THE SOVIET HISTORIOGRAPHY AND THE QUESTION OF KAZAKHSTAN’S HISTORY

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THE SOVIET HISTORIOGRAPHY AND
(B.A. Aspandiyarov, I.U. Budovits, A.M. Zhirenchin, E.D. Dilmuhamedov)
there prevailed a tendency to praise the monograph, without taking
into account any criticisms that were expressed during its discussion
in Moscow at the Institute of History of USSR SA. 98
The speeches of the third group of speakers (A.N. Nusupbekov,
T.E. Eleuov, Kh.M. Adilgereyev, T.A. Kulteleyev, A.B. Tursunbayev, S.G.
Medvedev et al.) differed in a detailed, analytical approach to the
monograph “Kazakhstan in 20-40s of XIX. Century”.
In general, this group highly praised the scientific level of the book
and agreed with the assessment of the 1837-1847s uprising led by
Kenessary Kassymov as an anti-colonial one; these scientist-historians
expressed a number of significant comments:
• The presence in one place the wrong thesis about the revolutionary
nature of the uprising led by Kenessary Kassymov;
• There was not enough to substantiate the differences in economic
structures, culture and way of life of Kazakh Zhuzes in
general;
• The existence of non-critical attitude to folklore as a historical
source;
• The existence of idealization of Kenessary Kassymov. 99
As we can see, practically the discussion of a scientific work was
transferred to the political stage. As it is known, Ermukhan Bekmakhanov
was the victim of total repression during the postwar period
and was sentenced to 25 years in prison.
Only under the conditions of gaining independence for Kazakhstan
were researchers able to restore the “gaps” in the historiography of
the state’s history, including the issues of political campaigns of the
totalitarian regime against the intellectuals of the republic in 1940s
and 1950s.
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