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| Republic of Kazakhstan Qazaqstan Respublikasy Қазақстан Республикасы Республика Казахстан | |
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Anthem: Menıñ Qazaqstanym Менің Қазақстаным | |
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| Capital | Astana |
| Largest city | Almaty |
| Official languages | Kazakh Russian |
| Dominant mode of production | Capitalism |
| Government | Unitary presidential republic |
• President | Kassym-Jomart Tokayev |
• Prime Minister | Älihan Smaiylov |
| Area | |
• Total | 2,724,900 km² |
| Population | |
• 2024 estimate | 20,075,271 |
Kazakhstan, officially, the Republic of Kazakhstan, is a country located mainly in Central Asia. Following the 1917 Russian Revolution, it was made into the Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic. After the 1991 fall of the Soviet Union, it was the last of the Soviet states to declare independence.
In 1993 the capital of Kazakhstan was moved to the city of Aqmola (now Astana) from its original location in Almaty, which had been the capital of Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic from 1936 up until its relocation.[1]
Another change to national symbols kept from Soviet Kazakhstan was the drafting of a new anthem in 2006 - "Menıñ Qazaqstanym". It was to replace the anthem adopted in 1992, which had the same melody as the anthem of the Kazakh SSR. The new anthem was co-written by the first president of bourgeois Kazakhstan, Nursultan Nazarbayev.[2]
In 2022, protests rapidly overwhelmed the Kazakh government, but Russian forces restored stability.[3]
References
- ↑ On the capital of the Republic of Kazakhstan. Decree of the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan №2457
- ↑ National Anthem of Kazakhstan. Official website of the President of Kazakhstan.
- ↑ "Kazakh president's home ablaze as protests escalate, police clash with demonstrators". ABC.