In this article, the author traced the thorny path and fruitful research activities of the largest pre-revolutionary Russian researcher of the peoples of Central Asia, a deep connoisseur of the culture and life of the Kazakh people A.E. Alektorov. The scientific heritage of A.E. Alektorov is diverse, rich and meaningful; his followers and representatives of the current young generation of Kazakhstanis, who were not indifferent to the fate and future of their people, turned to his heritage more than once. One circumstance strikes the current young generation of representatives of the scientific community, this is the breadth of coverage of its scientific interests. In his numerous scientific publications, many important aspects of the socio-economic and economic life of nomads, their age-old aspirations, needs, desire for creation, love for the endless expanses of the steppe, goodwill and chastity of our wise and great ancestors found their worthy reflection. A.E.Alektorov devoted all his conscious life to the study of the history, ethnography and folklore of the Kazakh people, he is the author of 400 scientific works, his publications have not lost their scientific value to the present.