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3 days ago · The movement galvanized the Kazakh political establishment to unilaterally shut down the Semipalatinsk Test Site, helping Kazakhstan break free from Moscow’s rule. After gaining independence, Kazakhstan surrendered the remaining nuclear weapons on its territory to Russia, committing itself to becoming a nuclear-free nation.
1 day ago · Kazakhstan has its own complicated nuclear “history,” with nuclear power, linked to the legacy of Semipalatinsk, one of the Soviet Union’s main nuclear test sites.
2 days ago · Kazakhstan, largest country in Central Asia. It is bounded on the north by Russia, on the east by China, on the south by Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, the Aral Sea, and Turkmenistan, and on the southwest by the Caspian Sea. It was a constituent republic of the Soviet Union and became independent in 1991.
1 day ago · Kazakhstan - Steppe, Central Asia, Silk Road: Kazakhstan declared its sovereignty on October 25, 1990, and full independence on December 16, 1991. Despite some periods of tension, Kazakhstan’s relations with Russia in the years since independence have remained close—marked by economic partnerships, treaties of accord, and ...
1 day ago · Soviet Union (Union of Soviet Socialist Republics; U.S.S.R.), former northern Eurasian empire (1917/22–1991) stretching from the Baltic and Black seas to the Pacific Ocean and, in its final years, consisting of 15 Soviet Socialist Republics.
1 day ago · Nazarbayev began his political career in 1962, joining the Communist Party of the Soviet Union while working as a factory steel worker. He held prominent positions within the party and in 1984, he was appointed as the Prime Minister of the Kazakh SSR by Dinmukhamed Kunaev.
1 day ago · 239,768 Chechens and 78,479 Ingush were sent to the Kazakh SSR, whereas 70,089 Chechens and 2,278 Ingush arrived in Kirgiz SSR. Smaller number of the remaining deportees were sent to Uzbek SSR , Russian SFSR and Tajik SSR .
