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 1894 the first train reached the city of Petropavlovsk by the Trans-Siberian Railway

That day Shakarim Kudaiberdiyev, Kazakh poet, writer, translator, composer, historian and philosopher was born

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Celebration of Defender of the Fatherland Day in Kazakhstan

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Celebration of Defender of the Fatherland Day in Kazakhstan - e-history.kz
On October 4, 2012, the Parliament of Kazakhstan signed the amendments to the Law “On Holidays in the Republic of Kazakhstan”, according to the document May 7 was declared a state holiday and a day off. On May 7, 2013, for the first time in the history of the country was held the Military parade of Armed Forces of Kazakhstan. More than 7000 troops, 400 pieces of military equipment and more than 80 aircrafts and helicopters were engaged to the parade.