Leading archaeologist in East Kazakhstan and Professor in the Archaeology, Ethnography and Museology department of Al-Farabi Kazakh National University
Professor Toleybayev is a specialist in the iron age archaeology and ethnography in East Kazakhstan, publishing most recently on the detailed reconstruction process from recent excavations at Shilikty.
With thanks to the East Kazakhstan Region of the Republic of Kazakhstan and
Regional Museum of History
and Local Studies of the Department of Culture,
Archives and Documentation of East Kazakhstan.