The study of the discipline will allow the student to achieve a deep and holistic perception of the history of Kazakhstan, the ability to distinguish the true history based on facts and evidence, written, archaeological sources and scientific analysis from fictions and myth-making, the formation of a harmonious historical consciousness and worldview principles in accordance with national priorities, challenges and realities of the time; historical foundations and periods of formation of independent Kazakhstan statehood in the context of the world and Eurasian historical process; objectively and comprehensively comprehend the inherent advantages, features and significance of the Kazakh model of development; correlate individual phenomena and events of the historical past with the general paradigm of the world-historical development of human society.