Foreign historiography of the problem of adaptation of the peoples of the North Caucasus, forcibly resettled in Kazakhstan in the 40s. XX century

Abstract

The article is devoted to the study of the works of foreign authors, which deal with the issues of adaptation of the peoples of the North Caucasus, forcibly relocated to Kazakhstan in the 40s of the twentieth century. Among the problems that can be called key ones on this topic, we can name the problems of everyday adaptation of special settlers in new places of resettlement, identifying the scope of their labor skills, social arrangement, and others. In the course of the analysis and evaluation of the works of foreign authors, an attempt was made to determine the degree of objectivity and impartiality in the study of the identified problem. It should be noted that in the period from the late 40’s to the 70’s. XX century, a large number of monographs, scientific articles, dissertations, etc. was written by immigrants from the USSR, who for one reason or another emigrated abroad. At the same time, in the second half of the 20th century, the topic of deportation to the USSR was also studied by foreign authors, who, in particular, were characterized by the absence of a large number of sources, primarily archival ones on the topic under study. A number of works analyzed in the article were written in recent decades, which indicates that this topic continues to be relevant today and has not been fully explored. The works of foreign authors have not lost their relevance to the present day for historical science.