Meanings
- uncountableThe act or process of Kazakhifying.
2002, Joma Nazpary, Post-soviet chaos: violence and dispossession in Kazakhstan, Pluto Pr This tension is primarily caused by the fact that ethnically based networking, articulated with the Kazakhification of the state, is pivotal for the distribution of resources.
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It is noteworthy, however, that the commitment of the state elite to Kazakhification was often more discursive than immediately material.
2012, Edward Schatz, Modern Clan Politics: The Power of "Blood" in Kazakhstan and Beyond, University of Washington Press, →ISBN, page 116Some scholars argue that, if during the Soviet period there was russification of the state, the aspiration of the new government is to reinforce the process of Kazakhification of the country.
2013, Paul R. Spickard, Multiple Identities: Migrants, Ethnicity, and Membership, Indiana University Press, →ISBN, page 278
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Kazakhification. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Kazakhification
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