Semantic analysis of images on banknotes of the Republic of Kazakhstan

Abstract

The research article is devoted to the study of images semantic meanings placed on banknotes of the Republic of Kazakhstan of the 1993–2011 series. The main purpose of the article is to conduct a reconstructive analysis of the semantic values of Kazakhstan’s national currency as an implication of the historical path of the Ka-zakh people. The analysis of images content on money notes of the Republic of Kazakhstan was carried out in a combination of semantic, cultural and historical methods. The connotations between communicative and significant information of images and Kazakh culture, also systematization of historical-style groups of the national currency were marked. The research theoretical basis was the works on history, semantics, semiotics, linguacultural and cultural science. Special attention is paid to various archival documents on the history of banknotes in the Republic of Kazakhstan, reflecting the value relationship to national history and culture.