Abstract. This article presents a brief overview of some works on the topic of commercial relations between Russia and Kazakhstan during the VI-VIII centuries.
The urgency of the research on the problems of history of Kazakhstan was caused by the need to develop historiographical aspects of the country’s relations with Russia. This topic was one of the main ideas in the study of history of Kazakhstan.
The historical experience of Russia and Kazakhstan has highlighted the need to define the prospects of their cooperation in the new political and social conditions.

Keywords: historiography, empire, colonization, commercial relations, diplomacy.