But even if they broach it, the absolute majority of ethnic Kazakh writers fail to reveal the roots of the zhuze scourge and tribalism, which insidiously twine round the state-forming ethnic group. The internal Kazakh discussions, therefore, not infrequently take the form of partisan verbal skirmishes, with participants taking sides and staying below the level of scientific, impartial analysis the prerequisite for the shaping of a modern, national, democratic self-awareness. Live somehow from one day to the next, like the Swan, the Pike, and the Crab, each pulling the national wagon in his own direction, is the officially-encouraged attitude characterizing the ordinary inhabitants of Kazakhstan. Scientific approach reveals a phenomenon in its objective historical evolution, reconstructs the substance and its manifestations, shows its top form and limits. Short of this, the Kazakhs will be unable to keep sovereignty, become one nation, and assume responsibility for the fate of their country and the well-being of ethnic minorities living in the republic.
Support is to be found only in oneself and one s own history.
Taking it as a point of departure, one should start building a new, civic, civilized society suiting all inhabitants of Kazakhstan. This is the goal and modern mission facing the state-forming Kasakh people. It will be followed by other peoples of the steppe Eurasian region, which not so long ago served as a place of exile for rebels and truth-seekers. The Middle Zhuze occupied the biggest middle country. But it is wrong to reduce zhuzes only to some narrow consanguine entities.