ESSAY TOPIC: KONDRASHIN VS. KULCHYTSKY: A PERSPECTIVE FROM KAZAKHSTAN

Abstract

This essay explores the scholarly debate between Russian historian Viktor Kondrashin and Ukrainian researcher Stanislav Kulchytsky regarding the nature of the 1930s famine. The author analyzes these conflicting viewpoints through the lens of the Kazakh tragedy (Asharshylyk), comparing the concepts of a "Pan-Soviet tragedy" versus "genocide" from a Kazakhstan-based historical standpoint.