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

A historian, Adilgereyev Halel Mukhamedzhanuly was born

The first issue of the Kazakh newspaper “Turkistan ualayatynyn gazeti” was released

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In 1966 a unique bomb was exploded in the Medeo valley

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In 1966 a unique bomb was exploded in the Medeo valley - e-history.kz
Over two and a half million tons rock outcrops released into the air for four seconds. Rock formed a huge dam which forever jammed the Malaya Almatinka valley. Thus the mud reservoir with the capacity to capture millions of cubic meters of water, mud, and debris was created. The construction of 115-m dam was finished in 1972. Its strength was tested by the nature in 1973.