One mıgratıon, two dıfferent hıstorıographıes: the mıgratıon of the uzbeks and kazakhs in the 15th century

History education has a crucial role in training the future generations. Each nation-state teaches history according to necessities of forming national identities for its citizens. After the dissolution of the USSR, following the fail demise of the common identity, New Soviet Man, newly independent Central Asian states moved to find distinct national identities for their citizens. During the Soviet period the historiography was based on territoriality within the driven borders. The common past, however, cannot be delimited to contemporary borders. Kazakh and Uzbek peoples consist of some similar tribes, because they had arrived as a result of massive migrations in the 15th century. The comprehension of their past and the differences in evaluating this migration is related to their recent needs of constructing a nation, which is manifested in their history textbooks.