Akhmet Baitursynov: from repressions to rehabilitation

The paper is devoted to the study of the causes of repression and the mechanism of rehabilitation of Akhmet Baitursynov - an outstanding representative of the Kazakh intelligentsia of the first half of the XXth century, leader of Alash-Orda, prominent political and public figure of Kazakhstan. Based on the analysis of archival documents and the historiography of the issue, the mechanisms of violence and distortion of the national policy of the CPSU(B) were revealed. The reasons for the persecution, arrest and execution of A. Baitursynov in the years of the “Great Terror” are revealed. The historical analysis of the applications for review of the case of A. Baitursynov allowed to identify the obstacles created by the authorities in the restoration of historical justice, to study the mechanism for the rehabilitation of victims of repression.