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Paperback. Roy. 8vo. (24 x 17 cm). In English. 231 p., color and b/w ills. The Soviet historiography and the question of Kazakhstan's history. Edited and translated by Abdulvahap Kara, Steven Sabol, Bekir Sadik Topaloglu. "Prof. Dr. Ermukhan Bekmakhanov who has an important place in the Kazakh historiography in the Soviet period was commemorated with various scientific events in Kazakhstan in 2015 on the occasion of his 100th birth anniversary. His ideas were discussed. Books and articles about his life and works were published; documentaries and drama films were made. Bekmakhanov, the first Kazakh historiann with history education at graduate and postgraduate levels, has come into prominence wwith not only his studies, but also with repressions which he was exposed to since expressing historical truths. He was arrested in 1952 and sentenced to 25 years in exile in Siberia for his doctoral thesis titled 'Kazakhstan in the years of 1920's-1940's' about Keenesary Khan, (1802-1847) which had carried out a great rebellion against Tsarist Russia and then publishing it as a book. The book was banned. After Stalin's death in 1953 he was forgiven in 1954 and returned to Kazakhstan. Beginning to waork in his former job again, Bekmakhanov continued his jobs teaching and researching in the department of History of Kazakhstan at Kazakh State University in Almaty until his death on 6 May 1966. The life and ideas of Bekmakhanov who had made important contributions to the writing of KAzakh national history have been subject to many books and articles.". Contents: Ermukhan Bekmakhanov and ideological repressions and limitations in the research of Kazakh history in the Soviet period.; Soviet politics of national punishment and the prosecution history of Bekmakhanov.; Prosecution of Beekmakhanov: Truths and proofs.; Reflections of the prosecution of historian Ermukhan Bekmakhanov in the Soviet press.; The fate of the scientific heritage of E. B. under totalitarian regime.; Studies on Kenesary Kasymuly in the KAzakh and Kyrgyz historiography and the role of E. B.; E. B. and the KEnesary Kasymuly revolt.; E. B. and Kazakh state question.; Important issues of Kazahkstan history in the works of E. B.; Kazakh intellectuals of 1920s and 1930s and their spiritual connection with E. B.; Persecution against intellectuals and authors in Kazakhstan, (1940-1950).; The influence of Communist Party on writing history and historical education in Kazakhstan in the Soviet period.; A glance at the background of a Soviet historian.; The Golden Horde in Soviet historiography.; Kazan Tatars' ethnic background question: A review on the effects of Soviet historiography.; Being intellectual during the Stalin era.; Photos of E. B.; Photos from the Symposium of E. B.