December 7. Kazinform's timeline of major events
Kazinform's Timeline is the one-stop shop where you can learn about historical events for the 7th of December. See what notable events happened throughout Kazakhstan's history on December 7.
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.
