Kazakh famine of 1930–1933

The major ethnic groups in Kazakhstan 1897–1970. The number of Kazakhs and Ukrainans decreased in 1932–1933 due to famine.

The famine in Kazakhstan was a part of the Soviet famine of 1932–33. Kazakhs were most severely affected by the Soviet famine in terms of percentage of people who died (approximately 38%). Around 1.5 million people died in Kazakhstan of whom 1.3 million were ethnic Kazakhs.

Among the remaining 0.2 million people, mostly ethnic Ukrainians were affected. According to other estimations as many as 2.0–2.3 million ethnic Kazakhs died in that famine.

Consequences

The cube at the site for future monuments for victims of the Soviet famine (1931-1933) in the center of Almaty, Kazakhstan

The famine made Kazakhs a minority in their own republic, and not until the 1990s did Kazakhs become the largest group in Kazakhstan again. Before the famine, around 60% of the republic's population where Kazakhs, but after the famine, only around 38% of the population were Kazakhs.

See also: Ethnic demography of Kazakhstan § Ethnic composition of Kazakhstan

See also

• Holodomor
• Soviet famine of 1932–33

Literature

• Conquest, Robert, «The Harvest of Sorrow: Soviet Collectivization and the Terror — Famine», (Edmonton: The University of Alberta Press in Association with the Canadian Institute of Ukrainian Studies, 1986).
• Sahni, Kalpana. Crucifying the Orient : Russian orientalism and the colonization of Caucasus and Central Asia. Bangkok : White Orchid Press, 1997