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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Border Guards Day of the Republic of Kazakhstan

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On August 18, 1992 the Border Service was established by the Decree of the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan N.Nazarbayev. It represents a unit of the National Security Committee of the Republic of Kazakhstan. At the time of its creation the Service was called the Border Troops.