Clan-hierarchical relations in the system of protest coordinates of the Kazakh village

Abstract

The article analyzes the place and role of clan-hierarchical institutions in the system of building socialism based on archival materials introduced into scientific circulation for the first time. The authors sought to show how the traditional socio-economic structure and its ancestral segment adapted to the new rules of the Soviet dormitory. The problem of the transformation of the Kazakh village, the forceful modernization of the nomadic population is one of the most burning themes; its multilayered nature allows historians to consider it vertically and horizontally, at the junction of interdisciplinary scientific relations. The proposed publication shows the origins of the destruction of traditional identity and the formation of the Soviet Kazakh nation; the process of social mimicry of the Kazakh village and the formation of Soviet tribalism, as strong tribal relations were incorporated into the political system of the new government; strategies of active/passive resistance of the Kazakh village and the motives of adaptation practices of the “backward” in the eyes of the Bolsheviks tribal Kazakh society. Special attention is paid to the analysis of protest moods and open armed demonstrations, in which tribal authorities and ministers of religious worship played a significant role. The contents indicate a group of characteristic factors of popular armed uprisings, the borderline influence on protest actions is noted, and their priorities are highlighted. In aggregate, the daily behavioral practices of life support of the Kazakh village largely depended on the traditional clan-hierarchical structure, which determined the choice of the format of the adaptation strategy or resistance.