At the club of educators, Ahmed was supposed to make a report on the beginning of the emergence of civilization. He read a large number of books, took the necessary excerpts. In addition, he needed to familiarize himself with works written on the history of civilization, with folklore, the history of morals and customs, and with many travels of Western and Eastern authors. Sitting for long hours in Lenin, fundamental In the university libraries and the library named after Sabir, Ahmed thoroughly studied the issue. One day, one of the books taken from the reading room attracted his attention. It was a work by a certain Chopo, written about the El ulus1 and translated into European languages in the middle of the 19th century. Having opened the book, Ahmed plunged into reading with deep interest.