December 7. Kazinform's timeline of major events

EVENTS

1920 –Social and political newspaper ‘Aq zhol’ in the Kazakh language is published for the first time in Tashkent.

1963 – A bronze monument to akyn (folk singer) Zhambyl Zhabayev is unveiled in the city of Taraz. It is designed by Kazakhstani artist and sculptor Khalimzhan Nauryzbayev.

1990 – The Aimauytov Pavlodar Regional Kazakh Music and Drama Theater opens its doors.

2011 – The probable grave site of Abulkhair khan is discovered in the territory of Kazakhstan.

2011 – The Defense Ministry of the Russian Federation hands over the e-databank of Kazakhstani military men who perished and went MIA during the WWII to the Defense Ministry of the Republic of Kazakhstan.

2012 – The 12m tall bronze monument to great Kazakh batyr (fighter) Raiymbek Batyr is unveiled in Almaty city.

2016 – Atyrau hosts the official opening of Kashagan project, the first offshore oilfield in Kazakhstan's sector of the Caspian Sea.

2017 – UNESCO includes the traditional Kazakh game Asyk Atu into its Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage (ICH) of Humanity.

2017 – Turkestan welcomes the solemn closing of the Year “Turkestan is the cultural capital of the Turkic World”.

2018 – The Institute of State’s History of the Science Committee of the Ministry of Education and Science of the Republic of Kazakhstan inks a memorandum with Türkiye and Tajikistan to get access to archival documents regarding the history of Kazakhstan.

2019 – A memorial plaque in memory of Kazakhstani military man, colonel Boris Kerimbayev is unveiled in Almaty city.

2020 – The first school training volunteer healthcare workers opens doors in Shymkent city.

2021 – ‘History of Kazakhstan’ book by historian Yerkin Abil is translated into the Lithuanian language.

2021 – A vinyl record of Batyrkhan Shukenov’s ‘Otan Ana’ is released in Almaty city.

2022 – President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev appoints Assain Baikhanov as akim (governor) of Pavlodar region.