Kazakh monument to Stalin famine victims opens

    Astana opened a monument May 31 to honour the more than 1.5m Kazakhs who died during the induced Stalin-era famine of 1932-1933, Fergana News reported.     “Six hundred thousand Kazakhs had to leave their native land to save themselves from famine and illnesses,” President Nursultan Nazarbayev said at the ceremony marking the...