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

This day in history

Birthday of Altay Amanzholov

June 2 – the Day of the formation of the city and cosmodrome “Baikonur”

In 1886 the "Regulation on the Management of the Turkestan Territory" was issued

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In 1921 the first State Archive was opened in Kazakhstan

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In 1921 the first State Archive was opened in Kazakhstan - e-history.kz
On September 1, 1921 the Central Regional Archive, first in the history of Kazakhstan State Archive, was established on the basis of the Orenburg Provincial Archive. At the very beginning it had 5 employees: director, archivist of the 1st and 2nd category, secretary and watchman. Nevertheless, by the end of 1921 archives of 19 institutions were sent to the Central Regional Archive.