«So Far, No Charges Have Been Brought Against Him». Speech by the Russian Public in Defense of the Arrested Kazakh Poet A. Baitursynov in 1909

The article introduces into scientific circulation archival materials of the police department of the Russian Empire, covering the wide support of the Russian public (represented by deputies of the III State Duma and a number of central and provincial newspapers) of one of the leaders of the Kazakh national intelligentsia, teacher and poet Akhmet Baitursynov, which received a wide public outcry.The main role in this story was played by appeals to representatives of the highest authorities by the deputy, well-known public figure Skalozubov Nikolai Lukich.In parallel with the appeal to various state bodies of a member of the State Duma, an article protesting against the arrest of Baitursynov was published in the central press organ of the Cadet Party, then reprinted in several Russian periodicals at once, which is subjected to scientific analysis using documents from the gendarme department.The authors come to the conclusion that the leaders of the local state apparatus tried to learn from the experience of the First Russian Revolution, when, on the one hand, they adhered to the provisions of the Tsar's Manifesto of October 17, 1905 and responded to the requests of the State Duma deputies, taking measures to eliminate the claims expressed, but on the other On the other hand, the governors and the relevant bodies of political investigation closely monitored the intensification of the social and political activities of the Kazakh political elite, simultaneously monitoring publications in central and local periodicals that were undesirable for the authorities.