The article deals with the armed struggle of the Kazakhs against the reforms of the administrations of the Empires of the 20th century. XIX century. on the archival materials of the Russian State Archives. A researcher of the history of the Kazakh people of the first quarter of the 19th century, despite all attempts at capture under the Siberian system, seized the steppe in a long revolt ”, there are detailed examples from the Russian state archive covering Kenesary's struggle to end the plunder of the Russian Empire. In particular, the message of the commander of the second regiment in December 1839, military foreman Kulikov, chief of staff of the separate Siberian corps, Major General Baron von Derg Hoven, that “on December 19, 1839, the Cossacks of the lower rank of the regiment under his leadership were deprived of 17 military names” shows the organized actions of local Kazakhs against the tsarist troops.