Information about Kazakh frontline soldiers is now available
on the ‘Batyrlarga Tagzym’ online portal. This interactive memory database
currently contains records of more than 678,000 veterans, including 365 Heroes
of the Soviet Union, four twice Heroes of the Soviet Union, and 19 full
cavaliers of the Order of Glory. Website visitors can not only search for
information about their relatives who participated in the war but also contribute
new data about these heroes. All submissions undergo mandatory verification
through archival services before being published. According to the project’s
authors, the website receives, on average, over 100 new applications daily.
«Russia has a portal called ‘Memory of the People’. We sent
them an official letter, and now we will be able to upload to our portal the
data they have on all Kazakhs who participated in the war. This work will be
carried out systematically. One of our departments is fully dedicated to the
portal. We also have a call center operating within our archive, which receives
daily inquiries that we provide consultations on,» noted Sagila Nurlanova, Director
of the National Archive of Kazakhstan.
The portal also publishes information about Kazakh soldiers
who were in concentration camps, and a separate list of names is currently
being compiled. As of today, data has been collected on more than 6,000
captured servicemen. For example, Kanat Suindikov handed over his father’s
diary to the National Archive of Kazakhstan, in which he made notes during
battles and captivity. It contains information not only about the war but also
about post-war life.
«We read these records and published them in the form of a
book. These are my father’s stories, recounting a journey that began in Austria
and continued until his return from Magadan to Ayagoz. They tell of the hardships
he endured, his capture, the years and places he lived through, the camps he
was in, and his memories of the Austrian camp. Behind every word lies a true
example of courage and resilience, worthy of admiration and emulation,» said the
son of the frontline soldier Kanat Suindikov.
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