December 11. Kazinform's timeline of major events
EVENTS
1990 –Bauyrzhan Momyshuly is honored with the title of the Hero of the Soviet Union posthumously.
2005 – The National Bank of the Republic of Kazakhstan issues three collectors’ silver coins with images of the Persian gazelle, the Zhoshi khan mausoleum and Tiger’s head.
2012 – The Business Association of Women Entrepreneurs of Central Asia and Afghanistan is founded in the Kazakh capital. It brings together women from six countries – Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Afghanistan, Turkmenistan, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan.
2014 – A special department which trains future military historians is opened at the National University of Defense named after the First President of Kazakhstan.
2015 – Kazpost JSC issues a postal stamp dedicated to Kazakhstani cosmonaut Aidyn Aimbetov’s flight to space.
2018 – Kazakhstan joins the signatories of the Global Compact for Safe, Orderly, and Regular Migration at a special intergovernmental conference in Marrakech. The conference brings together delegates from more than 150 countries.
2018 – The biggest solar power station in the CIS ‘Burnoye’ is commissioned in Kazakhstan.
2018 – The Honorary Consulate of Kazakhstan is unveiled in Gandhinagar, state of Gujarat in India. The Consulate is headed by businessman and managing director of the company Chandan Steel Limited, Dilip Chandan.
2019– A TV series ‘Bitva pri Orbulake’ (The Battle of Orbulak) is released in Nur-Sultan city (now Astana). It depicts the heroism of a small group of Kazakh warriors who defeated a 50,000-army of enemies in 1643.
2020 – Official YouTube channel of ‘Kazinform’ International News Agency receives the Silver Play Button after reaching 100,000 subscribers.
2020 – A bust of great Kazakh poet and thinker Abai is installed at the Abai Kyrgyz-Kazakh Cultural Center in Bishkek.
2021 – A 15.7m monument to Independence of Kazakhstan depicting the major milestones of the Kazakh history is unveiled in East Kazakhstan region.
