Transformation of Traditional Kazakh Society: Modernisation or Ethnodeformation

The object of the study is history Kazakh traditional society in XVII – early XX century. relevance determined by fact that Kazakh-Russian relations needs a new methodological analysis. article analyses institutions power established colonial government, course and consequences land transformation, activities political social society, process their transformation systematises characteristic features nomadic society. influence Russian Empire considered as reflection In this, parallel implementation two directions revealed modernisation ethnodeformation. authors suggest an interpretation concept "ethnodeformation society" its manifestations