Author Archives: nicchaiy

What struck me the most about Chapters 14-18 was how much the lives of (former) Kazakh nomads had changed. I read with this meta-question in mind: how does Mukhamet mourn – or not – the passing of the nomadic way … Continue reading →

(Apologies for the late post as well! Edited for embarrassing typos.) Chapters 3, 4, and 5 cover the effects of the Stalinist 1930s in the kresy – of collectivisation, purges, deportations, of the Stalinist security apparatus, of Soviet industralisation fed … Continue reading →