Features of Coverage of the Ulus Jochi History in the “Histories of the Kazakh SSR” in the 1940s–1950s

Abstract

Research objectives: to study the description of the Ulus of Jochi in the academic publication “History of the Kazakh SSR” since 1943, analyze and compare changes in subsequent reprints of the book. Research materials: The research is based on archival materials from the central archives of Kazakhstan, including documents from the Archive of the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan, the Central State Archive of the Republic of Kazakhstan, and the archive of the Academy of Sciences of the Kazakh SSR. Results and novelty of the research: This article focuses on the history of the study of the Golden Horde in Soviet Kazakhstan and the analysis of political considerations in historiography, particularly in the scientific publication “History of the Kazakh SSR” edited by M. Abdykalykov and A. Pankratova (1943). The main emphasis is on the discussions that took place at special editorial meetings organized by the Propaganda and Agitation Department of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Kazakhstan in the 1940s and 1950s. The propaganda activities of historians, writers, poets, and philologists who popula­rized the positive image of the Golden Horde and Edige in their works are also analyzed. Additionally, the research examines the August 9, 1944 Decree “On the state and measures to improve mass-political and ideological work in the Tatar party organization.” Archival documents, such as minutes of the meetings of the Bureau of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Kazakhstan, transcripts of the meetings of the sector of the History of the USSR until the 19th century, and discussions in the Institute of History of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR on the chapters “History of the Kazakh SSR” are also considered.