Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic
union republic of the Soviet Union
The Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic (1936-1991) was one of the republics of the Soviet Union from 1936 to 1991 in northern Central Asia. It was created on 5 December 1936 from the Kazakh ASSR, an autonomous republic of the Russian RSFR.
1936–1991 | |||||||||
Flag (1953–1991)
State emblem
(1978–1991) | |||||||||
Motto: "Барлық елдердің пролетарлары, бірігіңдер!" "Barlyq elderdıñ proletarlary, bırıgıñder!"(transliteration) "Proletarians of all countries, unite!" | |||||||||
Anthem: "Қазақ Советтік Социалистік Республикасының мемлекеттік гимны" "State Anthem of the Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic" | |||||||||
![]() Location of Kazakhstan (red) within the Soviet Union | |||||||||
Status | Soviet socialist republic | ||||||||
Capital | Alma-Ata | ||||||||
Largest cities | Karaganda Pavlodar Shymkent Shakhtinsk Nikolsk | ||||||||
Official languages | Kazakh · Russian | ||||||||
Minority languages | Uzbek · Uyghur · Tatar · Kyrgyz · Azerbaijani · Korean | ||||||||
Religion | State atheism | ||||||||
Demonym(s) | Kazakh Soviet | ||||||||
Government | Unitary Marxist-Leninist one-party soviet republic (1936–1990) Unitary presidential republic (1990–1991) | ||||||||
First Secretary/President | |||||||||
• 1936–1938 (first) | Levon Mirzoyan | ||||||||
• 1989–1991 (last) | Nursultan Nazarbayev | ||||||||
Head of government | |||||||||
• 1936–1937 (first) | Uraz Isayev | ||||||||
• 1991 (last) | Sergey Tereshchenko | ||||||||
Legislature | Supreme Soviet | ||||||||
History | |||||||||
• Elevation to a Union Republic | 5 December 1936 | ||||||||
16 December 1986 | |||||||||
• Sovereignty declared | 25 October 1990 | ||||||||
• Renamed Republic of Kazakhstan | 10 December 1991 | ||||||||
• Independence declared | 16 December 1991 | ||||||||
• Independence recognised | 26 December 1991 | ||||||||
HDI (1991) | 0.684 medium | ||||||||
Currency | Soviet rouble (Rbl) (SUR) | ||||||||
Time zone | (UTC+4 to +6) | ||||||||
Calling code | +7 31/32/330/33622 | ||||||||
ISO 3166 code | SU | ||||||||
Internet TLD | .su | ||||||||
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Today part of | Kazakhstan |
References
change- ↑ Historical names:
- 1936–1991: Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic (Russian: Казахская Советская Социалистическая Республика; Kazakh: Қазақ Советтік Социалистік Республикасы, romanized: Qazaq Sovettik Sotsialistik Respublikasy)
- 1991: Republic of Kazakhstan (Russian: Республика Казахстан; Kazakh: Қазақстан Республикасы, romanized: Qazaqstan Respublikasy)