“In Accordance with the Provisions on the Protection of Correspondence About Akhmet Baitursynov in 1909”. Kazakh Teacher in the Documents of the Omsk Gendarme Department

Introduction. The article highlights the history of the arrest (due to political unreliability) and subsequent expulsion of the head of the Karkaraly Russian-Kyrgyz school, the famous Kazakh poet and literary figure Akhmet Baitursynov. Methods and materials. The authors introduce into scientific circulation the materials of the Omsk Gendarme Department from the funds of the State Archive of the Russian Federation. Analysis and results. After the revolution of 1905–1907 in the Russian Empire, A. Baitursynov, based on the real socio-political situation, took an active part in the public life of the Steppe region and was intensively engaged in scientific, educational, and literary activities. At the same time, he carried out propaganda to protect the rights of the Kazakh population, taking part in a petition campaign, which, despite non-violent forms of struggle, came into conflict with the official order. The purpose of this study was to highlight the history of the establishment of police supervision over A. Baitursynov with the identification of the reasons for the increased attention to his personality on the part of the police department. Authors’ contributions. D. Legkiy studied the corpus of documents of the Omsk Gendarmerie Directorate from the funds of the State Archive of the Russian Federation, showed the forms and methods of political investigation by the gendarmerie and police authorities using the example of the activities of A. Baitursynov, assessed the role of the Omsk Gendarme Department in supervising politically unreliable persons, formulated conclusions and summed up the results scientific work done. Ye. Ibraev analyzed the historiography of the issue, reconstructed the biographical data of the leaders of the Omsk Gendarme Department, and compiled a scientific reference apparatus for the work.