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Country: Kazakhstan

Kazakhstan writes off debts of more than 3 million citizens
June 26, 2019November 17, 2020

Kazakhstan writes off debts of more than 3 million citizens

More than 3 million Kazakhs in the energy-rich country of 18 million will get help to escape debts averaging 300,000 tenge ($790).

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24-year old Kazakhstani man becomes first to use wirelessly-charged bionic heart
February 13, 2019November 17, 2020

24-year old Kazakhstani man becomes first to use wirelessly-charged bionic heart

Tursunov’s bionic heart (or VAD) doesn’t need a power cord thanks to a charging system created by Israeli tech company Leviticus Cardio, eliminating one of the biggest points of failure in a device that cannot afford to fail.

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Green Climate Fund to provide up to US$110 million for Kazakhstan clean energy projects
October 9, 2017November 17, 2020

Green Climate Fund to provide up to US$110 million for Kazakhstan clean energy projects

The framework aims to finance the construction and operation of solar, wind, small hydropower and biogas projects in the Central Asian country.

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Kazakhstan declares independence from the Soviet Union
December 16, 1991November 1, 2020

Kazakhstan declares independence from the Soviet Union

Following the August 1991 aborted coup attempt in Moscow, Kazakhstan declared independence on 16 December 1991, thus becoming the last Soviet republic to declare independence. Ten days later, the Soviet Union itself ceased to exist.

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The Alash Orda set up an independent national government in modern-day Kazakhstan
November 1, 1917November 1, 2020

The Alash Orda set up an independent national government in modern-day Kazakhstan

Alash Autonomy was a Kazakh state that existed between 1917 and 1920, on approximately the territory of the present-day Republic of Kazakhstan. The capital city was Semey, then known as “Alash-qala” (City of Alash).

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Oghuz Turks found the Oguz Yabgu State in modern-day Kazakhstan
February 27, 1003November 1, 2020

Oghuz Turks found the Oguz Yabgu State in modern-day Kazakhstan

The Oguz Yabgu State was a Turkic state, founded by Oghuz Turks in 766, located geographically in an area between the coasts of the Caspian and Aral Seas. Oguz tribes occupied a vast territory in Kazakhstan along the Irgiz, Yaik, Emba, and Uil rivers, the Aral Sea area, the Syr Darya valley, the foothills of the Karatau Mountains in Tien-Shan, and the Chui River valley.

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The Saka peoples thrive in the Eurasian Steppe
July 2, 1002November 1, 2020

The Saka peoples thrive in the Eurasian Steppe

The Saka were a group of nomadic Iranian peoples who historically inhabited the northern and eastern Eurasian Steppe and the Tarim Basin. The Saka are attested in historical and archaeological records dating to around the 8th century BC.

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Humans from the Andronovo culture of the central Eurasian steppe invent the chariot (~2,000 B.C.E. ???)
February 28, 1002November 11, 2020

Humans from the Andronovo culture of the central Eurasian steppe invent the chariot (~2,000 B.C.E. ???)

The earliest fully developed spoke-wheeled horse chariots are from the chariot burials of the Andronovo (Timber-Grave) sites of the Sintashta-Petrovka Proto-Indo-Iranian culture in modern Russia and Kazakhstan from around 2000 BC.

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Botai culture thrives in modern-day Kazakhstan
April 25, 1001November 1, 2020

Botai culture thrives in modern-day Kazakhstan

The Botai culture is an archaeological culture (c. 3700–3100 BC)[1] of prehistoric Kazakhstan and North Asia. It was named after the settlement of Botai in northern Kazakhstan. The Botai culture has two other large sites: Krasnyi Yar, and Vasilkovka.

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The Botai people of Central Asian steppes domesticate the horse for the first time
April 25, 1001November 11, 2020

The Botai people of Central Asian steppes domesticate the horse for the first time

The clearest evidence of early use of the horse as a means of transport is from chariot burials dated c. 2000 BCE. However, an increasing amount of evidence supports the hypothesis that horses were domesticated in the Eurasian Steppes approximately 3500 BCE.

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