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* Kazakhstan abolished the death penalty, according to a statement released by President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev’s office on 2 January 2021.
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* The 2017 Winter  Universiade, an international multi-sport event, organized for university athletes by the International University Sports Federation, was inaugurated in Kazakhstan on 30 January 2017.<ref>https://almaty2017.com/</ref>
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* The 2017 Winter  Universiade, an international multi-sport event, organized for university athletes by the International University Sports Federation, was inaugurated in Kazakhstan on 30 January 2017.
 
* Kazakhstan and Russia signed an agreement on common regional air defense system on 30 January 2013. The agreement will constitute a ground for Kazakhstan airspace security and relatively for the border area of Russia.<ref>http://www.china.org.cn/world/Off_the_Wire/2013-01/30/content_27840507.htm
 
* Kazakhstan and Russia signed an agreement on common regional air defense system on 30 January 2013. The agreement will constitute a ground for Kazakhstan airspace security and relatively for the border area of Russia.<ref>http://www.china.org.cn/world/Off_the_Wire/2013-01/30/content_27840507.htm
 
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* Zhanbota Aldabergenova and Baglan Inkarbek of Kazakhstan won the freestyle skiing mixed team aerials gold medal at the 2017 Winter Universiade.<ref>https://almaty2017.com/media/news/2017/01/31/kazaxstanskie-fristajlistyi-vyiigrali-sorevnovaniya-v-smeshannoj-komandnoj-akrobatike/</ref>
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* The Government of Kazakhstan, the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) and the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) on 31 January 2020 agreed to collaborate on GIGA, a UNICEF-ITU global initiative to connect every school to the Internet and every young person in Kazakhstan to information, opportunity and choice.<ref>https://www.unicef.org/kazakhstan/en/press-releases/kazakhstan-lead-global-school-connectivity-initiative-central-asia</ref>
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* Zhanbota Aldabergenova and Baglan Inkarbek of Kazakhstan won the freestyle skiing mixed team aerials gold medal at the 2017 Winter Universiade.
  
 
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* Kazakhstani biathlete Galina Vishnevskaya clinched gold in the Women's 7.5km Sprint at the 2017 Winter Universiade in Almaty city.<ref>https://almaty2017.com/media/news/2017/02/02/galina-vishnevskaya-prinesla-kazaxstanu-vtoroe-%C2%ABzoloto%C2%BB-v-biatlone-na-universiade-v-almatyi/</ref>
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* Kazakhstani biathlete Galina Vishnevskaya clinched gold in the Women's 7.5km Sprint at the 2017 Winter Universiade in Almaty city.
  
 
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* Kazakhstan’s Mikhail Shaidorov won gold in men’s figure skating at the 2026 Winter Olympic Games in Italy - Kazakhstan’s first-ever gold medal in figure skating.
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* Barsakelmes in Kazakhstan, the biosphere reserve situated in the Sahara-Gobi Desert zone of the Aral Sea basin, was added to the list of UNESCO World Network of  Biosphere Reserves on 19 March 2016. The list recognizes regions that have maintained a healthy economy while hanging on to significant environmental values.<ref>http://www.unesco.org/new/en/media-services/single-view/news/20_sites_added_to_unescos_world_network_of_biosphere_reserve/</ref>
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* Barsakelmes in Kazakhstan, the biosphere reserve situated in the Sahara-Gobi Desert zone of the Aral Sea basin, was added to the list of UNESCO World Network of  Biosphere Reserves on 19 March 2016. The list recognizes regions that have maintained a healthy economy while hanging on to significant environmental values.
  
 
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* Astrophysicists at Nazarbayev University in Kazakhstan made ground-breaking observation of Gamma-Ray Burst GRB230328B, as reported on 5 April 2023.<ref>https://nu.edu.kz/news/astrophysicists-at-nazarbayev-university-make-ground-breaking-observation-of-gamma-ray-burst</ref>
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* In Kazakhstan the population of the critically endangered Saiga antelope has more than doubled since 2019, Kazakhstan's ecology ministry revealed on 28 May 2021, giving conservationists fresh hope for the steppe-dwelling animal's long-term survival.
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* Kazakhstan, Russia and Belarus signed a historic treaty on 29 May 2014 forming a new trading bloc known as the Eurasian Economic Union. The Eurasian Economic Union – which follows years of tense and difficult negotiations – guarantees the free transit of goods, services, capital and workforces and coordinates policy for the members’ financial systems.<ref>http://news.yahoo.com/russia-belarus-kazakhstan-set-alliance-081151113--finance.html</ref>
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* Kazakhstan, Russia and Belarus signed a historic treaty on 29 May 2014 forming a new trading bloc known as the Eurasian Economic Union. The Eurasian Economic Union – which follows years of tense and difficult negotiations – guarantees the free transit of goods, services, capital and workforces and coordinates policy for the members’ financial systems.
  
