Senior Research Fellow of the Sh. Sh. Ualikhanov Institute of History and Ethnology, Doctor of Historical Sciences, Professor O. Kh. Mukhatova, and Junior Research Fellow, Candidate of Historical Sciences A. T. Kaipbaeva, conducted a scientific trip to Tashkent, Republic of Uzbekistan, from March 16 to March 28, 2025. This trip was carried out within the framework of the grant-funded research project titled “The Issue of Child Homelessness in Kazakhstan and Neighboring Countries in the 1920s–1930s.”
The purpose of the research trip was to study the history of orphaned children among Kazakh refugees who were forced to migrate to neighboring countries (including Uzbekistan) as a result of famine and repressive policies of the 1920s–1930s. The trip also aimed to examine the peculiarities of their resettlement and their subsequent fate. Additionally, the researchers investigated the activities of institutions that raised children from national minorities (known as natsmen). Their work involved collecting new data on the topic, analyzing it, and systematizing the materials based on their historical significance.
During their work in Tashkent, archival documents relevant to the project were identified and selected based on their historical value from the collections of the Central State Archive of the Republic of Uzbekistan. Archival research and archaeographic studies were conducted as well. Moreover, sources and academic studies on the topic were examined in the Alisher Navoi National Library of Uzbekistan and the Muhammad al-Khwarizmi National University of Uzbekistan, and valuable materials were collected.
As part of the trip, archival documents related to the history of forced migration of Kazakhs due to the mass famine of the 1920s–1930s in Kazakhstan were identified. Copies of valuable materials, including dissertations, collections of archival documents, monographs, and press publications, were obtained.
Furthermore, efforts were made to establish academic collaborations. Specifically, the researchers participated in the international scientific and practical conference “Tolerance – A Guarantee of Peace, Solidarity Among Citizens, Interethnic and Interfaith Harmony,” organized by the Muhammad al-Khwarizmi National University of Uzbekistan. Within the framework of the conference, they exchanged views with foreign scholars on academic collaboration and the implementation of the research project, concluding with the presentation of scholarly works as a gesture of academic partnership.
