site.news_by_theme Soviet Union

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 сентября 2016, 14:27

A Ukrainian village renamed a street, which honoured Soviet founder Lenin, after The Beatles' John Lennon.

• 03 марта 2016, 00:03

On the eve of the Constitution Day in Kazakhstan, President Nazarbayev commented on accusations of autocracy.

• 02 сентября 2015, 16:14

Kazakhstani boxer Gennady Golovin (33-0, 30KOs), the holder of the WBA Super, IBO and WBC Interim middleweight titles from Kazakhstan, was named among the Top 5 boxers from the post-Soviet space according to BoxingPlanet.ru.

• 05 августа 2015, 18:52

Buried and long forgotten, the head of a giant Lenin statue is set to make a comeback in the German capital a quarter-century after the fall of the Berlin Wall.

• 23 июля 2015, 11:23

Nursultan Nazarbayev says Eurasian integration is the way of progress and success.

• 07 июля 2015, 18:03

Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko on Friday enacted laws banning Soviet symbols and communist-era propaganda, his office said.

• 16 мая 2015, 13:15

The newly elected president of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev spoke about the time when Kazakhstan just gained independence and what the elections mean to him.

• 30 апреля 2015, 00:17

The beginning of May in Kazakhstan has always been rich with holidays. This year, Kazakhstanis will enjoy 3 days off in May.

• 07 апреля 2015, 08:57

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 марта 2015, 13:29

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 февраля 2015, 02:20

Kazakhstan will seek to further tap into the potential of the Commonwealth of Independent States during its 2015 chairmanship.

• 13 октября 2014, 12:05

Former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev, 83, has been hospitalised but is determined to fight for his life.

• 10 октября 2014, 14:54

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

• 07 октября 2014, 14:51

Kazakhstan does have well-educated brain force, but the question is if there is a favorable environment to have this knowledge put to use.

• 06 октября 2014, 15:55

The "House on the Corner" was one of the most feared places during Soviet times, but now people are keen to uncover its dark secrets.

• 08 августа 2014, 14:16

The US space agency's Opportunity rover has now clocked more miles on Mars than any man-made vehicle to reach another celestial body, NASA said.

• 29 июля 2014, 10:11

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

• 28 июля 2014, 18:44

Former Georgian president Eduard Shevardnadze, who helped end the Cold War as the Soviet Union's last foreign minister, died Monday aged 86, with tributes pouring in from friends and foes.

• 08 июля 2014, 10:37

NATO head Anders Fogh Rasmussen said Wednesday the alliance will shortly offer Georgia closer ties, but made no mention of membership, amid growing concerns over Russia's intentions in Ukraine.

• 25 июня 2014, 18:29