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History · Kazakhstan

The history of the 8 Turkic states, each under its own flag: states, battles and turning points.

HistoryKazakh Khanate (1465-1847)The state founded by Kerey and Janibek in 1465, the historical basis of modern Kazakhstan.Read more →
HistoryAktaban Shubyryndy and the Battle of AnyrakayThe tragedy of the 1723 Dzungar invasion and the great Kazakh victory over the Dzungars in 1729.Read more →
HistoryAlash Orda (1917-1920)The autonomous national government founded by Kazakh intellectuals in 1917, a forerunner of modern Kazakh statehood.Read more →
HistoryAsharshylyk: the famine of 1930-1933The great famine caused by forced collectivisation, in which roughly a third of the Kazakh people perished.Read more →
HistoryJeltoqsan: the December 1986 protestsYouth protests in Almaty against Moscow's choice of leader, one of the first major national protests in the USSR.Read more →
HistorySemipalatinsk Test Site (1949-1991)The USSR's main nuclear test site, where 456 explosions were carried out; it was closed on 29 August 1991.Read more →
HistoryIndependence of Kazakhstan (1991)On 16 December 1991 Kazakhstan became the last Soviet republic to declare independence.Read more →

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In 2015 Kazakhstan marked the 550th anniversary of the Kazakh Khanate at state level.
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