Famine in Kazakhstan of 1932–33
The major ethnic groups in Kazakhstan 1897–1970. The number of Kazakhs and Ukrainans decreased in 1932–1933 due to famine.
The famine in Kazakhstan was a part of the Soviet famine of 1932–33. Kazakhs were most severely affected by the Soviet famine in terms of percentage of people who died (approximately 38%[1]). Around 1.5 million people died in Kazakhstan of whom 1.3 million where ethnic Kazakhs.[2]
Among the remaining 0.2 million people, mostly ethnic Ukrainians were affected. According to other estimations as many as 2.0–2.3 million ethnic Kazakhs died in that famine.[3]
Consequences
The famine made Kazakhs a minority in their own republic, and not until the 1990s did Kazakhs become the largest group in Kazakhstan again. Before the famine, around 60% of the republic's population where Kazakhs, but after the famine, only around 38% of the population were Kazakhs.