Abstract

The main purpose of this article is to conduct an initial analysis of the meaning Tengriism is a system of religious beliefs of the ancient Turkic peoples. With the advent of Islam, this belief was greatly weakened in the Turkic world and almost disappeared completely. In the last 10-15 years, however, it has revived in the former post-Soviet countries. This phenomenon has aroused the interest of scholars. This article examines information about Tengriism, which has revived in Central Asia and Russia in recent years. In particular, it analyses the information about Tengriism and the history of its study. The history of research on this topic is divided into several main periods. In addition, this article focuses on the period when studies of the old Tengriism belief and the neo-Tengriism belief were conducted. A chronology of the research periods is established and analysed. In addition, the opinions of domestic and foreign scholars on Tengriism are analysed in detail and comprehensively. Methods such as scientific analysis, literature research and analytical observation are mainly used in the study.