Reasons for mass revolts against the forceful collectivization of farms in the East Kazakhstan region

Abstract

The article examines the state policy in relation to the collectivization of the Kazakh ASSR in the late 20s and early 30s of the XX century and the reasons for the uprisings in the East Kazakhstan region. In the region of East Kazakhstan historiography of the Soviet period and the Soviet government on the reasons for the peasants‘ revolt against the collectivization policy envisaged in the post-Soviet period. The author’s research assesses the direction of research on the causes of the uprisings of the Soviet period, its reliability and influence on state policy. Currently, the directions and features of modern research are analyzed in detail, and the goals are clearly defined. After analyzing the works published after the 90s of the XX century, they were not published during the Soviet period, used new archival documents, expanded the field of research, and made conclusions of new quality. The study identified the political, social, economic, and cultural causes of the uprisings against mass forced collectivization in the late and early 30s of the twentieth century. The article analyzes the relationship of collectivization policy with uprisings in the modern East Kazakhstan region and in other regions.