 
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* Kazakhstani Kazybek Nogerbek sealed the title at the FIDE World Junior Open Chess Championship 2024 in the U-20 boys category held in Gandhinagar, state Gujarat, India.
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* Kazakh film “Bauyryna salu” (Adoption) directed by Askhat Kuchincherekov won the Best Feature Film award at the 23rd edition of Ischia Film Festival on 5 July 2025.
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* Kazakh actor Bakhyt Khajibayev was crowned the Best Actor title at the 2025 Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Film Festival for his role in the Operation Nabat, a drama featuring the seizure of a bus with 30 hostages in February 1992.
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* Elena Rybakina beat Tunisian world No.2 Ons Jabeur 3-6, 6-2, 6-2 in the Wimbledon women tennis final on 9 July 2022 and became the first Kazakhstani player to clinch a Grand Slam singles title.<ref>https://www.wimbledon.com/en_GB/news/articles/2022-07-09/rybakina_is_ladies_singles_champion.html</ref>
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* The Kazakhstan-China Oil Pipeline, owned by the Kazakh oil company KazMunayGas and the China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC), opened to commercial operation on 12 July 2006 as the first crude oil from Kazakhstan poured through the cross-border pipeline.<ref>http://news3.xinhuanet.com/english/2006-07/12/content_4819484.htm</ref>
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* The Kazakhstan-China Oil Pipeline, owned by the Kazakh oil company KazMunayGas and the China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC), opened to commercial operation on 12 July 2006 as the first crude oil from Kazakhstan poured through the cross-border pipeline.
  
 
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* Kazakh Alexander Bublik won his first tour-level claycourt tennis title at the Swiss Open in Gstaad, beating Argentina's Juan Manuel Cerundolo 6-4 4-6 6-3 in the ATP 250 event's final on 20 July 2025.
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* Nijat Rahimov of Kazakhstan won gold in the Men's 77kg Weightlifting at the 2016 Rio Olympic Games in Brazil.<ref>https://www.rio2016.com/en/weightlifting-standings-wl-mens-77kg</ref>
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* Nijat Rahimov of Kazakhstan won gold in the Men's 77kg Weightlifting at the 2016 Rio Olympic Games in Brazil.
  
 
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* Kazakhstan’s Bauyrzhan Zhauyntayev won gold medal in men's 55kg Judo event at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics.<ref>http://result.nanjing2014.org/IRS/ENG/ZZ/ZZS105A_YO2014JUM055@@@ENG.htm</ref>
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* Kazakhstan’s Bauyrzhan Zhauyntayev won gold medal in men's 55kg Judo event at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics.
  
 
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* Baglan Ibragim of Kazakhstan won gold in men’s sambo 52 kg at the 18th Asian Games in Indonesia on 31 August 2018.<ref>https://en.asiangames2018.id/news/articles/mongolia-kazakhstan-win-gold-in-sambo/</ref>
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* Baglan Ibragim of Kazakhstan won gold in men’s sambo 52 kg at the 18th Asian Games in Indonesia on 31 August 2018.
 
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* Kazakhstan men's water polo team dramatically won the Asian Games gold medal after defeating Japan 8-7 at the Aquatic Center, Senayan, Jakarta, on 1 September 2018.<ref>https://en.asiangames2018.id/news/articles/kazakhstan-s-water-polo-team-wins-gold-in-dramatic-final/</ref>
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* Kazakhstan men's water polo team dramatically won the Asian Games gold medal after defeating Japan 8-7 at the Aquatic Center, Senayan, Jakarta, on 1 September 2018.
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* Kazakhstan sambo fighter, Dildash Kuryshbayeva, defeated Uzbekistan's Nilufar Davletova 3-0 to win the women's -68kg gold medal at the 18th Asian Games in Indonesia on 1 September 2018.<ref>https://en.asiangames2018.id/news/articles/kazakhstan-wins-gold-in-women-s-68g-sambo/</ref>
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* Kazakhstan sambo fighter, Dildash Kuryshbayeva, defeated Uzbekistan's Nilufar Davletova 3-0 to win the women's -68kg gold medal at the 18th Asian Games in Indonesia on 1 September 2018.
  
