SocietyEthnic Germans in Kazakhstan confront the Soviet legacy

Kazakhstan is grappling with the legacy of Soviet dictatorship. About 85 years ago, Stalin deported hundreds of thousands, including roughly 400,000 ethnic Germans from the USSR who were sent to Kazakhstan. Yunna Kinereish, 22, helps preserve the community’s history through theater and a film documenting deportation and repression under Soviet rule.

Kazakhstanethnic GermansSoviet deportationshistorical memory

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