfilled in accord with a colonial policy. So, during the work the facts of destruction of many important documents were found out.