Abstract:

Mangystau (Mangyshlak) is a special region in Central Asia. The Mangyshlak Peninsula (the modern name of Mangystau) is located on the eastern coast of the Caspian Sea of Kazakhstan.

In the report, we will explain why the uprising is called "Adayevsky".

The Aday uprising of 1870 on Mangystau was preceded by the uprising of the Kazakhs of the Younger Zhuz in the Ural and Turgai regions of 1869, which was brutally suppressed by the tsarist government. These uprisings were a reaction to the introduction of the Provisional Regulations for the Management of the Steppe Regions in 1868.

The Russian Empire pursued a special policy in the region, taking into account all its geopolitical, geographical, and ethnic features. Temporary provisions of 1867–1868 were introduced in Mangistau later, in 1870, but nevertheless met with active resistance from the Kazakhs of the Adai clan, which resulted in an uprising.

The history of the Adaevsky uprising is not very extensively presented in the scientific literature.

In our report, we would like to analyze the features of the imperial policy in the territory of a special region, analyze the causes, course and results of the Adayev uprising, and its significance. We will also analyze the reasons why this uprising was practically not studied in Soviet historiography.