As Russia’s “best friend”, why does Kazakhstan still want to “de-Russify” the country?

Because there are many Russians in Kazakhstan, in order to avoid the assimilation of Kazakh culture, Kazakhstan actively carries out "de-Russification".

Among the many countries that split from the Soviet Union, many countries have turned to the West. Only Kazakhstan is still firmly following the pace of its big brother. This actually has something to do with Kazakhstan's geographical location, because Kazakhstan is a completely landlocked country, and its export trade and other aspects need to be in accordance with Russia.

But in Kazakhstan, Russians are actually very unpopular with them. Kazakhstan's "de-Russianization" journey actually has very historical origins. It had already appeared as early as the 19th century during the rule of Tsarist Russia. At that time, Kazakhstan was forced to be occupied by Tsarist Russia and became a part of Tsarist Russia. At that time, Tsarist Russia was very greedy and wanted to assimilate Kazakhstan. As a result, nearly 1 million immigrants were sent to Kazakhstan in a short period of time.

Later, the rule of Tsarist Russia was overthrown, and Kazakhstan became a member of the Soviet Union. The Soviet Union continued to implement the assimilation policy of the Tsarist Russia era and continued to immigrate to Kazakhstan. At the same time, the Soviet Union also drove out people of other ethnic groups to achieve their assimilation purposes. By the time Kazakhstan became independent, the Russian population in Kazakhstan had far exceeded the Kazakh population. , which is very detrimental to Kazakhstan itself.

Because at that time, there was gradually a phenomenon that Russian was more popular than Kazakh in China. Once Russian becomes the mainstream, it will be a devastating blow to Kazakh culture and language.

So Kazakhstan officials took the initiative and designated Kazakh as the official language of Kazakhstan. And vigorously promote the country's culture, at the same time, some important positions in Kazakhstan also exclude Russians. In this way, Kazakhstan gradually and continuously improves its country's "de-Russification" process.