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

The decision to rename the Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic as the Republic of Kazakhstan was made

Nursultan Nazarbayev took the oath as the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan

Nursultan Nazarbayev began his tenure as the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan

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

The decree “On the Announcement of 1998 as the Year of the National Unity and National History” was issued

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A monument to academician Abiken Bekturov was established in 2007 in the village Bayanaul

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A monument to academician Abiken Bekturov was established in 2007 in the village Bayanaul - e-history.kz
Abiken Bekturov together with the first academician of the republic Kanysh Satpayev participated in the organization of Academy of Sciences of Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic, stood at the origins of chemical education in the republic, created and headed Institute of chemical sciences.