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 1961 village Ermak was transformed into the city (today Aksu in Pavlodar region)

In 2005 in memory of soldiers of the Great Patriotic War in park of the Pavlodar Annunciation Cathedral the birch avenue was built

Today is the birthday of Manshuk Mametova, the first Kazakh woman who was awarded the title of the Hero of the Soviet Union

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In 2001 the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) was created

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In 2001 the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) was created - e-history.kz
The Shanghai cooperation organization (SCO) is permanent acting intergovernmental international organization that includes six states which are: Kazakhstan, China, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan. Declaration on the Establishment of the SCO was signed at the meeting of Heads of six states in Shanghai on June 15, 2001. The main goals of the SCO are: strengthening mutual confidence and good-neighbourly relations among the member countries; promoting effective cooperation in politics, trade and economy, science and technology, culture as well as education, energy, transportation, tourism, environmental protection and other fields; making joint efforts to maintain and ensure peace, security and stability in the region, moving towards the establishment of a new, democratic, just and rational political and economic international order.