Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic

The Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic (1936-1991) was one of the republics of the Soviet Union from 1936 to 1991 in northern Central Asia. It was created on 5 December 1936 from the Kazakh ASSR, an autonomous republic of the Russian RSFR.

Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic[1]
Қазақ Советтік Социалистік Республикасы (Kazakh)
Казахская Советская Социалистическая Республика (Russian)
1936–1991
Flag of Kazakh SSR
Flag (1953–1991)
State emblem(1978–1991) of Kazakh SSR
State emblem
(1978–1991)
Motto: "Барлық елдердің пролетарлары, бірігіңдер!"
"Barlyq elderdıñ proletarlary, bırıgıñder!"(transliteration)
"Proletarians of all countries, unite!"
Anthem: "Қазақ Советтік Социалистік Республикасының мемлекеттік гимны"
"State Anthem of the Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic"

Location of Kazakhstan (red) within the Soviet Union
StatusSoviet socialist republic
CapitalAlma-Ata
Largest citiesKaraganda
Pavlodar
Shymkent
Shakhtinsk
Nikolsk
Official languagesKazakh · Russian
Minority languagesUzbek · Uyghur · Tatar · Kyrgyz · Azerbaijani · Korean
Religion
State atheism
Demonym(s)Kazakh
Soviet
GovernmentUnitary Marxist-Leninist one-party soviet republic (1936–1990)
Unitary presidential republic (1990–1991)
First Secretary/President 
 1936–1938 (first)
Levon Mirzoyan
 1989–1991 (last)
Nursultan Nazarbayev
Head of government 
 1936–1937 (first)
Uraz Isayev
 1991 (last)
Sergey Tereshchenko
LegislatureSupreme Soviet
History 
 Elevation to a Union Republic
5 December 1936
16 December 1986
 Sovereignty declared
25 October 1990
10 December 1991
 Independence declared
16 December 1991
 Independence recognised
26 December 1991
HDI (1991)0.684
medium
CurrencySoviet rouble (Rbl) (SUR)
Time zone(UTC+4 to +6)
Calling code+7 31/32/330/33622
ISO 3166 codeSU
Internet TLD.su
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Kazakh ASSR
Kazakhstan
Today part ofKazakhstan

References

  1. Historical names:
    • 1936–1991: Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic (Russian: Казахская Советская Социалистическая Республика; Kazakh: Қазақ Советтік Социалистік Республикасы, romanized: Qazaq Sovettik Sotsialistik Respublikasy)
    • 1991: Republic of Kazakhstan (Russian: Республика Казахстан; Kazakh: Қазақстан Республикасы, romanized: Qazaqstan Respublikasy)


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