 
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* Zulfiya Gabidullina of Kazakhstan won Women's 100m Freestyle - S3 - Swimming gold at the 2016 Rio Paralympics in Brazil.<ref>https://www.rio2016.com/en/paralympics/swimming-standings-sw-womens-100m-freestyle-s3</ref>
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* Zulfiya Gabidullina of Kazakhstan won Women's 100m Freestyle - S3 - Swimming gold at the 2016 Rio Paralympics in Brazil.
  
 
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* Kazakhstan’s Elena Rybakina won the 2026 US Open women’s singles tennis title, defeating Aryna Sabalenka 6-4, 5-7, 6-2 in New York to claim the third Grand Slam championship of her career.
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* Kazakhstani beach volleyball team won gold at the 2014 Asian Games beating Chinese team 42-25.<ref>http://www.incheon2014ag.org/Sports/BV/Result?RSC=BVM400101&lang=en</ref>
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* Kazakhstani beach volleyball team won gold at the 2014 Asian Games beating Chinese team 42-25.
  
 
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* Kazakhstani boxer Ivan Dychko won gold in the super heavyweight (+91 kg) category at the 2014 Asian Games.<ref>http://www.incheon2014ag.org/Sports/BX/Result?RSC=BXM191101&lang=en</ref>
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* Kazakhstani boxer Ivan Dychko won gold in the super heavyweight (+91 kg) category at the 2014 Asian Games.
  
 
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* Altyn Dala Conservation Initiative, a project that has saved the critically endangered Saiga antelope from extinction in Kazakhstan, was announced as one of the winners at the 2024 Earthshot Prize.<ref>https://earthshotprize.org/news/five-winners-of-the-2024-earthshot-prize-are-unveiled-in-cape-town/</ref>
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* Archaeologists in the Karaganda region in Kazakhstan have discovered a rare, ancient and untouched burial of a Saka warrior, finding a skeleton holding a bronze akinak (sword), as reported by Kazinform International News Agency on 10 November 2025.
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* Kazakhstan’s film producer Serik Abishev and director Adilkhan Yerzhanov were named as the world's top 100 global thinkers by Foreign Policy, a Washington-based  prestigious magazine of global politics, economics and ideas, on 1 December 2015 for their works with the local film industry.<ref>http://2015globalthinkers.foreignpolicy.com/#!artists/detail/abishev-yerzhanov</ref>
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* Kazakhstan’s film producer Serik Abishev and director Adilkhan Yerzhanov were named as the world's top 100 global thinkers by Foreign Policy, a Washington-based  prestigious magazine of global politics, economics and ideas, on 1 December 2015 for their works with the local film industry.
  
 
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Area  2,724,900 sq km
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January

January 1

  • On 1 January 2018 Kazakhstan, for the first time in its history, assumed the rotating Presidency of the United Nations Security Council for the month of January.

January 2

  • Kazakhstan abolished the death penalty, according to a statement released by President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev’s office on 2 January 2021.

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January 29

January 30

  • The 2017 Winter Universiade, an international multi-sport event, organized for university athletes by the International University Sports Federation, was inaugurated in Kazakhstan on 30 January 2017.
  • Kazakhstan and Russia signed an agreement on common regional air defense system on 30 January 2013. The agreement will constitute a ground for Kazakhstan airspace security and relatively for the border area of Russia.[1]

January 31

  • The Government of Kazakhstan, the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) and the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) on 31 January 2020 agreed to collaborate on GIGA, a UNICEF-ITU global initiative to connect every school to the Internet and every young person in Kazakhstan to information, opportunity and choice.[2]
  • Zhanbota Aldabergenova and Baglan Inkarbek of Kazakhstan won the freestyle skiing mixed team aerials gold medal at the 2017 Winter Universiade.


February

February 1

February 2

  • Kazakhstani biathlete Galina Vishnevskaya clinched gold in the Women's 7.5km Sprint at the 2017 Winter Universiade in Almaty city.

February 3

February 4

February 5

February 6

February 7

February 8

February 9

February 10

February 11

February 12

February 13

  • Kazakhstan’s Mikhail Shaidorov won gold in men’s figure skating at the 2026 Winter Olympic Games in Italy - Kazakhstan’s first-ever gold medal in figure skating.

