JUSTICE FIGHTERS OF THE 1920s (in the example of West Kazakhstan region)

The article examines questions about the activities of heroes who fought for justice in Western Kazakhstan in the 20s of the last century and about the organization of repressions against them by the Soviet authorities. In the 1920s, the Soviet government called those who took up arms in the fight and did not subordinate the authorities to anti-people policies “gangs”, and “gangster gangs” and organized repressions, cruel punishment, and destruction of them. At that time, such individual wrestlers from among the local population were found in all regions of Kazakhstan. Because the authorities themselves pushed for such action. They did not find any other way to resist the violence of the authorities other than to come out with arms in hand to fight. Of course, it was not easy to destroy the Soviet power that came into force. However, they fought for their freedom. Bokai Sabitov, Ergali Ayazbaev, Amangali Kenzhakhmetov, Kunyskerey Kozhakhmetov, and others are considered fighters for justice.

Historical documents found in the West Kazakhstan Regional State Archive concerning the struggle of Soviet authorities against “banditry” in the Bokey and Ural regions in the 1920s are analyzed. The main purpose of the article is to study the difficult life paths and destinies of citizens who fought for freedom against Soviet power in Western Kazakhstan in the 1920s and to give a historical assessment of their actions from the standpoint of the ideological policy of our country.

As a result of research work, archival documents on the fight against banditry in the region of the 1920s of the Bokey provincial/district executive committee of the Soviets, the criminal investigation department of the Ural provincial executive committee of the Soviets, the OGPU and other competent authorities were introduced into scientific circulation for the first time.

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