Abstract:
The article uses descriptive methods of historical cognition on the basis of which the historical movement
of 1916 is considered taking into account ethnic, tribal and national scale, an important role of the Kazakh intelligentsia
in creating the newspaper «Kazakh». In describing the events of the popular uprising, two approaches
are used: formational and civilizational. The process of the growth of the class struggle, the strike
movement, in which political and economic factors played a large role, is described. The popular uprising
of 1916 was a logical continuation of the national liberation movement of the nineteenth century. Supporters
of the formative approach believe that the leading role in social development is played by historical patterns,
objective laws, within which participants of events act. One of the main principles of the civilized approach is
the recognition of the multidimensionality of socio-historical development. Kazakhstan in the beginning
of XX century.
