3 ▁until ▁March ▁ 1 9 1 8 , ▁when ▁it ▁was ▁shut ▁down ▁by ▁the ▁Soviet ▁government . ▁In fl uen ced ▁by ▁other ▁J ad id ▁journ als , ▁Q aza q ▁was ▁considered ▁to ▁be ▁a ▁medium ▁prom oting ▁the ▁emer ging ▁Kaz akh ▁national ism ▁against ▁Ts ar ist ▁imperial ▁policies . ▁Q aza q ▁published ▁articles ▁on ▁the ▁Kaz akh ▁culture , ▁colon ization ▁of ▁lands ▁by ▁Russian ▁sett lers , ▁tax ation ▁issues , ▁educational ▁issues , ▁pros ▁and ▁cons ▁of ▁Kaz akh ▁nom adic ▁life ▁and ▁on going ▁settlement s ▁etc . ▁The ▁found ers ▁of ▁Q aza q ▁newspaper ▁wanted ▁to ▁introduce ▁western ▁style ▁re forms ▁to ▁the ▁Kaz akh ▁lands ▁as ▁a ▁first ▁step ▁in ▁the ▁grad ual ▁progress ▁of ▁Kaz akh ▁people ▁towards ▁aut onomy ▁and ▁independence . ▁ ▁In fl uen ced ▁by ▁Western ▁scientific ▁and ▁cultural ▁achiev ements , ▁contrib utors ▁to ▁the ▁Q aza q ▁newspaper ▁wanted ▁to ▁introduce ▁similar ▁re forms ▁to ▁the ▁nom adic ▁Kaz ak hs . ▁They ▁thought ▁nom adic ▁life ▁style ▁is ▁back ward , ▁and ▁Kaz ak hs ▁should ▁sed enter ize ▁in ▁order ▁to ▁resist ▁Russian ▁imperial ▁policies , ▁which ▁were ▁dis loc ating ▁the ▁nom adic ▁life ▁style . ▁Although ▁Soviet ▁histor ians ▁considered ▁Q aza q ▁as ▁conserv ative , ▁the ▁journal ▁had ▁a ▁strong ▁reform ist , ▁progress ive ▁ag enda . ▁Both ▁the ▁Q aza q ▁and ▁Ay ▁Q ap ▁were ▁in ▁favour ▁of ▁sed enter ization , ▁liter