Аннотации:
This research presents a short historiographical review of the Alash movement. It reflects the
researchers’ own version of periodisation of the history of the first Kazakh national party Alash that
belonged to the liberal democratic wing. The researchers identify four stages in the history of the
movement connected with the main landmarks of its short, yet significant existence. The periods of
Alash history are determined based on changes in strategy and tactics, as well as the evolution of
its organisational forms (a movement— a party during elections to the Constituent Assembly — the
ruling party in the Alash Autonomy and Alash Orda government). A conclusion is made that national
parties set forth the conditions and ways of modernisation in the most acceptable forms and
combinations for each corresponding nation; possible parallels in the development pathways
followed by other national parties in 1918–1920 are pointed out.
