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 2006, the opening of the monument “Tauelsizdik tany” dedicated to the 20th anniversary of events happened in December 1986, was held in Almaty

In 1998, the Academy of Public Service under the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan was found

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In 1959 a model of rocket "Vostok-L" was successfully launched from Baikonur Cosmodrome

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In 1959 a model of rocket "Vostok-L" was successfully launched from Baikonur Cosmodrome - e-history.kz
On September 12, at 8:40 a.m. a model of rocket “Vostok-L” was successfully launched from Baikonur Cosmodrome. It took out automatic interplanetary station to the route to the Moon. The next day for the first time in world practice it reached the surface of the Moon and performed hard landing on its surface. Discovery of the Sun wind was one of the most significant scientific achievements of the mission