Kazakhstan pays considerable attention to the restoration of historical justice in relation to innocent repression, meticulous and objective study of the gloomy pages of history. This is stated in the publication of the President of Kazakhstan Kasym -Zhomart Tokayev on the occasion of May 31 – the day of memory of victims of political repression and hunger.
today, May 31, we give tribute to respect and memory to the victims of political repression and hunger of the last century. Our state pays significant attention to the restoration of historical justice in relation to innocent repressions, scrupulous and objective study of the gloomy pages of history. Having learned the terrible lessons of the past and preserving the memory of them, we will be able to overcome any challenges and achieve new heights on the path of building a fair state and a harmonious society, ”Tokaev wrote on social networks x.
In Kazakhstan, annually on May 31 is a day of memory of victims of political repression and hunger.
Date was established by Decree of the President of Kazakhstan of April 5, 1997. According to official statistics, about 100 thousand people were convicted in Kazakhstan from 1921 to 1954, of which more than 20 thousand people were shot.
20-30s of the last century were marked by mass repressions, the victims of which were Kazakh national elites, intelligentsia and clergy. Mass repressions affected thousands of people, many of them were sent to camps.
The victims of the Hunger Policy, applied by the USSR Government in the first half of the 20th century, to clean up Kazakhstan from Kazakh Turks, became over five million people.
according to statistics, if before collectivization in Kazakhstan the number of cattle amounted to 45 million, then for several years this figure has reduced to 4 million
This situation caused the events that occurred in 1930-1933 and received the name “Great Hunger.”
During the specified period, 2.5 million from the country’s 6-million population of the country were killed in the country.