December 13. Kazinform's timeline of major events
Kazinform's Timeline is the one-stop shop where you can learn about historical events for the 13th of December. See what notable events happened throughout Kazakhstan's history on December 13.
EVENTS
1991 – The leaders of the Central Asian countries, including Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan hold a meeting in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan, to adopt the statement on joining the CIS.
1993 – The Republic of Kazakhstan joins the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons as a non-nuclear State.
1995 – The President signs the decree to establish the Kazakh Embassy in the city of Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
2007 – A memorial plaque is unveiled on the façade of the house where prominent Kazakh writer and academician Zeinolla Kabdolov lived.
2013 – Astana city hosts the first solemn Zhas Tulpar Awards Ceremony. The award cerebrates young Kazakhstanis for contribution to the promotion of patriotism, preservation and revitalization of the cultural and spiritual values of the Kazakh society.
2013 – The highest-altitude mosque Al-Kuddus is built at the foot of Belukha Mountain in East Kazakhstan region. The mosque is 1,760 meters above sea level.
2015 – Kazakh poet, writer, prominent statesman and public figure Olzhas Suleimenov is honored with the title Person of the Year of the Turkic World.
2016 – Almaty city hosts the unveiling ceremony of a memorial plaque on the façade of the building of the Kazakh-British Technical University – a place where the Constitutional Law on State Independence of Kazakhstan was adopted.
2016 – Kazakhstani boxer Gennady Golovkin enters the Guinness Book of Records as the middleweight world champion with the highest knockout ratio.
2019 – Astana welcomes the inaugurating ceremony of the headquarters of the Islamic Organization for Food Security at the Astana International Financial Center (AIFC).
2019 – Pavlodar-based athlete Nikolai Karpenko sets two world records lifting 125kg in Excalibur and 87kg in Rolling Thunder at the World Cup in Moscow.
2021 – Books about Kazakhstan’s history in English are donated to Toyo Bunko, one of the biggest libraries and museums in Japan.
2021 - A headpiece that belonged to Bogenbai batyr is handed over to the Military and Historic Museum of the Armed Forces in Astana.
2021 – One of the districts in Karaganda city is renamed after Alikhan Bokeikhan.
