National days · Kazakhstan
Holidays, state days and days of remembrance — the calendar of the Turkic world, month by month.
August
August 291991
Historical event
Kazakhstan — Closure of the Semipalatinsk Test Site
On 29 August 1991 the Semipalatinsk site, scene of 456 nuclear tests, was closed. The UN has declared the day the International Day against Nuclear Tests.
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October
October 21991
Historical event
Kazakhstan — Flight of the first Kazakh cosmonaut
On 2 October 1991 Toktar Aubakirov flew into space from Baikonur aboard Soyuz TM-13.
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Historical event
Founding of the Organization of Turkic States
On 3 October 2009 the Nakhchivan Agreement founded the Cooperation Council of Turkic-Speaking States, renamed the Organization of Turkic States in 2021.
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December
December 171986
Historical event
Kazakhstan — Jeltoqsan protests
On 17 December 1986 young people took to the square in Almaty to protest Moscow's choice of leader. The protests were crushed by force.
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