If a nation does not know its history, if the country loses its history, then its citizens have nowhere to go.
Mirzhakyp Dulatuly

Today in history

In 1905 Kazakh congress was held at Koyandy fair near Karkaraly

In 1932 the Central Scientific Library of the Academy of Sciences of the Kazakh SSR was founded

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In 1999 a monument to the great Russian poet Pushkin was installed in Almaty

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In 1999 a monument to the great Russian poet Pushkin was installed in Almaty - e-history.kz
In 1999 a bust of the great Russian poet Alexander Pushkin (1799-1837) was installed in one of the parks in Almaty (east side of the National Academy of Sciences Presidium Building). The authors are sculptor A. Bichugov, architects T. Yeraliyev, A. Anchugov. The opening ceremony took place on 29 October 1999 when the world celebrated the 200th anniversary of the poet’s birthday.