Jarvis, C;
(2006)
Competing ethno-historic claims to north Kazakhstan: The potential for future conflict.
Masters thesis , UCL (University College London).
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Abstract
North Kazakhstan is a region considered a part of Russian historic territory due to its annexation by the Russian empire. Imperial settlement patterns led to mass ethnic Russian migration at the end of the nineteenth and beginning of the twentieth century and at the time of the last Soviet population census taken in 1989, they formed the largest part of the population of the Kazakh SSR. This ethnic Russian population lived overwhelmingly in the north of the republic in regions contiguous with the Russian Federation, creating a more or less ethnically bi-polar society upon independence. Secessionism or territorial integration with the Russian Federation has not, however, occurred within Kazakhstan despite competing ethno-historic claims to this territory and the presence of variables predisposing ethnic violence in this region of the country. This thesis shows that although Kazakh nationalizing processes are highly discriminatory and have angered the ethnic Russian community and caused massive out-migration, the community's political apathy coupled with a clampdown on opposition parties has marginalized them. Furthermore, as Kazakhstan is a willing participant in the CIS and strong supporter of inter-state cooperation with Russia, the Russian government has not intervened on the community's behalf to the extent that might have been expected, although security concerns over potential territorial instability along her southern border may explain this. This does not rule out future Russian intervention, however, as a number of variables, notably a rise in Islamic radicalism and Russian nationalism, mean that the political situation in Kazakhstan may not always remain calm and that a potential for conflict in the north of the republic remains ever present.
| Type: | Thesis (Masters) |
|---|---|
| Title: | Competing ethno-historic claims to north Kazakhstan: The potential for future conflict |
| Identifier: | PQ ETD:593952 |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | Thesis digitised by ProQuest. |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1446365 |
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