Abstract
The research article focuses on the population of Uyghurs, one of the groups whose historicalstruggle for identification and establishment of their own nationalism intersected with the history of Kazakhstan,especially at the end of the XIX century. Through the analysis of migratory activity of Uyghurs, the authorsproceed from the fact that there were migratory stages involved in the resettlement of the Uyghurs. An opinionsurvey among the Uyghurs of the Kazakhstan-Chinese border-zone is presented in the article. The aim was todetermine the number of the Uyghurs and features of its settlement in the Kazakhstan-Chinese border zone. Thearticle specifically attempts to present an account of the history of resettlement of the Uyghur from westernChina to the territory of Semirechye in Kazakhstan.