CHANGES IN KAZAKH ORTHOGRAPHY IN 1929-1940 AND THEIR REFLECTION OF POLITICAL AND IDEOLOGICAL SHIFTS IN KAZAKHSTAN

Abstract

The 1920s 30s, as it will be later described in more detail, were the times of important political and ideological changes in Kazakhstan. These changes were reflected in the dynamics of official party rhetoric on different issues, the political landscape o f Kazakhstan cleansed from the “enemies of the people and changing policies. Kazakh orthography based on Latin script that was used from 1929 to 1940 was also undergoing notable changes and reforms: the newspapers from the early 1930s and the late 1930s h ave quite notable differences in spelling This decade witnessed particularly important changes in the nationalities policies of the Soviet Union, which are often interpreted and summarized as a shift from indigenization, affirmative action, and regional r ecognition to consolidation as a Soviet nation and Russification.