Cryosphere investigations in the Ile Alatau mountains

Abstract

This article presents the stages of cryosphere studies in the Ile Alatau Range in XIX–XXI. Based on published official and literary data and oral reports, 3 main periods of research are described according to the socio-political conditions. The efforts of enthusiasts, followed by the period of regular measurements and observations, involvement of women in science. After the period of the USSR disintegration, the systematic observations were continued with the expanded scientific contacts, use of new scientific equipment and methods of research.