In this article, on the example of toponyms of the Ulan district of the East Kazakhstan region, the author presents toponyms based on the spiritual culture of nomads. The spiritual culture of the nomadic Kazakh people is very rich and diverse. Since in our time, at the heart of any word, phrase, phraseological units and Proverbs-sayings, fairy tales and poems, prohibitions and beliefs in a large number of cognitive, cognitive data, it is considered insufficient to investigate based only on language data. Because under the cover of these collective values, such cultural values of the people as the historical and elite culture formed by this people, historical collective thinking, knowledge of the world, everyday life, social economy, life experience, moral condition, ethics and aesthetics are known in detail. The article shows how the spiritual culture of the Kazakhs was reflected in the name of localities in the Ulan district of East Kazakhstan region.