The purpose of the study. The article analyzes the tragic events that occurred in the Suzak district in the 20-30s of the twentieth century. The uprising in Suzak in the early 1930s, which, according to sources of those times, was described as a "counter-revolutionary armed uprising against the Soviet government." Tasks. The events in Suzak should be considered in inseparable connection with the problems of collectivization, confiscation of property, famine, transition to settlement that took place in the history of Kazakhstan in the 20-29s of the twentieth century. The revolutionary implementation of certain transformations could not but cause discontent among the broad strata of the population. It follows from the letter of the chairman of the Central Election Commission of Turkestan Turar Ryskulov to I.V. Stalin that forced collectivization was accompanied by a violation of a number of rules of the traditional nomadic way of life, ignoring which led to an increase in public discontent and indignation. Relevance. In 1929-1931, a wave of armed demonstrations took place in Kazakhstan. There were 372 uprisings, in which about 80 thousand people participated. As a result of these unrest, only in 1931 about 281230 peasant farms left Kazakhstan, 5551 participants in the uprisings were convicted of speaking out against the Soviet government. 883 of their number were shot