N.A.Nazarbayev's appointment as Chairman of the board of Ministers of Kaz SSR

Appointment of MS Gorbachev as General Secretary of the Central Committee of the CPSU

Policy of accelerating socio-economic development of the country, proposed changes in agriculture, quickly found to be inadequate. Start of "perestroika."

Meetings and population protests in Alma-Ata and other cities of Kazakhstan dissatisfied with the decision of Moscow to appoint G. V. Kolbin. instead of D.A.Kunayev