December 6. Kazinform's timeline of major events
Kazinform's Timeline is the one-stop shop where you can learn about historical events for the 6th of December. See what notable events happened throughout Kazakhstan's history on December 6.
DATES
Prosecutor’s Day in Kazakhstan is marked each year on December 6.
EVENTS
1944 – The D.A. Kunayev Mining Institute opens in Almaty.
1971 – The first Center of Scientific and Technological Information is set up in Almaty.
2011 – Kazakhstan for the first time takes part in the competitions usually held among the NATA member countries as a member of the NATO partnership for peace program in Mons, Belgium. The basketball squad of the Central Sports Club of the Army of the Kazakh Defense Ministry won the second place at the SHAPE tournament, losing only to Latvia in the final match.
2012 – Kazakh Statesman, Deputy UN Secretary-General, Director-General of the UN Office in Geneva Kassym-Jomart Tokayev is awarded the Roerich medal and the banner of peace sign.
2014 – The Sorbonne-Kazakhstan Institute opens in Almaty.
2017 – The photo exhibition Kazakhstan – a country of the Great Steppe is opened as part of the celebrations of the 25th anniversary of Kazakhstan’s UN membership at the UN Palace in Geneva.
2019 – Kazakhstan is elected to the Steering Committee of the Board of Expo 2020 Dubai Commissioners.
2021 – A bust of great Kazakh poet Abai is opened in the Square of Poets in Paris.
2021 – The 4th and 5th volumes of the book ‘Asharshylyk (Famine). 1928-1934’ declassifying the documents on the famine in the 30s are issued.
