NUR-SULTAN. KAZINFORM Every year, on July 6, the other inhabitants of Kazakhstan celebrate Capital Day. This date was decided by a decree of the Supreme Council of the Republic of Kazakhstan on the transfer of the capital from Almaty to Akmola. The concept of moving the capital was presented to the country’s first president, Nursultan Nazarbayev.
A suitable government solution signed on 6 July 1996. On December 10, 1997, Akmola declared the capital of Kazakhstan. In less than a year, Akmola changed the name of Astana and in 2019, the city was renamed Nur-Sultan, in honor of the first president. of Kazakhstan.
The relocation of the capital a turning point in the history of sovereign Kazakhstan.
“Our capital is a brilliant embodiment of Kazakhstan’s achievements. The historic resolution of first President Nursultan Nazarbayev on the relocation of the capital is of wonderful ancient importance to our nation. Thanks to his will and determination, a wonderful political, economic, cultural and medium has emerged in the middle of Eurasia,” Kassym-Jomart Tokayev said, congratulating kazakhs in 2019, the year of his election as the country’s president.
The desire to move the capital of Kazakhstan is explained through a total series of geopolitical, economic, social and other reasons.
As the First President pointed out, the regional centre of Akmola is well located in the very centre of the Eurasian continent, at the crossroads of East and West, South and North.
Railways and roads from Siberia to Central Asia, from China to Europe passed through Akmola. It is no coincidence that kazakhstan’s young capital has been temporarily remodeled to become a major regional political, economic, cultural, educational and medical centre, and also hosts the main external forums, joined by the Summit of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe.
Immediately after the relocation of the capital, massive work began on restructuring the existing buildings and the structure of the new ones. Together with the reactivation of the economy through the construction of hydrocarbon production, the structure of a new capital has given a strong boost. to the progression of the structure industry, created new jobs and took a step forward in the life of the population not only of the capital, but of the whole country.
Kazakhstan has made wonderful efforts to solve an ambitious task: to create a new world-class city, capable of being an engine of the country’s economic progress and a symbol of the aspiration to success.
In 1999, the town awarded it the medal and the name of City of Peace through UNESCO.
On this day, cultural events, sports competitions, videos and films about the capital of Kazakhstan are filmed. The Capital Day birthday party becomes more attractive and exciting every year. This day has already become a national holiday. the further strengthening of the national spirit, reviving the cultural heritage of the Kazakh people.