The CC Zhenotdel believes that kalym [bride money] must be abolished for all ethnic groups in the Turkestan Republic that use kalym, e.g., the Uzbek, Kirgiz, Turkmen, Uighur and other ethnic groups…. In view of the fact that kalym could be abolished in 1923 for all ethnic groups, the CC Zhenotdel requests that Decree №67 be reviewed and resolved in accordance with the opinion of the Central Zhenotdel.
Memorandum to the Turkestan CEC about kalym
