Germans of Kazakhstan

Kasachstandeutsche are a German minority in Kazakhstan.

History

In 1895 there were already first German offices in the area around Akmolinsk. The ancestors of the Kasachstandeutschen were forcibly relocated after the dissolution of the Volga German Republic on 28 August 1941, the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the USSR. From that time it was denied to the Germans from Russia to study in the USSR, their mother tongue to speak in public and to exercise specific professions. Until the mid- 50s of the 20th century this group of people a Kommandaturmeldepflicht subject. Many Kasachstandeutsche were made to do forced labor in labor camps in the periods between 1941 to 1959.

After 1979, the idea to form an autonomous German region in Kazakhstan - in the area of Akmolinsk / Zelinograd (now Astana ) with a high proportion of German origin - failed because of the massive resistance of the native Russian and Kazakh population, migrated most Kasachstandeutschen since the late 1980s years after Germany. Only a few were looking for a new start in the German National circles National District Halbstadt ( Altai region ) and National District Asovo ( in Omsk ) in the Russian Federation or the former East Prussia.

Presence

According to the census of 2003 lived 300,000 German in Kazakhstan, especially in the north of the country and in space Astana.

The census of 2009 showed that only 170,000 German living in Kazakhstan.

The term Kasachstandeutsche is only in Germany of importance, while the individuals concerned perceive themselves for historical reasons rather than Russia German.