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 1984, N. Nazarbayev was appointed as Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the Kazakh SSR

In 2006 in Moscow was opened a monument dedicated to Abay Kunanbayev

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The construction of the Baikonur spaceport was begun.

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The construction of the Baikonur spaceport was begun. - e-history.kz
Baikonur is the first and largest spaceport in the world, which is located on the territory of Kazakhstan, near the village of Toretam. The construction of the Baikonur spaceport begun on January 12, 1955. After the collapse of the Soviet Union in the early 1990s, the spaceport was given to Kazakhstan. It is leased by the Russian Federation till 2050.