title: The Changing Policy of Kazakhization and Its Effects on Minority Rights and Foreign Policy Orientations in Kazakhstan
abstract: The collapse of the Soviet Union and gaining of independence of Kazakhstan has forced the country to pass the stages of state building and nation-building. Soviet Union's policy left a mark in the minds of the Kazakh people. The attempt by the Soviet Union in the collectivization policy, the destruction of the Kazakh intelligentsia, and development of virgin lands for the purpose of Russification led to the transformation of Kazakh nation as well as the loss of it is culture, language and custom
journal: Eastern Mediterranean University Institutional Repository (Eastern Mediterranean University)