Kazakhstan famine of 1932-1933

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The major ethnic groups in Kazakhstan 1897–1970. The number of Kazakhs and Ukrainans decreased in 1932–1933 due to famine.

The Kazakhstan famine of 1932–1933, described as Kazakh catastrophe by Robert Conquest,<ref>Robert Conquest, The Harvest of Sorrow: Soviet Collectivization and the Terror-famine, 1987</ref> was part of the Soviet famine of 1932–33. While Ukraine was worst affected, the famine also spread to the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic's autonomous republic, Kazakhstan and other areas.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Kazakhs were most severely affected by the Soviet famine in terms of percentage of people who died (approximately 38%).<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref> Around 1.5 million (or possibly as many as 2.0–2.3 million) people died in Kazakhstan of whom 1.3 million were ethnic Kazakhs.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

It is known in Kazakshan as "Goloshchekin genocide" (Template:Lang-kz),<ref name="auto">Қазақстан тарихы: Аса маңызды кезеңдері мен ғылыми мәселелері. Жалпы білім беретін мектептің қоғамдык- гуманитарлық бағытындағы 11-сыныбына арналған оқулық / М.Қойгелдиев, Ә.Төлеубаев, Ж.Қасымбаев, т.б. — Алматы: «Мектеп» баспасы, 2007. — 304 бет,суретті. ISBN 9965-36-106-1</ref> in reference to Filipp Goloshchyokin, who carried out the Sovietization of Kazakhstan at the time.

Taking into an account the Kazakh famine of 1919–1922, in 10–15 years Kazakh lands lost more than half of its population due to the actions of the Soviet power.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Consequences

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The cube at the site for future monument for victims of the Soviet famine (1931–1933) in the center of Almaty, Kazakhstan

The famine made Kazakhs a minority in their own republic, and not until the 1990s did Kazakhs become the largest group in Kazakhstan again. Before the famine, around 60% of the republic's population were Kazakhs, but after the famine, only around 38% of the population were Kazakhs.<ref>Татимов М. Б. Социальная обусловленность демографических процессов. Алма-Ата,1989. С.124</ref><ref name="auto" /><ref>http://world.lib.ru/p/professor_l_k/070102_koval_drujba.shtml - "Запомнил и долю казахов в пределах своей республики - 28%. А за тридцать лет до того они составляли у себя дома уверенное большинство"</ref><ref>Template:Cite journal</ref>

See also

• Holodomor
• Soviet famine of 1932–33

Further reading

• Conquest, Robert, «The Harvest of Sorrow: Soviet Collectivization and the Terror — Famine», (Edmonton: The University of Alberta Press in Association with the Canadian Institute of Ukrainian Studies, 1986).</small>
• Sahni, Kalpana. Crucifying the Orient : Russian orientalism and the colonization of Caucasus and Central Asia. Bangkok : White Orchid Press, 1997
• I. Ohayon, La sédentarisation des Kazakhs dans l’URSS de Staline, collectivisation et changement social, Paris, maisonneuve et Larose, 2006 Template:Fr-icon