Kazakh famine of 1932–33 The cube at the site for future monument for victims of the Soviet famine (1931–1933) in the center of Almaty, Kazakhstan. Country Kazakhstan Location Nationwide Period 1930-33[1] Total deaths 1.5 to 2.3 million[2] Observations Caused by Sovietization under Filipp Goloshchekin causing Kazakh's to call the famine: "The Goloshchekin genocide" Consequences Kazakhs reduced from 60% to 38% of the republic's population[3][4][5][6] Preceded by Kazakh famine of 1919–1922