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Acharchylyk, the Kazakh Famine that the Soviet Union Wanted to Eradicate

For decades, the great famine of the 1930s, which decimated nearly half of the Kazakh people, has remained a taboo, even within families. A journalist from the BBC is travelling her native country to break this silence and make the voices of those who still carry in them, in their research or music, the memory of this tragedy.
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For decades, the great famine of the 1930s, which decimated nearly half of the Kazakh people, has remained a taboo, even within families. A journalist from the BBC is travelling her native country to break this silence and make the voices of those who still carry in them, in their research or music, the memory of this tragedy.

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Courrier international broke the news in on Monday, December 15, 2025.
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