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Kazakh SSR

Soviet republic from 1936 to 1991 Kazakh Soviet Socialist RepublicҚазақ Советтік Социалистік Республикасы (Kazakh)Казахская Советская Социалистическая Республика (Russian)1936–1991 Flag(1953–1991) State emblem(1978–1991) Motto: Барлық елдердің пролетарлары, бірігіңдер!"Barlyq elderdıñ proletarlary, bırıgıñder""Proletarians of all countries, unite!"Anthem: Қазақ Советтік Социалистік Республикасының мемлекеттік гимны"Qazaq Sovettık Socialistık Respublikasynyñ memlekettık gimny""State Anthem of the Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic"Location of Kazakhstan (red) within the Soviet UnionStatus1936–1990:Union Republic of the Soviet Union1990–1991:Union Republic with priority of the Kazakh legislationCapitalAlma-AtaLargest citiesKaraganda PavlodarShymkentSemipalatinskNikolskOfficial languagesKazakh · RussianMinority languagesUzbek · Uyghur · Tatar · Kyrgyz · Azerbaijani · Korean · German · UkrainianReligion State atheismDemonymsKazakhSovietGovernmentCommunist state (1936–1990)Presidential republic (1990–1991)First Secretary • 1936–1938 (first) Levon Mirzoyan• 1991 (last) Nursultan Nazarbayev Head of state • 1936–1937 (first) Uzakbai Kulymbetov• 1990 (last) Nursultan Nazarbayev Head of government • 1936–1937 (first) Uraz Isayev• 1991 (Last) Sergey Tereshchenko LegislatureSupreme SovietHistory • Elevation to a Union Republic 5 December 1936–1991• Jeltoqsan riots 16 December 1986• Sovereignty declared 25 October 1990• Renamed to the Republic of Kazakhstan 10 December 1991• Independence declared 16 December 1991• Kazakhstan’s international recognition (dissolution of the Soviet Union) 26 December 1991 Population• 1990 estimate 17,154,054 • 1989 census16,536,511 (4th)GDP (PPP)1990 estimate• Total$135.07 billion• Per capita$7,847.2HDI (1991)0.684mediumCurrencySoviet rouble (Rbl) (SUR)Time zone(UTC+4 to +6)Calling code+7 31/32/330/33622ISO 3166 codeSUInternet TLD.su Preceded by Succeeded by Kazakh ASSR Kazakhstan Today part ofKazakhstan Eastern Bloc Republics of the USSR Armenia Azerbaijan Byelorussia Estonia Georgia Kazakhstan Kirghizia Latvia Lithuania Moldova Russia Tajikistan Turkmenistan Ukraine Uzbekistan Allied and satellite states Afghanistan (1978–1989) Albania (until 1961) Angola Benin Bulgaria China (until 1961) Congo Cuba Czechoslovakia (until 1989) East Germany (until 1989) Ethiopia (Derg) Grenada (1979–1983) Hungary (until 1989) Kampuchea (State of Cambodia) Laos Mongolia Mozambique North Korea Poland (until 1989) Romania (until 1989) Somalia (until 1977) South Yemen Vietnam (North Vietnam, PRG) Yugoslavia (1945–1948) Related organizations Warsaw Pact Comecon Cominform World Federation of Trade Unions World Federation of Democratic Youth Opposition Anti-Soviet partisans Albania Bulgaria Croatia Poland Romania Serbia Ukraine Guerrilla war in the Baltic states Soviet occupation Estonia Latvia Lithuania Operation Jungle Protests and uprisings Poland 1944–1989 Poznań 1956 1980–89 Plzeň 1953 East Germany 1953 Georgia 1956 Hungary 1956 Quỳnh Lưu 1956 Novocherkassk 1962 Prague 1968 Invasion Moscow Czechoslovakia 1976–1990 Romania 1977 Kazakhstan 1986 Brașov 1987 Tbilisi 1989 Ukraine 1989–1991 Baku 1990 Lithuania 1991 Riga 1991 Dissent Soviet Poland East Germany to Hong Kong North Korea Cuba Cold War events Marshall Plan Czechoslovak coup Tito–Stalin split Berlin Blockade Korean War Vietnam War Secret Speech Sino-Soviet split Albanian–Soviet split De-satellization of the Socialist Republic of Romania Berlin Wall Cuban Missile Crisis Cuban intervention in Angola Afghan War 1980 Moscow Olympics 1984 Los Angeles Olympics Gulf War Fall Singing Revolution Polish Round Table Agreement Revolutions of 1989 Fall of the Berlin Wall January Events Barricades in Latvia Breakup of Yugoslavia Yugoslav Wars Dissolution of the Soviet Union Post-Soviet conflicts Fall of communism in Albania Dissolution of Czechoslovakia vte Part of a series on the History of Kazakhstan Ancient Scythia Saka XiongnuWusunKangju Kingdom Huns Khanates Rouran 330–555 Turkic (Göktürks) 552–745 Karluk 665–744 Kimek 743–1220 Oghuz 750–1055 Kara-Khanid 840–1212 Qara Khitai 1124–1218 Cumania 10th–1241 Mongol Empire 1206–1368 Golden Horde 1224–1502 Kazakh Khanate 1465–1822 Post-nomadic period Russian Turkestan 1867–1918 Governor-Generalship of the Steppes 1882–1918 Alash Autonomy 1918–1920 Kazakh ASSR 1920–1936 Kazakh SSR 1936–1991 Republic of Kazakhstan 1991–present Topics Culture Geography Healthcare Religion Buddhism Eastern Orthodoxy Islam Judaism Other Outline of Kazakh military history Bibliography of Kazakh history Bibliography of the Asharshylyk vte The Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic, also known as Soviet Kazakhstan, the Kazakh SSR, KSSR, or simply Kazakhstan, was one of the constituent republics of the Soviet Union (USSR) from 1936 to 1991.

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