February 14

  • Denis Ten of Kazakhstan won Bronze in Men Free Skating at the 2014 Sochi Olympic Winter Games.[3]

February 15

  • Kazakhstan on 15 February 2017 successfully launched a nano satellite as part of record 104 satellites launch in a single mission by India's Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle.[4]
  • Researcher from Kazakhstan and Russia have discovered a well-preserved fossilized skull of a long-extinct animal known as the Siberian unicorn — which was actually a long-horned rhinoceros — in Kazakhstan. The animal, Elasmotherium sibiricum, may have went extinct 29,000 years ago instead of 350,000 years as previously thought, according to a study published in the American Journal of Applied Sciences on 15 February 2016.[5]

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March

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March 14

  • Alexandr Kolyadin of Kazakhstan won gold in Men's 1.5km Sprint Classic, Standing at the 2018 Winter Paralympic Games in Pyeongchang.[6]

March 15

March 16

March 17

  • Kazakh actress Samal Yeslyamova was named Best Actress for her performance in Ayka at the 13th Asian Film Awards on 17 March 2019 in Hong Kong.

March 18

March 19

  • Barsakelmes in Kazakhstan, the biosphere reserve situated in the Sahara-Gobi Desert zone of the Aral Sea basin, was added to the list of UNESCO World Network of Biosphere Reserves on 19 March 2016. The list recognizes regions that have maintained a healthy economy while hanging on to significant environmental values.

March 20

March 21

March 22

  • Kazakh female athlete Maria Dmitrienko won the first prize for target shooting at the 10th Arab Shooting Championship on 22 March 2012.

March 23

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April

April 1

April 2

April 3

April 4

April 5

  • Astrophysicists at Nazarbayev University in Kazakhstan made ground-breaking observation of Gamma-Ray Burst GRB230328B, as reported on 5 April 2023.[7]

April 6

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April 23

  • Kazakhstan and Kuwait on 23 April 2018 signed an agreement for mutual visa exemptions for holders of diplomatic passports and official (service) passports.

April 24

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April 27

April 28

April 29

April 30


May

May 1

May 2

May 3

  • National Information Technologies JSC of Kazakhstan won the 2016 WSIS Prize for their project titled Data Centers for Government Agencies.[8]

May 4

  • Kazakhstan signed a groundbreaking cofinancing framework agreement on 4 May 2014 with the Asian Development Bank (ADB) to use ADB funds and expertise to support industrial policy, small and medium enterprises, and the banking sector.[9]

May 5

May 6

May 7

May 8

May 9

May 10

  • Kazakh Yaroslava Shvedova and Australian Casey Dellacqua won the 2015 Mutua Madrid Open tennis women's doubles title beating Garbiñe Muguruza and Carla Suárez in the final.[10]

May 11

May 12

May 13

May 14

May 15

May 16

May 17

May 18

May 19

  • Kazakh actress Samal Yeslyamova won the prestigious Best Female Actress award at the 71st Cannes Film Festival for her role in Ayka on 19 May 2018.[11]

May 20

May 21

May 22

May 23

May 24

May 25

May 26

May 27

May 28

  • In Kazakhstan the population of the critically endangered Saiga antelope has more than doubled since 2019, Kazakhstan's ecology ministry revealed on 28 May 2021, giving conservationists fresh hope for the steppe-dwelling animal's long-term survival.

May 29

  • Kazakhstan, Russia and Belarus signed a historic treaty on 29 May 2014 forming a new trading bloc known as the Eurasian Economic Union. The Eurasian Economic Union – which follows years of tense and difficult negotiations – guarantees the free transit of goods, services, capital and workforces and coordinates policy for the members’ financial systems.

May 30

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June

June 1

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June 4

June 5

June 6

June 7

June 8

June 9

June 10

June 11

June 12

June 13

  • Kazakhstani Kazybek Nogerbek sealed the title at the FIDE World Junior Open Chess Championship 2024 in the U-20 boys category held in Gandhinagar, state Gujarat, India.

June 14

June 15

June 16

June 17

June 18

June 19

June 20

June 21

June 22

June 23

June 24

June 25

June 26

June 27

June 28

  • Kazakhstan on 28 June 2016 was elected as a non-permanent member of the UN Security Council for two-year terms starting on 1 January 2017. It was the first time that Kazakhstan secured a seat on the United Nations Security Council.[12]

June 29

June 30


July

July 1

July 2

July 3

July 4

July 5

  • Kazakh film “Bauyryna salu” (Adoption) directed by Askhat Kuchincherekov won the Best Feature Film award at the 23rd edition of Ischia Film Festival on 5 July 2025.

