This is a list of massacres in Kazakhstan.
| Name | Date | Location | Perpetrators | Deaths | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barefooted Flight | 1723—1727 | Territory of three zhuzes | Dzungars | ~700,000 Kazakhs | Mass extermination of the Kazakh people by the Dzungars |
| Karakalpak genocide[1] | 1741-1743 | Younger Zhuz | Kazakhs | ~1,5 million Karakalpaks (300 thousand kibitkas) | Extermination of the Karakalpaks in the Younger Zhuz of the Kazakh Khanate during the reign of Abul Khair Khan |
| Dzungar genocide | 1755–1758 | Dzungar Khanate (modern-day Dzungaria, Western Mongolia, Kazakhstan, northern Kyrgyzstan, southern Siberia, Xinjiang) | Qing Eight Banners, Kazakhs, Khalkha Mongols, Uyghur and Hui rebels | 1,5 million Dzungars[2] | Mass extermination of the Dzungars by the Qing Empire and other peoples |
| Dusty campaign | 1771 | Kazakh Khanate | Kazakhs | 100,000+ Kalmyks[3] | Massacre of the Kalmyks |
| Rovnenskaya massacre | 1775 | Povolzhye | Kazakh rebels | 1,800+ Germans | Attack on Povolzhye settlements |
| Akmolinsk massacre | 1838 | Akmolinsk | Kazakh rebels | 600+ Russians | Attack on Akmolinsk, house burning, interception of squads |
Incidents during the Adayev uprising
| 1870 | Mangyshlak Peninsula | Kazakh rebels | Thousands of Russians and Armenians | Attacks on Russian settlements |
| Turkestan massacre | 1916 | Turkestan, Kazakhstan | Kazakh rebels | 7,000 Russians | Massacre of the Russians by Kazakh rebels |
| Russian genocide in Central Asia[4] | 1916-1917 | Central Asia | Central Asian rebels | 60,000 Russians | Genocide of Russians by Central Asian people's |
| Sergiopol massacre | 1918 | Ayagoz, Kazakhstan | Alash Militia | 100 Red Army soldiers and Russian civilians | After the capture of Sergiopol, the troops of Alash staged cruel reprisals against the civilian population in it |
| Massacres in Semirechye | 1920 | Zhetysu, Kazakhstan | Alash Militia | 3,800-25,000 Annenkovites and Red Army men | The brutal reprisal of Ataman Annenkov over his former soldiers[5] |
| Novouzenskaya massacre | 17-28 June 1989 | Zhanaozen, Kazakhstan | Kazakhs | ~200 Caucasians and Russians | Interethnic clashes on June 17-28, 1989 in the city of Novy Uzen of the Kazakh SSR between groups of Kazakhs and people from the North Caucasus.[6] [7] |
| Zhanaozen massacre | 16–17 December 2011 |  Mangystau Region, Kazakhstan | Government of Kazakhstan
| 14+ Oil workers | The most notorious mass oil strike of 2011 erupted into riots in the city of Zhanaozen on December 16, in which 15 people died, hundreds were injured and arrested. |
| Arkankergen massacre | 28 May 2012 | Arkankergen, Kazakhstan | Vladislav Chelakh | 15 Border guards | Mass murder in the Alakol region of Kazakhstan on the border with China, near the village of Usharal. |
| Ile-Alatau National Park massacre | 13-14 August 2012 | Ile-Alatau National Park, Almaty Region | Religious extremists[8] | 12 Russians | Mass murder of 12 people by Religious extremists in Ili-Alatau National Park, Almaty region[9] [10] [11] [12] |