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 1909 the Tsarist Government adopted the "Instruction on the colonization of Akmola, Semipalatinsk, Torgay and Ural Provinces and on establishment of rules for using national land reserves with the aim of other national requirements"

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An official transfer of the capital of Kazakhstan from Almaty to Akmola was made

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An official transfer of the capital of Kazakhstan from Almaty to Akmola was made - e-history.kz
Transfer of the capital of Kazakhstan from Almaty to Astana (December, 10 1997) - the third transfer of the capital in Kazakhstan. Unlike earlier ones, this transfer was initiated by the authorities of the republic. It also became the first and the only transfer of the capital of the state in the former Soviet space, significantly affecting the social and economic life in the country.