Start of the first artificial satellite of Earth from Baikonur Cosmodrome.

Mointa – Choo line was put in continuous operation which finished a construction of the Transkazakhstan railway.

Kunayev D. A. election. first secretary of the Central Committee of KP of Kazakhstan. He headed the party organization of Kazakhstan over 20 years. Was displaced from a position in December, 1986.

Attempts of reforming of economy of the USSR, weakening of centralization of command and administrative methods of management, stimulation of a material interest and self-financing.