Abstract

Kazak nomadism and culture as they existed in the late nineteenth early twentieth centuries provides the necessary contextual references for understanding the Kazak intelligentsia’s social and economic grievances and programs. Kazak national identity, both prerevolutionary and Soviet, was configured by the intelligentsia around the cultural symbols (real and imagined) of a nomadic past. Recognizing these symbols, and their functions within the nomadic society, is crucial to discerning the complex effort required by the Kazak intelligentsia to define a national identity and to disseminate their program among the Kazak population.

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