Personal and Political Biography of G. Valikhanov in the Imperial Context of the Russian Colonization of the ХIХth – early ХХth centuries
Личная и политическая биография Г. Валиханова в имперском контексте российской колонизации ХIХ – начала ХХ вв
Nurkina Z.B. Churkin M.K. Abil Y.A. Utegenov M.Z.
March 2023Cherkas Global University Press
Bylye Gody
2023#18Issue 1230 - 238 pp.
This article is devoted to identifying the iconic plots of the personal and political biography of the outstanding Kazakh-Russian military, state and political figure G. Valikhanov. Appeal to the biographical method and the contextual approach in constructing the life path of a “second plan” person in history opened up a broad research perspective for understanding the sociocultural situation, within which in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. The Russian Empire implemented a colonization policy in the Central Asian region, relying, among other things, on representatives of the national elites who were ready to demonstrate loyalty to the imperial administration. Based on published materials and unpublished information extracted from the archives of the Russian Federation and the Republic of Kazakhstan, the stages of the military and socio-political biography of Sultan-Gaza Valikhanov were identified, the formation of whose personality took place against the background of the influence of both the traditionalist environment of the steppe aristocracy, and Russian educational and state-administrative structures. In the course of the study, it was proved that the political biography of G. Valikhanov was typical for representatives of the tribal steppe aristocracy of the second half of the 19th century, however, as a result of the active colonial expansion of Russia, the status of local political elites underwent some changes, which was due to the need to incorporate indigenous peoples into the Russian society, and elite groups were considered as a kind of locomotives organizing this movement. It has been established that the military, state and socio-political career of G. Valikhanov was generally successful. At the same time, he himself, like many steppe aristocrats, found himself in the role of a hostage of the imperial policy on the eastern outskirts, in the logic of which the national political elites were perceived as a tool for introducing Russian administrative orders and cultural conventions. Copyright
colonization , personal and political biography , Russian Empire , steppe aristocracy , Steppe region , Sultan-Gazy Valikhanov
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Kokshetau University named after Sh. Ualikhanov, Kokshetau, Kazakhstan
Omsk State Pedagogical University, Omsk, Russian Federation
Tobolsk Complex Research Station of the Ural, Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Tobolsk, Russian Federation
Institute of State History, Astana, Kazakhstan
Kokshetau University named after Sh. Ualikhanov
Omsk State Pedagogical University
Tobolsk Complex Research Station of the Ural
Institute of State History
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