July 6

  • Kazakh actor Bakhyt Khajibayev was crowned the Best Actor title at the 2025 Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Film Festival for his role in the Operation Nabat, a drama featuring the seizure of a bus with 30 hostages in February 1992.

July 7

July 8

July 9

  • Elena Rybakina beat Tunisian world No.2 Ons Jabeur 3-6, 6-2, 6-2 in the Wimbledon women tennis final on 9 July 2022 and became the first Kazakhstani player to clinch a Grand Slam singles title.[13]

July 10

July 11

July 12

  • The Kazakhstan-China Oil Pipeline, owned by the Kazakh oil company KazMunayGas and the China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC), opened to commercial operation on 12 July 2006 as the first crude oil from Kazakhstan poured through the cross-border pipeline.

July 13

July 14

July 15

July 16

July 17

July 18

July 19

July 20

  • Kazakh Alexander Bublik won his first tour-level claycourt tennis title at the Swiss Open in Gstaad, beating Argentina's Juan Manuel Cerundolo 6-4 4-6 6-3 in the ATP 250 event's final on 20 July 2025.

July 21

July 22

July 23

July 24

July 25

July 26

July 27

  • Cargo train services between Kazakhstan and China's Ganzhou began on 27 July 2017, expected to promote economy and trade between the two countries.

July 28

  • Alexander Vinokourov of Kazakhstan astonishingly took the gold medal in the men’s cycling road race at the London Olympics on 28 July 2012.[14]

July 29

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August

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August 3

August 4

August 5

August 6

August 7

August 8

August 9

August 10

August 11

  • Nijat Rahimov of Kazakhstan won gold in the Men's 77kg Weightlifting at the 2016 Rio Olympic Games in Brazil.

August 12

  • Kazakhstan, Russia, Iran, Turkmenistan and Azerbaijan signed an agreement on 12 August 2018 for collective use of the Caspian sea after two decades of negotiations.

August 13

August 14

August 15

August 16

August 17

  • Kazakhstan’s Bauyrzhan Zhauyntayev won gold medal in men's 55kg Judo event at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics.

August 18

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August 27

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August 29

August 30

August 31

  • Baglan Ibragim of Kazakhstan won gold in men’s sambo 52 kg at the 18th Asian Games in Indonesia on 31 August 2018.


September

September 1

  • Kazakhstan men's water polo team dramatically won the Asian Games gold medal after defeating Japan 8-7 at the Aquatic Center, Senayan, Jakarta, on 1 September 2018.
  • Kazakhstan sambo fighter, Dildash Kuryshbayeva, defeated Uzbekistan's Nilufar Davletova 3-0 to win the women's -68kg gold medal at the 18th Asian Games in Indonesia on 1 September 2018.

September 2

September 3

September 4

September 5

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September 7

  • Kazakhstan and China signed 22 agreements on 7 September 2013 worth a total of around $30 billion, including several deals in the key oil and gas sector, in order to strengthen bilateral relationship.[15]

September 8

  • Zulfiya Gabidullina of Kazakhstan won Women's 100m Freestyle - S3 - Swimming gold at the 2016 Rio Paralympics in Brazil.

September 9

September 10

September 11

September 12

  • Kazakhstan’s Elena Rybakina won the 2026 US Open women’s singles tennis title, defeating Aryna Sabalenka 6-4, 5-7, 6-2 in New York to claim the third Grand Slam championship of her career.

September 13

September 14

September 15

September 16

September 17

September 18

September 19

September 20

  • Margarita Yelisseyeva of Kazakhstan won gold in the women's weightlifting 48kg class at the 2014 Asian Games. Yelisseyeva's combined total of 194 kilograms in the two disciplines, the snatch (88kg) and clean and jerk (106kg) was minimum 7kg ahead of other lifters.

September 21

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September 23

September 24

September 25

September 26

September 27

September 28

September 29

  • Kazakhstani beach volleyball team won gold at the 2014 Asian Games beating Chinese team 42-25.

September 30


October

October 1

October 2

October 3

  • Kazakhstani boxer Ivan Dychko won gold in the super heavyweight (+91 kg) category at the 2014 Asian Games.

