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Kazakhstan in 1991

Historical records for Kazakhstan in 1991, rendered directly from the World History Database and ordered by month, day and event.

4Records
4Events
2Named people
2Places
2Categories

Historical records

August

29 August 1991Semipalatinsk Nuclear Test Site ClosedNursultan Nazarbayev

Semipalatinsk · Warfare / Nuclear

Closes the Semipalatinsk nuclear test site after decades of Soviet nuclear testing.

October

16 October 1991Prime Minister Takes OfficeSergey Tereshchenko

Alma-Ata · Government / Republic of Kazakhstan

Sergey Tereshchenko becomes Prime Minister during the independence transition

December

1 December 1991President ElectedNursultan Nazarbayev

Alma-Ata · Government / Republic of Kazakhstan

Nazarbayev wins Kazakhstan's first presidential election

16 December 1991First Post-Soviet GovernmentSergey Tereshchenko

Alma-Ata · Government / Republic of Kazakhstan

Tereshchenko leads the first government after independence

Names involved

Nursultan NazarbayevSergey Tereshchenko

Places involved

Alma-AtaSemipalatinsk

Provenance

This page is generated from stored World History Database records matching the exact country and year shown above. Exact duplicate display records are collapsed. Records without a month are listed after the monthly sections. Source provenance varies by record; formal academic citation should be checked against the relevant primary source, archive or specialist historical reference.