Azerbaijanis are the 10th largest nation of Kazakhstan and have positive growth dynamics, which has developed mainly due to the preservation of traditions of large families among the villagers. According to the 2009 census, 48.8% of Kazakhstan’s Azerbaijanis lived in rural areas [1] . The share of peasants was especially high in the southern regions of Kazakhstan. By the beginning of 2015, the number of the diaspora came close to the mark of 100 thousand people. On the territory of the republic, the Congress of Azerbaijanis of Kazakhstan "Turan" [2] . Moreover, Azerbaijani associations and associations are now created in all regions and large cities of the country: in the Almaty region - "Almaty Regional Azerbaijan Ethnocultural Association", Akmola (Nur-Sultan) - ALE "Union of Azerbaijani Cultural Centers of Kazakhstan", Zhambyl - Azeri ”, Pavlodar -“ Vatan ”, Kostanai -“ Heydar ”, Mangystau -“ Dostluk ”, Shymkent (Shymkent) -“ Azerbaijan Ethnocultural Association ”, Almaty -“ Society of Azerbaijanis “Ozan”, Almaty region (Almaty ) - "Az-B rlik " [3] . The Azerbaijani language is taught in Sunday schools.
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Formation History
The history of the formation of the Azerbaijani diaspora is one of the most diverse in Kazakhstan: among the Azerbaijanis of Kazakhstan there are descendants of voluntary immigrants of the beginning of the 20th century, and several waves of repressed Azerbaijanis deported from Georgia [4] and Armenia in 1937 , then in 1944-1949. Finally, in the 1950s and 1980s, some Azerbaijanis from Azerbaijan proper traveled to the republic by distribution or at their own request to work in oil wells (at least 15,000) [5] . The descendants of deported Azerbaijanis live compactly in the villages of South Kazakhstan, they are well rooted in the republic and traditionally engaged in agriculture. In the 1990s, due to the start of the oil boom in Azerbaijan, part of the diaspora left the territory of the Republic of Kazakhstan. However, by 2009, high natural growth helped offset losses from emigration and even exceeded them. The descendants of the last waves, as well as more mobile youth, are increasingly inclined to move to large cities, especially Almaty , where their share reached 0.5% of the total population. But still every third Azerbaijani in Kazakhstan (about 33 thousand people) lives in the South Kazakhstan region .
Famous Azerbaijanis of Kazakhstan
- Jah Khalib is a Kazakhstani Russian-language rapper , singer , beatmaker and producer .
- Nijat Ragimov - Kazakhstan , weightlifter , 2015 world champion and 2016 Olympic champion.
- Galib Jafarov - Kazakhstan amateur boxer , 2003 world champion. Honored Master of Sports of the Republic of Kazakhstan .
See also
- Azerbaijan-Kazakhstan relations
Notes
- ↑ Solonets M. From the history of the formation of the Azerbaijani diaspora in Kazakhstan in the XX - early XXI centuries:
- ↑ Azerbaijanis in Kazakhstan do not feel themselves in a foreign state and serve the prosperity of the republic | International cooperation | "News-Azerbaijan" Archived on April 2, 2015.
- ↑ Azerbaijan of Kazakhstan (inaccessible link) . Date of treatment March 15, 2015. Archived April 2, 2015.
- ↑ Ambassador of Kazakhstan to the Republic of Azerbaijan Serik Primbetov: “Kazakhstan - Azerbaijan: a strong bridge of friendship”
- ↑ Information and Analytical Center for the Study of Social and Political Processes in the Post-Soviet Space Archived on April 2, 2015.
Links
- Information about Azerbaijanis on the website of the Assembly of the Peoples of Kazakhstan