This day in history

In 1984, N. Nazarbayev was appointed as Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the Kazakh SSR

In 2006 in Moscow was opened a monument dedicated to Abay Kunanbayev

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In 1979 a new planet, which was named after Kanysh Satpayev, was discovered

In 1979 a new planet, which was named after Kanysh Satpayev, was discovered - e-history.kz
On July 31, 1979 in endless ocean of heavenly bodies astronomer Nikolai Stepanovich Chernykh discovered a new planet which was named after outstanding Kazakh scientist Kanysh Satpayev. Every five years it goes near the Earth in its orbit.