Abstract:

This panel focuses on immigrants in the Kazakh steppe. Professor Shoshana Keller's project, "Mapping the Peoples of Kazakhstan" illustrates the population changes of various nationalities in different regions of Kazakhstan from the 1950s to the 1970s through the analysis of demographic data. Aiduosi Amantai's paper focuses on the Kazakh steppe in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, highlighting the influx of Russian peasants into this region starting in the late 19th century. He primarily analyzes land issues and the stance of Kazakh intellectuals through Kazakh-language newspapers from the late 19th to early 20th centuries. Shalima Talinbayi's research examines how kinship relations within the Chinese Kazakh community near agricultural areas influence pasture use and interactions with external parties in the context of contemporary markets and policies.