The Period of Revolutions and the Alash Movement (1905–1920)
Which party was formed at the First All-Kazakh Congress held in Orenburg in July 1917?
The “Alash” Party.
During the New Economic Policy (NEP), what replaced the food requisitioning system (prodrazvyorstka)?
A food tax (tax in kind).
What was the first major railway built in Kazakhstan between 1927–1930?
Turkestan–Siberia Railway (Turksib).
Who was the first Kazakh woman to receive the title Hero of the Soviet Union during World War II?
Manshuk Mametova.
What was the large-scale economic campaign launched in 1954 in northern Kazakhstan?
Virgin Lands Campaign.
What was the political situation in the country after the February Revolution of 1917 called?
Dual power.
Which political figure proposed and implemented the “Little October” policy in Kazakhstan?
F. I. Goloshchyokin.
Which scientist contributed to the scientific basis of industrialization and studied copper deposits in Central Kazakhstan?
Kanysh Satbayev.
Who was the first president of the Academy of Sciences of the Kazakh SSR, established in 1946?
Kanysh Satbayev.
Who was the First Secretary of the Communist Party of Kazakhstan from 1964 to 1986?
Dinmukhamed Kunaev.
In which newspaper was the draft program of the Alash Party published?
In the “Qazaq” newspaper.
What was the main goal of the August 1928 decree on confiscating the property of wealthy people?
To eliminate large landowners (bais) as a class.
What was the main goal of the “liquidation of illiteracy” (Likbez) campaign in the 1930s?
To teach adults to read and write.
Which historian was accused of “bourgeois nationalism” and sentenced to 25 years in prison in the postwar period?
Ermukhan Bekmakhanov.
What caused the events in Almaty on December 16, 1986?
The removal of D. Kunaev and the appointment of G. Kolbin.
Who was the chairman of the Alashorda government formed in December 1917?
Alikhan Bokeikhanov.
What is the name of the historical document written to Stalin in 1932 describing the famine?
“The Letter of Five.”
What was the name of the camp for “wives of traitors to the Motherland” located near Akmola?
ALZHIR. Akmolinsk Camp for Wives of Traitors to the Motherland
Which division, in which Baurzhan Momyshuly served, showed exceptional bravery in the Battle of Moscow?
The 316th Rifle Division (Panfilov Division).
What was the process of rehabilitating victims of political repression in the late 1950s called?
The “Khrushchev Thaw.”
In which year was the decree signed on the establishment of the Kyrgyz (Kazakh) ASSR within the RSFSR?
August 26, 1920.
Approximately what percentage of the population died during the famine of 1921–1922?
About 30%.
How many people were sentenced to death in Kazakhstan during the Great Terror of 1937–1938?
More than 25,000
How many enterprises were evacuated to Kazakhstan from the western regions of the USSR during the war?
More than 220 enterprises.
What is the name of the world’s largest spaceport established in Kazakhstan in 1955?
Baikonur.