The third international scientific and practical conference was held in Cholpon-Ata, September 18-21, 2014 with the support of the President of the Republic of Kyrgyzstan A. Atanbayev. The work of the plenary session opened with the announcement of his welcoming speech. S. Syzdykov (Astana, Kazakhstan) and U. Bolushov, President of the Kyrgyz representative Office of the Dialogue-Eurasia Platform, addressed the audience with greetings on behalf of the Turkic Academy.  The plenary session was opened by Yu. S. Khudyakov (Novosibirsk, Russia) with the report "Military affairs of the Kyrgyz of Sayano-Altai in the developed Middle Ages". He presented the main results of studying the finds of weapons from the excavations of mounds of the Yenisei Kyrgyz culture of the developed Middle Ages in the Minusinsk basin, Tuva and Gorny Altai. The most significant changes in this period occurred in the composition of the armament complex of the Kyrgyz armored warriors. The collapse of the unified state meant that the Kyrgyz principalities were unable to withstand the military power of the Mongol Empire in the early 13th century.  V. Ya. Butanaev (Abakan, Russia) reviewed historical data on the features of the natural environment during the period of the Sayan-Altai Yenisei Kyrgyz, which are reflected in the language, folklore and ethnic culture of the modern Turkic peoples of this historical and cultural region. According to his research, the Yenisei Kyrgyz were a people of steppe culture. In legends and legends, they are the ancient inhabitants of the Sayano-Altai from the time when there was only steppe and no trees grew there. The more ancient population was probably the Samoyedic tribes "Eshteks", which are mentioned in Khakass legends.  Chairman of the plenary session T. Chorotegin (Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan) read out the summary of the report of H. Gasimov Sabir oglu (Baku, Azerbaijan) "Main stages of the history of Kyrgyz statehood", according to which modern Kyrgyzstan and Khakas ... Читать далее