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

Address of the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan, Nursultan Nazarbayev, to the People of Kazakhstan “Kazakhstan on the Road to Accelerated Economic, Social and Political Modernization.”

Today is the birthday of Zhabaykhan Abdildin

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The 81st anniversary of the Kazakh State Philharmonic Society

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On January 14, 1935 the Kazakh State Philharmonic Society was established by the Resolution of the Council of People’s Commissars of the Kazakh SSR. In 1938 it was named after Zhambyl, inspirer of Kazakh musicians and poets. Akhmet Zhubanov was the first artistic director of the Philharmonic Society. He was a famous figure of musical culture closely connected to the organization and development of professional music of written tradition in Kazakhstan.