During his official visit to Omsk, Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev presented Russian President Vladimir Putin with a painting depicting Shoqan Ualikhanov and Fyodor Dostoevsky.
The choice of subjects for the painting reflects the friendship between the eminent Kazakh scholar, educator, and traveler Shoqan Ualikhanov and the Russian writer Fyodor Dostoevsky. Their intellectual exchanges and correspondence became an important part of the shared cultural heritage of the two countries.
The painting symbolizes the long-standing cultural ties between Kazakhstan and Russia, as well as the historical role of Omsk in the lives of these two outstanding figures.