To the question of marriage-family relations in kipchakov
The article aims to identify and analyze marriage and family relations in the Kypchak society. Historical and folklore (in particular, epic tales of Alpamysh) sources, as well as ethnographic material regarding peoples related to Kypchaks, allowed Kypchaks to reveal such phenomena in the field of family and marriage relationships as levirate, marriage contract, matchmaking of young children, payment of kalym, etc. To clarify some aspects of family relations associated with the Levyrat among the Kypchaks, materials on the common law of the Kazakhs, collected by Russian officials and officials in the 19th century, helped. Levirate marriages, as a phenomenon, are recorded among the Kypchaks in the Tale of Bygone Years, and are also displayed in historical chronicles. Levirate acted as a means of continuing the family of the deceased by the next of kin, and was also due to the economic interests of the husband's family. Despite the relatively equal position of women, vestiges of matriarchy, the patriarchal nature of the family in Kypchak society is displayed. In general, reconstructions of nomadic societies show an important role in social organization of society of such social institutions as the family and the community.