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 1894 the first train reached the city of Petropavlovsk by the Trans-Siberian Railway

That day Shakarim Kudaiberdiyev, Kazakh poet, writer, translator, composer, historian and philosopher was born

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

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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».