Prospects for Cooperation between Ukraine and Kazakhstan in History Research

Abstract

Kiev and Nur-Sultan are looking for rapprochement in the historical sphere. According to Kazakhstan's ambassador to Ukraine, Darkhan Kaletaev, the sides plan to launch a joint research project. As examples of topics of such cooperation the diplomat named the deportations of 1920-1930-ies and the fate of the 106th Akmola division, whose soldiers were defeated and later became a part of the Turkestan legion of the Wehrmacht. What will Kiev's historical initiatives bring to Kazakhstan was assessed by Alexander Dyukov, director of the Foundation for Assistance to Current Historical Studies "Historical Memory", researcher of the Institute of Russian History of the Russian Academy of Sciences.