“The book of victims of political repression in Kyrgyzstan in the 1920s-1950s” as a source for the study of political repression against Kazakhs outside soviet Kazakhstan

Based on the processing of biographical information on archival and investigative cases given in the 10-volume edition of "The Book of Victims of political Repression in Kyrgyzstan in the 1920s-1950s", it was necessary to identify persons of Kazakh nationality, determine the pace of investigation, the course of repression, statistics of victims and rehabilitation of people whose "crimes" were classified as political. "The book of victims of political..." (286 pages) accumulated information about the repressed of 55 nationalities, including 87 Kazakhs. In addition, the documents of the funds of the Central State Archive of Socio-Political Documentation of the Kyrgyz Republic, the Archive of the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan, introduced into scientific circulation for the first time, were used in the article. The study was conducted by means of comparative-historical, problem-chronological, statistical methods and was based on archival documents. Seven tables containing statistical calculations carried out for 90 convictions were compiled. The target contingent for repression includes former members of non-Bolshevik parties and the national liberation movement, Soviet and party workers, military personnel and mullahs, education and trade workers, students and cadets, workers and the unemployed. Kazakhs were accused of anti-Soviet propaganda and agitation, conducting counterrevolutionary activities, espionage, propaganda of national discord, escape from camps and expulsion, surrender on the fronts of the Great Patriotic War. The bulk of arrests (45 arrests (50%)) occurred in 1937-1938. Among the convicts there were 84 men (96.6%) and 3 women (3.4%). At the time of the arrest, the majority of Kazakhs - 80 people (88.9%) were of working age, from 16 to 50 years. In addition to the Bishkek edition of 2020, information about prominent intellectuals repressed in Kyrgyzstan has been restored from archival materials, as well as fragments of biographies of state and public figures of Kyrgyzstan and Kazakhstan, including the pre-revolutionary and first Soviet generation. Among them: Abykey Satpayev, Zhumagali Tleulin, Iskander Zholomanov, Musabek Taukin, Sanzhar Segizbayev, Shafika Koibagarova. The rehabilitation of citizens began in line with the all-Union policy and included 3 main points: the years of the Khrushchev thaw (1954-1963), the last years of Gorbachev's perestroika (1988-1991) and the period of sovereignty of Kyrgyzstan (1991-1999). The materials of the "Book of Victims of Political Repressions in Kyrgyzstan in the 1920s-1950s" are a valuable source in the study of political violence as one of the most important tools of socialist modernization of the Stalinist model. The obtained data expand and specify the directions and tasks of further searches in the state and departmental archives of Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan and Russia. Contribution of the authors: the authors contributed equally to this article. The authors declare no conflicts of interests.

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