The Famine of 1931–1933 in Central Kazakhstan: Collection of Archival Documents and Memoirs

Dulatbekov, Nurlan; Kitibayeva, Alfiya

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 The publication introduces previously unpublished archival materials from the Central and regional archives of Kazakhstan into scientific circulation.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.

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Published by: Palgrave Macmillan

Publication Date: 2024-02-15

Format: Paperback

ISBN-13: 9789811985768

DOI: 10.1007/978-981-19-8574-4

Dimensions: 210cm x148cm

Pages: 608