List of massacres in Kazakhstan

This is a list of massacres in Kazakhstan.

+Overviews of massacres in Kazakhstan Name Date Location Perpetrators DeathsNotesBarefooted Flight1723–1727Territory of Three JüzesDzungars~125,000+ killed, wounded, captured and displaced (25,000+ kibitkas)Вопросы генеалогии и и хронологии правления ханов Казахского ханства 17—первой трети 18 века — Z. M. SabitovMass extermination of the Kazakh people by the DzungarsKarakalpak genocide«Население России и СССР с древнейших времен до наших дней: Демография» — А.Г. Виноградов1741–1743Junior JüzKazakhs~1,5 million Karakalpaks (300,000 kibitkas)Extermination of the Karakalpaks in the Junior Jüz of the Kazakh Khanate during the reign of Abul Khair KhanDzungar genocide1755–1758Dzungar Khanate (modern-day Dzungaria, Western Mongolia, Kazakhstan, northern Kyrgyzstan, southern Siberia, Xinjiang)Qing Eight Banners, Kazakhs, Khalkha Mongols, Uyghur and Hui rebels420,000–480,000 (70%–80% of the Dzungar population, from both warfare and disease)Akmolinsk massacre1838AkmolinskKazakh rebelsHundreds of RussiansAttack on Akmolinsk, house burning, interception of squadsIncidents during the Adayev uprising Rukin's incident Nikolayev incident1870Mangyshlak PeninsulaDozens of Russians and Armenians Attacks on Russian settlements Turkestan massacre1916Turkestan, Kazakhstan Kazakh rebels7,000 RussiansMassacre of the Russians by Kazakh rebelsCentral Asian revolt of 19161916–1917Central AsiaImperial Russian Army100,000–300,000 Kazakhs and Kyrgyzs Genocide of Central Asian peoples by the Russian EmpireSergiopol massacre1918Ayagoz, Kazakhstan Alash Militia100 Red Army soldiers and Russian civiliansAfter the capture of Sergiopol, the troops of Alash staged cruel reprisals against the civilian population in itSemirechye massacres1920Zhetysu, Kazakhstan3,800–25,000 Annenkovites and Red Army mens The brutal reprisal of Ataman Annenkov over his former soldiersNovouzenskaya massacre17–28 June 1989 Zhanaozen, KazakhstanKazakhs~4—240 Caucasians and RussiansInterethnic clashes on June 17–28, 1989 in the city of Novy Uzen of the Kazakh SSR between groups of Kazakhs and people from the North Caucasus.Zhanaozen massacre16–17 December 2011 Mangystau Region, Kazakhstan Government of Kazakhstan Ministry of Internal Affairs Police of Kazakhstan14+ Oil workersThe most notorious mass oil strike of 2011 erupted into riots in the city of Zhanaozen on December 16, in which 15 people died, hundreds were injured and arrested.Arkankergen massacre28 May 2012 Arkankergen, KazakhstanVladislav Chelakh15 border guardsMass murder in the Alakol region of Kazakhstan on the border with China, near the village of Usharal.Ile-Alatau National Park massacre13–14 August 2012 Ile-Alatau National Park, Almaty RegionReligious extremists13 men Mass murder of 12 (13) people by religious extremists in Ili-Alatau National Park, Almaty regionQandy Qantar massacre 20223–10 January 2022 Kazakhstan Government of Kazakhstan Ministry of Internal Affairs Police of KazakhstanDuring the week-long violent unrest and crackdowns, 227 people were killed and over 9,900 were arrested, according to Kazakh officials.On 7 January, President of Kazakhstan said in a statement that constitutional order had "largely been restored in all regions of the country. He also announced that he had ordered troops to use lethal force against protesters, authorizing instructions to "shoot to kill" without warning, calling the protesters "bandits and terrorists" and saying that the use of force would continue to "destroy the protests."

See also List of wars involving Kazakhstan Kazakh famine of 1919–1922 Kazakh famine of 1930–1933

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