May 31 is the Day of Remembrance for the Victims of Political Repression and Famine

It is 89 years since the famine and 84 years since the beginning of the repression.

In this regard, a large-scale event was organized by the University "Syrdarіya" and MSO "Youth Resource Center" of the Department of Internal Policy of Zhetysai district. The event began with a minute of silence, during which experts in the field of history spoke at length about the tragic consequences of those tragic years, which turned the country into a dark cloud. Special videos were shown and educational stories were told.

More than 2 million Kazakhs died of starvation as a result of forced collectivization in the early twentieth century, and about 1 million Kazakhs left their homeland and fled to another country. The rebels were accused of being "nationalists" and "enemies of the people." "The spouses, families and relatives of the victims of political repression have been severely punished. All of this is due to the sword-wielding left-wing policies of the Soviet era. "Therefore, the fate of the Kazakh people," a thousand dead and a thousand resurrected, "should not be repeated by the next generation. Deputy head of the district MSO "Youth Resource Center" Kurmanbek Rysmakhanov.

As a result of Stalin's terrorist policy, 101,000 Kazakhs were imprisoned in the Gulag and 27,000 were shot. Today, only 40,000 of those "enemies of the people" have been acquitted.

Let's hope that today's generation will depend on our independence, understand its value, the value of today, and that this suffering will never happen again in the future. May our country be safe and our people be peaceful! ” said Myrzabay Meirbekov.