Analysis of Deviation as an Element of the Urban Environment in Akmolinsk in the Late 19th and Early 20th Centuries

Тhis article examines the features of the penitentiary system, systematizes domestic crimes committed in Akmolinsk in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, and analyzes the causes of the increase in domestic crimes related to violence. Through these categories, deviation is interpreted as an element within the space of everyday life; the specific characteristics of crimes committed in Akmolinsk at the turn of the century act as markers of the urban environment. The ethnonym “Kirghiz” found in the cited sources corresponds to the modern ethnonym “Kazakhs”.