SOCIAL AND POLITICAL LIFE OF THE KAZAKHS OF THE KARKARALINSKY DISTRICT (1822-1868)

Abstract

Abstract. The history of cities, the locus of the Kazakh people's social history, is an integral part of their history. Based on the 1822 "Charter on the Governance of the Siberian Kirghiz," the Russian Empire made the Kazakh steppe dependent on it in political, social, administrative, and socioeconomic terms. As a result, villages and volosts were united into districts, and the colonial policy of the Russian Empire was firmly established on Kazakh soil. This article examines the sociopolitical history of the population of the Karkaraly District, discovered in 1824. The development of the districts, the first to be established in the Kazakh steppe, developed in close connection with the lifestyle of the local population.

The history of the Kazakhs of the Karkaraly District in the 19th century provides a comprehensive understanding of the sociopolitical and socioeconomic development of the Kazakh steppe, which was part of the Russian Empire. In 1824, in addition to government buildings opened in the Karkaraly District, residential buildings were constructed for merchants and local Kazakhs. A mosque was opened for local Kazakhs, and a small chapel was built for the sedentary Slavic population. The Koyandy Fair holds a special place in the region's history. Merchants participating in this fair built unique houses in Karkaraly made of carved wood and red brick. This testifies to the rise of the population of the Karkaraly District to a new socioeconomic level. The purpose of this article is to scientifically study the history of the sociopolitical life of the Kazakhs of the Karkaraly District from 1822 to 1868.