ENLIGHTENING ACTIVITIES OF THE TSARIST GOVERNMENT IN SEMIRECHYE IN THE EARLY XX TH CENTURY (According to the Documents from the Fund of the Head of the Semirechye Region’s Resettlement Administration)

Abstract

The article discusses the educational activities of the tsarist government in Semirechye in the early
twentieth century. Conducting educational work by the Semirechensky Resettlement Directorate, the
Semiresensk Regional Committee and the Special Council on documents No. 19 of the fund of the central
state archive of the Republic of Kazakhstan. Based on these documents, the directions of the colonial
policy of the pre-revolutionary tsarist government in Zhetysu are determined. The reflection of the colonial
policy of the tsarist government in Zhetysu in the writings of officials S.N. Veletsky, A.P. Kuplast,
A.V. Vasiliev, A.L. Tregubova, K.K. Palena. The views of representatives of the Kazakh intelligentsia A.
Bukeikhanov, M. Dulatov, A. Baitursynov, M. Tynyshbaev about the consequences of spiritual colonization
are revealed. Based on the documents of the foundation, the religious and educational work of
the Russian Empire among the immigrants is stated. It will justify the allocation of land allotments and
funds for the construction of schools and churches, the close attention of the Resettlement Department
to conduct educational events.