HISTORY of PERSECUTION of the INTELLECTUAL CLASS in KAZAKHSTAN during STALIN’S REPRESSION
Yensenov K.A. Saurykova Z.S. Naimanbayev B.R. Bakhtorazov S.U. Nurbekova R.K.
2021Editura Universitaria Craiova
Analele Universitatii din Craiova - Seria Istorie
2021#25Issue 265 - 75 pp.
The end of the 1930s was marked by a new wave of political repression, which took on a massive character. Strengthening the cult of Stalin’s personality and impatience of all kinds of dissent, attempts to declare all the difficulties of the country’s development as the result of the activities of “enemies of the people” led to the physical elimination of almost all influential leaders who could oppose the regime. Documents and data in this area were collected and used to conduct this study. In 1937-1938, many statesmen of Kazakhstan, as well as representatives of the intelligentsia, were accused of “national-fascism” and espionage. The number of those arrested in 1937 across Kazakhstan reached 105 thousand, of which 22 thousand were shot. The executions of the intelligentsia were called the highest measure of social protection, and the concentration camps that filled the country were places of social prevention. The works of intellectuals were confiscated and banned. These were, in fact, the crimes of totalitarianism that violated and trampled on human rights. The authors used new research data from the state archives of Kazakhstan. In addition, foreign and Kazakh research works on repression in Kazakhstan were analyzed. It was found that despite several attempts, only after the proclamation of independence by Kazakhstan, the victims of the repressions were rehabilitated, and the scientists gained access to archival data and were able to study this period. However, there are still many pressing issues related to repression that need to be explored.
Autonomy , Great Terror , Rehabilitation , Repression , Totalitarianism
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Department of Source Studies, Historiography and National History, Institute of the State, Committee of Science of the Ministry of Education and Science of the Republic of Kazakhstan, 010000, 8 Mangilik El Str., Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan
Department of History of Kazakhstan named after Academician T.S. Sadykov, Abai Kazakh National Pedagogical University, 13 Dostyk Аve, Almaty, 050010, Kazakhstan
Department of Kazakhstan History and Geography, Silkway International University, 160011, 27 K. Tokayev Str., Shymkent, Kazakhstan
Department of History of Kazakhstan, M.Kh. Dulaty Taraz State University, 7 Suleimanov Str., Taraz, 080012, Kazakhstan
Department of History of Kazakhstan, Sarsen Amanzholov East Kazakhstan State University, 34, 30 Gvardeiskoi Divisii Str., Ust-Kamenogorsk, 070020, Kazakhstan
Department of Source Studies
Department of History of Kazakhstan named after Academician T.S. Sadykov
Department of Kazakhstan History and Geography
Department of History of Kazakhstan
Department of History of Kazakhstan
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