Abstract:

Our study describes the attitude and actions of the state in the Soviet period towards holy places in the example of Hoca Ahmet Yesevi Turbesi. One of their main ideologies, the Soviets, the atheism, wanted to build a new Soviet society. One of the greatest obstacles to them on this path was the religions and traditions of the local people in Soviet Central Asia. In Turkistan geography, there has been a tradition since the past to consider and visit the turbines of marriages sacred. One of the greatest holy places in the Turkistan region was the Hoca Ahmet Yesevi Turbesi. Yesevi Turbesi is very holy for the peoples of Central Asia and Kazakhstan and has been visited by Muslims from all over the Soviet Union. This religious tradition and this holy place have been a great obstacle for the Bolsheviks who want to destroy religion. In this way, the Soviets fought against the tradition of local Muslims to visit holy places and holy places. Attack on holy places and propaganda were also done. The Bolsheviks tried to prove that holy places were not holy at all. The propaganda was not only against the Turbesi of Yesevi, but also against his own name. Even with the decision of the Communist Party against the holy places, the fate of the local Soviet Islamic Religious Administration was also published. This is based on Kazakh archive sources.