https://tankie.tube/videos/watch/a79e7e6c-bef6-4c69-9874-b158e1e81505 How did early Soviet nationality policies affect the history of Kazakhstan? What might be the legacies of those policies today? This video will cover a brief history of Soviet nation-building and how the (early) Soviet attitudes towards nationalist movements of oppressed groups informed the creation (at times out of nothing) of the Kazakh identity. Read the script here: https://themarxistproject.medium.com/clans-to-classes-how-the-soviets-built-kazakhstan-e4f13fce2d46Narration, script, and editing by M Animated intro by Jack, co-host of the Auxiliary Statements podcast @AuxStatements on Twitter. Intro music by Charles Tristan: https://soundcloud.com/charles-tristanReferences Douglas, N. (2001). Nationalizing Backwardness: Gender, Empire, and Uzbek Identity. In A State of Nations: Empire and Nation-Making in the Age of Lenin and Stalin (pp. 191-220). Oxford University Press Inc. Edgar, A. L. (2006). Tribal Nation: The Making of Soviet Turkmenistan. Princeton University Press. Martin, T. (2001). An Affirmative Action Empire: The Soviet Union as the Highest Form of Imperialism. In A State of Nations: Empire and Nation-Making in the Age of Lenin and Stalin (pp. 67 - 90). Oxford University Press. Payne, M. (2001). The Forge of the Kazakh Proletariat: The Turksib, Nativization, and Industrialization during Stalin's First Five-Year Plan. In A State of Nations: Empire and Nation-Making in the Age of Lenin and Stalin (pp. 223 - 252). Oxford University Press Inc. Payne, M. J. (2001). Stalin's Railroad: Turksib and the Building of Socialism. University of Pittsburgh Press. Suny, R. G., Martin, T., & Martin, T. D. (Eds.). (2001). A State of Nations: Empire and Nation-making in the Age of Lenin and Stalin. Oxford University Press. Ubiria, G. (2016). Soviet Nation-building in Central Asia: The Making of the Kazakh and Uzbek Nations. Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group. https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/kazakhstan-detains-almost-10000-over-deadly-unrest-2022-01-11/ https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/jan/08/inequality-protest-authoritarian-kazakh-governmentFAIR USE Copyright Disclaimer under section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for “fair use” for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, education and research. Fair use is a use permitted by copyright statute that might otherwise be infringing. Non-profit, educational or personal use tips the balance in favor of fair use. Wed, 08 Apr 2026 21:45:12 GMT https://validator.w3.org/feed/docs/rss2.html PeerTube - https://tankie.tube https://tankie.tube/lazy-static/avatars/3ba3ff73-a8b6-49c9-add8-9653ef090c7f.webp https://tankie.tube/videos/watch/a79e7e6c-bef6-4c69-9874-b158e1e81505 All rights reserved, unless otherwise specified in the terms specified at https://tankie.tube/about and potential licenses granted by each content's rightholder.