Popular uprising in 1916: a historical description

Abstract

The article uses descriptive methods of historical cognition on the basis of which the historical movement of 1916 is considered taking into account ethnic, tribal and national scale, an important role of the Kazakh intelligentsia in creating the newspaper «Kazakh». In describing the events of the popular uprising, two approaches are used: formational and civilizational. The process of the growth of the class struggle, the strike movement, in which political and economic factors played a large role, is described. The popular uprising of 1916 was a logical continuation of the national liberation movement of the nineteenth century. Supporters of the formative approach believe that the leading role in social development is played by historical patterns, objective laws, within which participants of events act. One of the main principles of the civilized approach is the recognition of the multidimensionality of socio-historical development. Kazakhstan in the beginning of XX century.