The collection contains materials of archival documents and memoirs concerning the famine of 1931-1933 in Central Kazakhstan. Various documents from the archives reveal to the reader the most difficult period of the Soviet history of Kazakhstan, associated with the dispossession of the kulaks and debaiization of the Kazakh village and aul, Stalinist forced collectivization, forced sedentarization of nomadic Kazakh farms, large-scale cattle, meat and grain procurements, famine and epidemics in the republic. The publication introduces previously unpublished archival materials from the Central and regional archives of Kazakhstan into scientific circulation. In addition, the collection includes the memories of famine witnesses preserved by their descendants. The collection is addressed to researchers, students, as well as a wide range of readers interested in the history of Kazakhstan.
Edited by:
Nurlan Dulatbekov Translated by:
Alfiya Kitibayeva Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan Country of Publication: Singapore Edition: 1st ed. 2023 Dimensions:
Height: 210mm,
Width: 148mm,
Weight: 934g ISBN:9789811985737 ISBN 10: 9811985731 Pages: 608 Publication Date:14 February 2023 Audience:
Professional and scholarly
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Undergraduate
Format:Hardback Publisher's Status: Active
Chapter 1: Preface.- Chapter 2: Archival documents.- Chapter 3: Memories and interviews. Famine in the steppe.- Chapter 4: Migrant nomads.- Chapter 5. Special migrants.
Nurlan Dulatbekov has led a team of Kazakh historians in this archival research.