Stalin's nomads
Subtitle: power and famine in Kazakhstan
By: Robert Kindler ; translated by Cynthia Klohr
Contributors: Klohr, Cynthia, 1954- translator
Series: Central Eurasia in context series; Central Eurasia in context
Published: 2018
Language: eng
Number of pages: 360
ISBN-13: 9780822965435
Copyright date: 2018
Subjects: Sedentarization; Collectivization of agriculture; Famines; Nomads; History
Work titles: Stalins Nomaden
Description: "A comprehensive and unsettling account of the Soviet campaign to forcefully sedentarize and collectivize the Kazakh clans. Stalin and his inner circle pursued a campaign of violence and subjugation, rather than attempting any dialog or cultural assimilation. The results were catastrophic, as the conflict and an ensuing famine (1931-1933) caused the death of nearly one third of the Kazakh population. Kindler analyzes Soviet Rule, economic and political motivations, and the role of remote and local Soviets officials and Kazakhs during the crisis"--
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 317-354) and index.

Translated from the German.

Geisteswissenschaften International Prize
Table of contents: title: Kazakh nomads and Russian colonial power; title: Soviet rule in the steppe; title: Collectivization and sedentarization; title: Civil war and flight; title: Famine; title: Soviet nomadism; title: Legacy.