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Kazakh SSR

Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic
Russian: Казахская Советская Социалистическая Республика
Kazakh: Қазақ Кеңестік Социалистік Республикасы
Soviet Socialist Republic (1936-91)
De facto sovereign entity (1990–91)
Sovereign state (1991-95)
1936-1995
Flag (1953–1992) State emblem (1978–1992)
Motto
Барлық елдердің пролетарлары, бірігіңдер! (Kazakh)
Barlıq elderdiñ proletarları, birigiñder! (transliteration)
"Workers of the world, unite!"
Anthem
Қазақ Советтiк Социалистік Республикасының мемлекеттік әнұраны
Qazaq Sovettik Socïalïstik Respwblïkasınıñ memlekettik änuranı
"Anthem of the Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic"
(1936-1992)
Қазақстан Республикасының Мемлекеттік Әнұраны
Qazaqstan Respwblïkasınıñ Memlekettik Änuranı
Anthem of the Republic of Kazakhstan"
(1992-1995)
Location of Kazakhstan (red) within the Soviet Union.
Capital Alma-Ata (Almaty from 1993)
Languages Official languages:
Kazakh · Russian
Minority languages:
Uzbek · Uyghur · Tatar · Kyrgyz · Azerbaijani · Korean
Demonym Kazakh
Soviet
Government Unitary Marxist-Leninist one-party soviet republic (1936-1990)
Unitary Marxist-Leninist presidential republic (1990-1995)
First Secretary
 •  1936–1938 Levon Mirzoyan
 •  1990–1995 Nursultan Nazarbayev
Head of government
 •  1946–1954 Nurtas Undasynov
 •  1989–1991 Uzakbay Karamanov
History
 •  Elevation to an Union Republic 5 December 1936
 •  Jeltoqsan riots 16 December 1986
 •  Sovereignty declared 25 October 1990
 •  Renamed Republic of Kazakhstan 10 December 1991
 •  Independence declared 16 December 1991
 •  Independence recognized 26 December 1991
 •  New Constitution 30 August 1995
Area
 •  1990 2,717,300 km² (1,049,155 sq mi)
Population
 •  1990 est. 16,711,900 
     Density 6.2 /km²  (15.9 /sq mi)
Calling code +7 31/32/330/33622
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Kazak Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic
Soviet Union
Kazakhstan
Today part of  Kazakhstan

Kazakhstan (US Listeni/kæzækˈstæn, ˌkɑːzɑːkˈstɑːn/, UK /ˌkæzəkˈstɑːn, -ˈstæn/;Kazakh: Қазақстан, Qazaqstan), officially the Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic (Kazakh SSR or KSSR; Kazakh: Қазақ Кеңестік Социалистік Республикасы, Qazaq Keñestik Socïalïstik Respwblïkası; Russian: Казахская Советская Социалистическая Республика, Kazakhskaya Sovetskaya Sotsialisticheskaya Respublika) and the Republic of Kazakhstan, also known by its alternative name of Soviet Kazakhstan, was one of the transcontinental constituent republics of the Soviet Union from 1936 to 1991 and an sovereign state from 1991 to 1995 in northern Central Asia. It was created on December 5, 1936 from the Kazakh ASSR, an autonomous republic of the Russian SFSR.


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