This day in history

In 1918 was proclaimed the Turkestan Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic within the RSFSR

Rakhymzhan Koshkarbayev and Gregory Bulatov hoisted the flag over the Reichstag

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In 1930, the first issue of the regional newspaper “Kolkhoz Zholy” (since 1990, city newspaper “Kokshetau”) was released

The newspaper was three times winner of the All-Union creativity show for propagandizing the achievements in social and economic spheres. In 1980 the newspaper was awarded the Order «Badge of Honor».