1. NATIONALITY DIVERSITY IN KAZAKHSTAN Done by: Amir Tazhinov, For ENG 102b class American University in Bulgaria, 2015

2. KAZAKHSTAN

3. 9 Kazakhstan is the world ’ s 9 th biggest country

4. 24 Kazakhstan gained its independence in 1991, 24 years ago

5. 120 The number of nationalities who live in Kazakhstan

6. “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

7. 1465-1466

8. RUSSIAN EMPIRE

9. Resettlement policy of Russian Empire 1861 – Emancipation reform 1882 – about 14.000 peasants are resettled to Kazakhstan (80 settlements) 1897 – Kazakhs are 87% of the population of Kazakhstan Russian – 55.5 millions

10. SOVIET UNION

11. FAMINE OF 1919-1922 The loss of Kazakh population was about 1 million people

12. FAMINE OF 1932-1933 According to Wikipedia, about 40% of the population of Kazakhstan died during the Famine of 1932-1933. After the famine, the percentage of native population decreased from 60% to 38%.

13. POPULATION TRANSFER IN 1930-1950 Germans Poles Kurds Koreans Chinese Persians Finns Karachais Kalmyks Chechens Greeks Armenians Turks

15. SOVIET UNION CENSUS 1970

16. INDEPENDENT KAZAKHSTAN

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