The collection includes materials from a conference dedicated to the 90th anniversary of the birth of Sergei Grigorievich Klyashtorny (1928? 2014), a prominent Russian Turkologist, professor at a number of Russian and foreign universities, who made a significant contribution to the study of the history and culture of Turkic and Mongolian peoples. The articles discuss topical problems of history, literature, languages ​ ​ of the Turkic and Mongolian peoples, which were part of the circle of interests of S.G. Klyashtorny. A wide range of issues is covered: from the philosophy of history to specific aspects of the multilateral study of the life of the Turkic and Mongolian peoples, various research methods and approaches to considering topical problems of our time are shown.