Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic
The Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic was an administrative division of the Soviet Union from 1936 to 1991.[1]It was initially an autonomous area of the RSFSR. At 2,717,300 square kilometres (1,049,200 sq mi) in area, it was the second-largest republic in the Soviet Union, after the Russian SFSR. Its capital was Alma-Ata (today known as Almaty).
On 25 October 1990, the Supreme Soviet of the Kazakh SSR declared its sovereignty on its soil. QKP first secretary Nursultan Nazarbayev was elected as president – a role he remained in for the next 29 years.
The Kazakh SSR was renamed the Republic of Kazakhstan on 10 December 1991, which declared its independence six days later, as the last republic to leave the Soviet Union on 16 December 1991. The Soviet Union was disbanded on 26 December 1991 by the Soviet of the Republics. The Republic of Kazakhstan, the legal successor to the Kazakh SSR, was admitted to the United Nations on 2 March 1992.