October 4

October 5

October 6

October 7

October 8

October 9

October 10

  • Kazakh film director Yerlan Nurmukhambetov’s Walnut Tree was presented with the New Currents Award at the 20th Busan International Film Festival on 10 October 2015.

October 11

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October 15

October 16

October 17

  • The International Board of the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI), an international standard that ensures transparency around countries’ oil, gas and mineral resources, declared Kazakhstan as a "compliant country" on 17 October 2013.[16]

October 18

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  • Dr. Zuriyadda Sakipova of Kazakhstan won the prestigious 2015 Gusi Peace Prize in the Academe category.

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  • Altyn Dala Conservation Initiative, a project that has saved the critically endangered Saiga antelope from extinction in Kazakhstan, was announced as one of the winners at the 2024 Earthshot Prize.[17]

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  • Archaeologists in the Karaganda region in Kazakhstan have discovered a rare, ancient and untouched burial of a Saka warrior, finding a skeleton holding a bronze akinak (sword), as reported by Kazinform International News Agency on 10 November 2025.

November 11

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  • Kazakhstan was elected on the United Nations Human Rights Council on 12 November 2012 for a three-year term. The council was created by the UN General Assembly in 2006 as the main human rights body of the UN.[18]

November 13

  • Kazakhstan and Canada signed a Nuclear Cooperation Agreement (NCA) on 13 November 2013 in sphere of peaceful nuclear energy. The nuclear cooperation agreement – together with the administrative arrangements – would enable Canadian and Kazakh companies to export and import controlled nuclear materials, equipment and technology under safeguards applied by the International Atomic Energy Agency.[19]

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  • Nijat Rahimov of Kazakhstan won gold in the men’s 77kg category at the 2015 World Weightlifting Championships in Houston.[20]

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December

December 1

  • Kazakhstan’s film producer Serik Abishev and director Adilkhan Yerzhanov were named as the world's top 100 global thinkers by Foreign Policy, a Washington-based prestigious magazine of global politics, economics and ideas, on 1 December 2015 for their works with the local film industry.

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References

  1. ↑ http://www.china.org.cn/world/Off_the_Wire/2013-01/30/content_27840507.htm
  2. ↑ https://www.unicef.org/kazakhstan/en/press-releases/kazakhstan-lead-global-school-connectivity-initiative-central-asia
  3. ↑ http://www.sochi2014.com/en/figure-skating-men-free-skating
  4. ↑ http://isro.gov.in/launcher/pslv-c37-cartosat-2-series-satellite
  5. ↑ http://thescipub.com/PDF/ajassp.2016.189.199.pdf
  6. ↑ https://www.pyeongchang2018.com/en/game-time/results/PWG2018/en/cross-country-skiing/results-men-s-1-5km-sprint-classic-standing-fnl-000100-.htm
  7. ↑ https://nu.edu.kz/news/astrophysicists-at-nazarbayev-university-make-ground-breaking-observation-of-gamma-ray-burst
  8. ↑ http://www.itu.int/net/pressoffice/press_releases/2016/17.aspx
  9. ↑ http://www.adb.org/news/landmark-cofinancing-accord-signed-adb-and-kazakhstan?ref=annual-meeting/2014/news
  10. ↑ http://www.madrid-open.com/en/noticias-tenis-femenino/shvedova-y-dellacqua-campeonas-en-madrid/
  11. ↑ https://www.festival-cannes.com/en/infos-communiques/communique/articles/71st-festival-de-cannes-awards
  12. ↑ http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=54350
  13. ↑ https://www.wimbledon.com/en_GB/news/articles/2022-07-09/rybakina_is_ladies_singles_champion.html
  14. ↑ http://www.london2012.com/news/articles/vinokurov-claims-road-race-gold.html
  15. ↑ http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/09/07/us-kazakhstan-china-deals-idUSBRE98608320130907
  16. ↑ http://eiti.org/news/kazakhstan-accepted-eiti-compliant
  17. ↑ https://earthshotprize.org/news/five-winners-of-the-2024-earthshot-prize-are-unveiled-in-cape-town/
  18. ↑ http://news.yahoo.com/us-reelected-un-human-rights-council-seat-170818209.html
  19. ↑ http://www.international.gc.ca/media/aff/news-communiques/2013/11/13b.aspx
  20. ↑ http://www.iwf.net/2015/11/25/six-different-medallists-and-a-big-surprise-in-mens-77kg/
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