Tokaev: crimes of totalitarianism left deep mark in self -awareness of people of Kazakhstan

The crimes of totalitarianism left a deep mark in the self -awareness of the people of Kazakhstan. This was stated by the President of Kazakhstan Kasym-Zhomart Tokaev in the publication on Twitter? dedicated to May 31 – the day of memory of victims of political repression and hunger.

“Today we pay tribute to the victims of political repression and hunger. The crimes of totalitarianism left a deep mark on the self -awareness of our people. It is important to continue the study of these gloomy pages of history, restoring justice for all innocently injured. The duty of each of us is to learn the terrible lessons of the past And to do everything possible so that such events do not happen again in the future. We must justify the hopes of our ancestors, who survived during the difficult tests, preserving the unity of the nation and faith in humanistic ideals, ”wrote Kasim -Zhomart Tokaev.

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.

Since 1997, Kazakhstan has been celebrating the victims of one of the most tragic pages of the country’s history – mass political repression and terrifying hunger that caused the death of millions of 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.