George Kennan and Kazakhstan. From the book «Siberia and the Exile System»

Abstract

The material contained in the book by American writer and journalist George Kennan’s «Siberia and
the Exile System», has greatly expanded information about the life of political exiles. Kennan’s book,
caused deep dissatisfaction with the ruling circles of Russia and got a worldwide repercussions. The main
value for modern historical science and the history of journalism represents information about the life of
Kazakhs collected by a foreign author. The analysis of the material showed that everything connected
with the life, present and future of the Kazakh people, illuminated, considered, evaluated from the point
of view of socio-economic development of Russia.