Day of Languages of the People of Kazakhstan
During the years of Stalin's repressions and during the deportation of peoples, which lasted until the mid-1950s, hundreds of thousands of people were exiled to the Kazakh SSR
Residents of the Baltic and Caucasus, Germans and Poles from Ukraine and the Volga region, Kalmyks and Koreans were persecuted In addition to the deported peoples, young Soviet specialists and volunteers came to Kazakhstan after graduating from universities, who came to develop the virgin lands of the sparsely populated republic
More than 12 million people were evacuated to Alma-Ata, Karaganda, Aktyubinsk, and other cities, auls and villages during the Great Patriotic War Many did not return home and remained to live in Kazakhstan after the Great Victory By the early 1960s, the number of local residents, descendants of the Turkic ethnic group, amounted to 30% of the total population of the republic Representatives of different nations, despite the dominance of Russian, communicated with each other in their native languages and dialects Today the share of the Kazakh ethnic group is 70% Another part of the republic’s population speaks Russian, Uzbek, Uyghur, Bashkir, Tatar, Tajik, Azerbaijani, Turkish, Kyrgyz and other languages
Ethnic groups and dialects in which representatives of national diasporas communicate with each other are recognized as the common cultural heritage of Kazakhstan Therefore, in July 1997, the Law on Languages was adopted According to its provisions, in state organizations of the republic and local governments, Russian is used along with Kazakh The law establishes respect for all languages spoken and their speakers without exception A holiday was established as a sign of support for the peoples living on the territory of the republic and encouragement of linguistic diversity September 5 is the Day of Languages of the People of Kazakhstan
Scientific conferences and festivals, concerts, round tables, TV marathons and other events are held in his honor The holiday appeared in the calendar of solemn dates in 1998 The Day of Languages of the People of Kazakhstan was celebrated for a long time on the third Sunday of September In 2017, after the release of the Decree of the Government of the Republic, a permanent date was assigned to the holiday - September 5, the birthday of the teacher, writer and scientist Akhmet Baitursynov
The deeply revered educator, founder of linguistics and literary criticism bears the title “Teacher of the Nation” As an active participant in the movement to grant rights to indigenous people, Akhmet Baitursynov was persecuted in Tsarist Russia and under Soviet rule In 1937, the great Kazakh educator and politician was shot as an “enemy of the people” During his life, A Baitursynov managed to do a lot to educate the people, popularize and develop their native language They proposed a project to reform the Arabic alphabet, wrote manuals for schools, the first illustrated primer, and textbooks for the system of eliminating illiteracy among the Kazakhs A Baitursynov is the author of fables, a collector and publisher of collections of oral folk art
Today, 11 national languages are studied in schools and other educational institutions of the country Respect for the culture of other nationalities is the key to friendship and unity of the country's citizens, who are representatives of different ethnic groups Celebrated every year, the Day of Languages of the Peoples of Kazakhstan contributes to the unity of the nation, the establishment of mutual understanding and close ties between peoples