Abstract
The article deals with the everyday life of Kazakh students at the Communist University of the Working People of the East. In particular, such aspects as the adaptation of students in the new environment, the location in the hostel, the adoption of new rules, household and financial obstacles during training, complaints about health and illness, etc., which until then did not attract the attention of researchers. And also in the article are presented new archival materials that have not yet been introduced into scientific circulation.