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

Birthday of an actor, film director Asanali Ashimov

May 8, 1975 in Almaty at the park named after 28 Panfilov’s Guardsmen was established the Memorial “Glory”

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On 14 May 2009 a street in Kiev was named after the great Kazakh philosopher and poet Zhambyl Zhabayev

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On 14 May 2009 a street in Kiev was named after the great Kazakh philosopher and poet Zhambyl Zhabayev - e-history.kz
5 years ago Kuzminskaya street (Shevchenovsky district) was renamed after the great Kazakh philosopher and poet Zhambyl Zhabayev. The ceremonial unveiling of a memorial plate to the poet was held on 8 May 2009.