This dissertation concerns the development and interaction of Kazakh and Russian identities in post-Soviet Kazakhstan. My research questions were: (1) what was the character of these identities in 2003/04 (the time of my research); (2) how have these identities interacted to for…
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After the collapse of the Soviet Union, Kazakhstan allowed the Kazakh language to become a state language. However, the media space in Kazakhstan is divided into two major language groups: Kazakh speaking and Russian speaking journalists. While the Kazakhstan government tries to…
With the increasing prominence of transnationalism, often viewed as a byproduct of the loosely defined concept of globalization, de-territorialization and ‘diasporic identity’ are projected as the paradigmatic future of the global socio-spatial system. Such theories, not unlike …
The Turkic languages, as members of the Altaic language family, possess a quite noteworthy verbal structure which is based on verb + verb combinations. These verbal formations are composed of a verb which ends in an adverbial marker and another verb which describes the first ver…
Various sources on Kazakh history demonstrate that a Kazakh culture was generated out of the predominantly pastoral experiences of its people. For centuries, Kazakh communities were engaged in a definite set of practices prescribed by pastoralism. Firmly incorporated into the al…
The dissertation consists of an examination of the Alma-Ata demonstrations of 17–19 December 1986 in the Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic (KSSR), which were sparked by Gorbachev's replacement of the long-serving Kazakh First Secretary of the Communist Party of Kazakhstan (CPK) D…
This dissertation explores the social and cultural history of the Kazakh steppe by examining some of the ways in which the Middle Horde Kazakh nomads practiced their judicial customs (adat) within the historical context of Russian colonial rule in the period from 1868 to 1898. I…