Long live the USSR, model of brotherhood among the workers of world nationalities, 1935/Alamy
On April 12, we are celebrating the 125th anniversary of the birth of Kanysh Satbayev, a prominent geologist and the president of the Kazakh Academy of Sciences. In light of this occasion, Qalam reflects on how the Soviet regime accused the pioneer of modern Kazakh science of being associated with Alash-Orda and supporting nationalists.