THE SOVIET HISTORIOGRAPHY AND THE QUESTION OF KAZAKHSTAN’S HISTORY

THE QUESTION OF KAZAKHSTAN’S HISTORY 149
and today’s political history. It is impossible to separate history from
this policy. It cannot be other thoughts of history.” 248
Stalin’s strengthening of position of state control after the 1930’s
the changes in researching and writing history is visible. Under the
pressure of Communist leaders historians started writing history that
will consolidate the Soviet brotherhood. In these works the participation
of nations, living under Soviet Union, to Russia was showed not
as occupation, but as completely voluntarily, and at the same time it
is emphasized that these participations provided the support to the
people that were occupied. Also it is highlighted the big brother role
of Russians over other nations. 249
Also in the period after Stalin the Communist Party continued to
expect historians’ works that’ll consolidate nations’ union under the
Soviet pot. The 23rd Communist Party Congress that took place in
1966, Party gave to historians tasks as follows: “Party is expecting from
scientists and historians to stick together with communisms needs to
provide high level morality to the people and to solve the problems of
society.” 250 As it is understood historians were carrying very important
mission of ideological struggle.
The Communist Party’s expectations from historians can be summarized
as follows: To increase the friendship of different nations that
are living under Soviet Union which has a multinational structure, for
strengthening the nations’ bonds to Soviet government to forefront the
Soviet patriotism. As it is understood, from that point of view not only
Soviet period but also the Tsardom period should be rewritten, too.
The implementation field of this new history thesis, that is supporting
soviet ideology, became a new curriculum of formal educational
institutions. The artificial minds, made according to Communist
Party’s directives, without doubt would be quite effective in rising
of young generations that will meet the expectations of Communist
Party. In making a new mind of society as much as historians’ the
history teachers’ role was very important, the guidebook that supports
curriculum of history class was explained this way: “The materials of
history class should be run in a way of increasing a love to Lenin, to
Communist Party and to students’ socialist homeland. Furthermore, the
patriotism, the proletariat and internationalist thoughts of students
248 Ağayev, E. “Sovyet İdeolojisi Çerçevesinde Türk Cumhuriyetlerinin Tarih Yazımı ve Tarih
Eğitimi: Azerbaycan Örneği”, (Yayınlanmamış Doktora Tezi), 2006, p. 84.
249 Tillet, L. R., The Great Friendship Soviet Historians on the Non-Russian Nationalities, N.
Carolina, 1969, pp. 16-17.
250 “Bolşiya Zadaçi”, Voprosı İstorii, 1966, No: 6, p. 8.