The Anthropology of Entrepreneurship in Post-Soviet Kazakhstan [Антропология предпринимательства в постсоветском Казахстане]

The purpose of the study is identifying the main directions of public policy in the development and formation of small and medium enterprises in Kazakhstan since independence in terms of modern historical knowledge. The importance of this research topic allows us to address an important historical issue about the importance of the formation of new social groups in Kazakhstan. In particular, it allows us to determine the nature of the owner in post-Soviet Kazakhstan, its features, as well as the genesis of the new economic model in real historical conditions of the late XX and early XXI centuries. The subject of the study identifies and confirms the sources of changes in the social structure of society during the period of reforms and the emergence of a new type of people who had no place in Soviet society – entrepreneurs. The relevance of the topic is determines by modern challenges in improving the concept of public policy for support and development of small business. The research aim was to study directions of the state policy in transforming society and its implementation in Kazakhstan mainly in the process of forming entrepreneurship since independence; from the view of historical knowledge. This study conducted using the Systematic Literature Review (SLR). Different types of common reviews on entrepreneurship research of Kazakhstan examined