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The first independence day military parade of Kazakhstan was held on Almaty's Republic Square in 1996 timed to the occasion of the 5th anniversary of independence. [10] Minister of Defense Mukhtar Altynbayev opened the parade, [11] which also saw a cavalry squadron from the Republican Guard makes its debut appearance. [12]
Kazakhstan, [d] officially the Republic of Kazakhstan, [e] is a landlocked country primarily in Central Asia, with a small portion situated in Eastern Europe. [f] It borders Russia to the north and west, China to the east, Kyrgyzstan to the southeast, Uzbekistan to the south, and Turkmenistan to the southwest, with a coastline along the Caspian Sea.
The country is the US's 78th-largest trading partner, incurring $2.5 billion in two-way trade, and it was the first country to recognize Kazakhstan after independence. In 1994 and 1995, the US worked with Kazakhstan to remove all nuclear warheads after the latter renounced its nuclear program and closed the Semipalatinsk Test Sites; the last ...
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Kazakhstan declared itself an independent country on December 16, 1991, the last Soviet republic to do so. Its communist-era leader, Nursultan Nazarbayev , became the country's new president. Since independence, Kazakhstan has pursued a balanced foreign policy and worked to develop its economy , especially its hydrocarbon industry.
The Way of Kazakhstan is a book by Nursultan Nazarbayev, the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan. In the book, Nazarbayev describes the process of Kazakhstan's independence and the planning and execution of economic and political reforms. The Way of Kazakhstan was published on 18 May 2010 and presented at a launch event in Salou, Spain.
The monument celebrates the independence of Kazakhstan, the identity of its people, and the role of the city of Almaty as capital of Kazakhstan until 1997 when the capital moved to Astana. [1] The statue, a Saka warrior and a barys , [ 2 ] stands atop a 91 feet (28 m) tall column.
Republic Day (Kazakh: Республика күні, Respwblïka küni, Russian: День Республики, Den Respubliki), observed on October 25, is a Public holiday in Kazakhstan, celebrating the declaration of sovereignty of the Kazakh SSR from the Soviet Union.