Аңдатпа
The article examines archival documents on the history of the Kazakh population of the Turkestan region in 1867-1918, identified in the funds of the Central State Archive of the Republic of Uzbekistan. The source base of the research consists of materials from the funds "I-1. Chancellery of the Turkestan Governor-General", "I-2. Diplomatic official under the Turkestan Governor-General" and "I-3. Russian Imperial Political Agency in Bukhara". The presented documents allow to reveal the features of administrative management, socio-economic situation, land relations and legal status of the Kazakh population in the conditions of the formation and functioning of the colonial system of the Russian Empire in Central Asia. Particular attention is paid to the analysis of regulatory legal acts, statistical materials, administrative correspondence, petitions and complaints of the population, reflecting the practice of taxation, land use, resolution of property disputes, judicial proceedings and regulation of migration processes. The considered sources characterize not only the position of Kazakhs, but also various aspects of interaction with neighboring peoples of the region – Uzbeks, Kyrgyz, Karakalpaks and Turkmen. The purpose of the research is to identify and scientifically analyze archival materials that allow expanding the source base for studying the history of Kazakhs of the Turkestan region in the second half of the XIX – early XX centuries. Based on the systematization of documents, their informational potential is determined for the study of socio-economic, administrative-legal and demographic processes, as well as interethnic and transboundary ties of the population of Central Asia. The introduction of these materials into scientific circulation contributes to a more complete study of historical processes in the Turkestan region and the clarification of certain aspects of the history of the Kazakh population in the period under review.