December 28. Kazinform's timeline of major events
Kazinform's Timeline is the one-stop shop where you can learn about historical events for the 28th of December. See what notable events happened throughout Kazakhstan's history on December 28.
EVENTS
1972– The Medeu high-mountain skating rink is commissioned in Almaty city. At that time, it is one of the largest artificial unroofed ice rinks in the world situated at the height of 1691,2m above the sea level. It has an area of 10,5 thousand square meters.
1992- The inauguration ceremony of the Embassy of Pakistan in Kazakhstan takes place in Almaty.
1994 – The first passenger train ‘Bayanaul’ consisting of 19 carriages travels from Pavlodar to Almaty.
2000 – The Development Bank of Kazakhstan is established.
2000 – The International Writing Community Literary Fund honors outstanding Soviet and Kazakh writer Abdizhamil Nurpeisov with the Award «For Purity and Credibility of Talent».
2005 – The Keleshek-Press publishing house reissues the Kazakh-Russian dictionary by one of the members of the Alash Movement Koshke Kemengeruly which for the first time sees the light in 1925. The edition is dedicated to rare Kazakh words.
2012– The 11 millionth citizen of Kazakhstan Mukhtar Abdrakhim is born in South Kazakhstan region.
2015 - American bloggers feature the Turgay geoglyphs discovered in the Turgay trough by explorer from Kostanay Dmitry Dei in the Top 10 Stunning Discoveries of the Year.
2017– ‘The Anthology of Kazakh Akyns (Poets)’ book is published in the Azerbaijani language.
2018– The World Congress of Turkic Peoples honors the Al-Farabi Kazakh National University with the title of «Best University of the Turkic world» and awards then-rector Galym Mutanov with a gold medal of this international organization.
2021 - Turksoy headquarters hosts the International Congress of the Kazakh history, culture and language dated to the 30th anniversary of Kazakhstan’s independence.
2022 - President of Kazakhstan Kassym-Jomart Tokayev signs the law on control over specific goods.