NATIONALITY DIVERSITY IN KAZAKHSTAN Done by: Amir Tazhinov, For ENG 102b class American University in Bulgaria, 2015
KAZAKHSTAN
9 Kazakhstan is the world ’ s 9 th biggest country
24 Kazakhstan gained its independence in 1991, 24 years ago
120 The number of nationalities who live in Kazakhstan
“Kazakhstan is an example of inter- ethnic consent and sustainable development of a multi-ethnic society” Kofi Annan, 7 th Secretary-General of the United Nations
RUSSIAN EMPIRE
Resettlement policy of Russian Empire 1861 – Emancipation reform 1882 – about peasants are resettled to Kazakhstan (80 settlements) 1897 – Kazakhs are 87% of the population of Kazakhstan Russian – 55.5 millions
SOVIET UNION
FAMINE OF The loss of Kazakh population was about 1 million people
FAMINE OF According to Wikipedia, about 40% of the population of Kazakhstan died during the Famine of After the famine, the percentage of native population decreased from 60% to 38%.
POPULATION TRANSFER IN Germans Poles Kurds Koreans Chinese Persians Finns Karachais Kalmyks Chechens Greeks Armenians Turks
SOVIET UNION CENSUS 1970
INDEPENDENT KAZAKHSTAN
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