The Silent Steppe: The Story of a Kazakh Nomad Under Stalin
By (author): "Mukhamet Shayakhmetov"
Publish Date:
2006
ISBN1905299125
ISBN139781905299126
AsinThe Silent Steppe: The Story of a Kazakh Nomad Under Stalin
Original titleThe Silent Steppe: The Story of a Kazakh Nomad Under Stalin
Born into a family of nomadic Kazakh herdsmen in 1922, Mukhamet Shayakhmetov's father was imprisoned as an 'enemy of the people' as Soviet rule spread across his people's vast steppe-land in central Asia. In this book, Shayakhmetov recalls the scale of suffering in his homeland under Stalin's rule.