May 31 is the Day of Remembrance of Victims of Political Repression

The first repressions in Kazakhstan began in 1928. Since in 1925 F. I. Goloshchekin, who was the 1st secretary of the regional committee of the Party of Kazakhstan, got acquainted with the political, economic and potential situation of the republic, came to the negative conclusion that "The Great October Revolution had no influence on Kazakhstan, therefore it is necessary to make a revolution "Small Kazan" here and began to carry out Repressive measures are being taken in the Republic. He primarily appeals to the old intellectuals. Among them are Kazakhstanis A. Bokeikhanov , Zh. Akbayev, A.mekekov and others.

In Kazakhstan, which was part of the Soviet Union in the 1930s, 103 thousand people were repressed and 25 thousand people were shot. It was during these years that representatives of the Kazakh intelligentsia in the field of science, culture and politics were shot.

In total, more than 40 million Soviet citizens were repressed between 1930 and 1953. Especially representatives of the intelligentsia of all peoples and nationalities who were part of the Soviet Union were subjected to these illegal punishments. During this period, 40 percent of Kazakhs died. Koreans, Poles, Volga Germans, Crimean Tatars, Caucasian peoples and representatives of other nationalities were resettled in camps located on the territory of Kazakhstan.

Everyone who has experienced so many terrible years, talked, grieved, walked along narrow roads-everything is in their ears, in their hearts, forever remembered by today's generation.

In this regard, in 1997, a Decree of the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan was issued, according to which May 31 was declared the Day of victims of political repression, and the Government of the Republic of Kazakhstan was instructed to develop and hold events dedicated to victims of political repression annually on May 31. On this day, the whole country remembers our compatriots who became victims of political repression.