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‘The Germans wanted to capture Uralsk’: Little-known facts about Kazakhstan during World War II Tengrinews.kz - Kazakhstan made a significant contribution to the victory in the Great Patriotic War, but many pages of the wartime history

22 April 2025 14:46

Last Soviet boss standing, Kazakh leader still lacks heir 76-year-old Nazarbayev is now the last surviving Soviet-era leader to still be in charge of one of the countries that emerged from the USSR.

23 September 2016 14:27

Putin: 'We don't want the USSR back but no one believes us' Russia is not trying to bring back the USSR, President Vladimir Putin said in a documentary aired Sunday, but the problem is that "nobody wants to believe it"

21 December 2015 13:55

Dzhuna, Kremlin psychic healer, dies at 65 Dzhuna, a famed mystic healer and astrologer who is said to have treated Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev and Russian celebrities, died on Monday at 65.

09 June 2015 12:09

Halo Online to be open for Kazakhstani gamers Halo franchise has made free Halo Online FPS available to Kazakhstan and other former Soviet countries.

07 April 2015 08:51

Kazakh-Spanish documentary wins Jakarta film festival award A Kazakh-Spanish film about Soviet-era Spaniards held prisoners in a labor camp on the territory of present day Kazakhstan has won an award at the Jakarta Film Festival.

10 March 2015 13:29

924 red tulips to honour Kazakhstani Soldiers who died Soviet Afghan War: Astana memorial service In Astana, to honour the deceased, the Ministry of Defense of Kazakhstan has organised memorial services and a celebration of the anniversary of end of the Soviet Afghan War.

19 February 2015 02:20

The Forgotten of Karaganda awarded at California Film Awards Kazakhstani-Spanish The Forgotten of Karaganda documentary film has been awarded at the California Film Awards as the Best Documentary,

09 January 2015 12:41

Economic Eurasian Union bears no resemblance to USSR: President Nazarbayev When asked what event was the most significant for Kazakhstan in 2014, President named signing of the agreement to launch the Eurasian Economic Union back in May.

22 December 2014 11:18

Nazarbayev speaks of Perestroika and Chinese reforms During Samruk Kazyna Transformation Forum president of Kazakhstan has spoken about the defficiencies of Gorbachev's Perestroika and the successes of Chinese reforms.

07 October 2014 14:51

Marooned in Central Asian desert that was once sea A top secret Soviet town for testing biological weapons stands abandoned in a Central Asian desert that was once a sea.

28 July 2014 18:44

Almaty and Astana best cities of former USSR according to Forbes Russian Forbes named Almaty and Astana among best cities of the former USSR.

09 July 2014 19:51

History of May 1 celebration in Kazakhstan The main idea behind the celebration is to create awareness of the great number of ethnic groups and nations living in Kazakhstan.

01 May 2014 23:48

Ukraine benefits from cooperation with Russia and Kazakhstan: Nazarbayev In his speech at Moscow State University President Nazarbayev said that Ukraine would benefit from cooperation with Russian and Kazakhstan amid any scenario.

29 April 2014 20:19

Rebirth of USSR is mythical: Nazarbayev Kazakhstan's President Nazarbayev has given a speech at the Lomonosov Moscow State University in which he stated that rebirth of the Soviet Union was impossible.

29 April 2014 15:35

Fairest of them all: Kazakh girl wins hearts of online voters at Miss USSR 2014 A Kazakh belle Maiya Aitben has charmed the most number of online voters and got 722 votes.

28 January 2014 19:50

Contestants of Miss USSR UK 2014 from Kazakhstan unveiled A number of participant representing Kazakhstan at the Miss USSR UK 2014 have been unveiled.

16 December 2013 16:26

Pro-EU Ukrainians mass in biggest rally since Orange Revolution Pro-Western Ukrainians on Sunday held the biggest protest rally in Kiev since the 2004 Orange Revolution, urging the government to sign a historic pact with the European Union and clashing with police.

26 November 2013 10:01

50 years since Solzhenitsyn Gulag story shocked USSR The Soviet Union 50 years ago allowed publication of Alexander Solzhenitsyn's landmark account of life in the Stalin prison camps "One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich", shocking readers by revealing a hitherto hidden horror.

17 November 2012 10:20

Kazakhstan leads Central Asia in human development UNDP published their annual human development report. Kazakhstan comes 68th - the highest rank among Central Asian countries.

06 November 2011 12:27

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