DOI: 10.7160/KS.2022.190204 Author: J. Otto Pohl Address: Independent researcher E-mail: j.ottopohl@gmail.com Language: English Issue: (19) 2/2022 Page Range: 78-92 No. of Pages: 15 Keywords: Kurds, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, NKVD, special settlers Abstract: Soviet policy towards its Kurdish minority shifted from supporting their cultural development during the 1920s and early 1930s to a more repressive policy from…
