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2nd Half of Semester Reading Notes
2nd Half of Semester Reading Notes
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● Ahmet Zhanturin - Orenburg Cadet Corps, Orenburg garrison, Orenburg Border
Commission, senior sultan of Orenburg krai, colonel, Russian, Arabic, Tatar, French,
financial support for Qazaqs in Orenburg Cadet Corps, promotion and publication of
scientific works
● The support of the local aristocracy was important in educating as many Qazaq children
as possible.
● Qazaq elite supported and promoted Russian education on the Kazakh Steppe, built
schools with own means, provided financial support to schools, opened hospitals and
schools for teachers, sent Qazaq youth to Russian universities for further study with full
financial support, established funds with the help of local aristocracy, introduced the
educated youth to the local power structure by employing them.
● Systematic scientific study of the Steppe allowed the Russian Empire to colonize it faster
than it otherwise would have been able to. The Russification policy unfolded more
rapidly. Finally, a great number of people were converted to Christianity.