The development of historical knowledge in Kazakhstan at the end of World War II was begun in 1945 by the Kazakh branch of the USSR Academy of Sciences Sh.Sh. In connection with the opening of the Institute of History, Archeology and Ethnography. Valikhanova. It was founded in 1942 from the Main Institute of Language, Literature and History. The Valikhanov Institute had 3 sectors. October During the 32 years of the USSR Academy of Sciences (1946-1978), the number of scientific institutions in Kazakhstan reached 200, in which more than 30,000 scientists worked. Of these, 7 scientists were awarded the title of Hero of Socialist Labor, 18 scientists were awarded the Lenin Prize, more than 70 scientists were awarded state and republican prizes. At that time, 707 doctors and 10,840 candidates of science worked in the country.
Unfortunately, in the post-war years a new wave of Stalinist policy of repression against the intelligentsia began. In Leningrad and Moscow, on the basis of ideological tasks, the artificial Leningrad Case, the Case of Doctors, and in Kazakhstan the Bekmakhanov Case were organized. E. Bekmakhanov was one of the most talented historians. During the war, he was actively engaged in scientific and creative work with famous scientists and historians. For example, during the war years, he participated in writing "History of the Kazakh SSR" as part of a team of authors, which included such famous scientists as A. Kuchkin, A. Pankratova, B. Grekov, N. Druzhinin.