Topic 3. The Formation of the Soviet Union and Kazakhstan (1920-1940)

3.1 The formation of national statehood in accordance with Soviet patterns

• The territorial problem of national autonomy

• The formation of the Kazakh Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic

3.2 The economic development of Kazakhstan

• The new Economic Policy in Kazakhstan

• The industrialization of Kazakhstan, “Minor October”

• Collectivization and famine in Kazakhstan

3.3 The consolidation of the totalitarian system in Kazakhstan

• Political repression in Kazakhstan

• Kazakhstan as a region of labour camps