The process of statehood formation was not spontaneous and required the active involvement of the national intelligentsia. According to historian Aida Kubatova, this historical period cannot be limited solely to the creation of the Kara-Kyrgyz Autonomous Region; it must be studied in a broader context.
Stages of statehood formation
The historian emphasized that the formation of statehood went through several important stages related to changes in the region's administrative status. It is important to view these processes in a unified context with the Turkestan region, where the Turkestan Muftiyat, the Turkestan Autonomy, and the Turkestan ASSR functioned after the February Revolution. The Kyrgyz intellectual elite participated in the work of all these structures.
"If the national intelligentsia had sat idly by and remained silent, statehood would not have been achieved."
Despite the adoption of the Declaration of the Rights of the Peoples of Russia, which proclaimed the right of nations to self-determination, it was the actions of the intelligentsia that ensured the practical implementation of this right.
