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  1. Complete the sentence about Kazakh Khanate with the correct year: In Kazakh historiography, the year ______ is commonly accepted as the date of the establishment of the Kazakh Khanate.
  2. Complete the sentence about Golden Horde with the correct year: By ______, it was being referred to simply as the "Great Horde".
  3. Complete the sentence about Golden Horde with the correct year: After its final disintegration in ______, the name was adopted by the Crimean Khanate, which considered itself the heir to the Golden Ho…
  4. Complete the sentence about White Horde with the correct year: Since ______, Orda's successor, Konchi or Köchü, had allied with the Yuan Dynasty and the Ilkhanate, in return, they rewarded him.
  5. Complete the sentence about White Horde with the correct year: In ______, the White Horde Khan, Bayan, was deposed by his cousin, Kobelek, who took assistance from Kaidu and Duwa.
  6. Complete the sentence about White Horde with the correct year: In ______, Urus Khan, the eighth khan of the White Horde, became a contested khan of both the Blue Horde and the White Horde.
  7. Complete the sentence about White Horde with the correct year: Among them, Kuruichik's descendant, Borog, briefly asserted the throne of the Golden Horde in ______.
  8. Complete the sentence about Mongol invasion of Central Asia with the correct year: The Mongol Empire conducted several campaigns in Central Asia after the unification of the Mongol and Turkic tribes o…
  9. Complete the sentence about Mongol invasion of Central Asia with the correct year: Expansion into Central Asia began in ______ as Genghis Khan sent an expedition to pursue rivals who had fled to the r…
  10. Complete the sentence about Mongol invasion of Central Asia with the correct year: In ______, the Mongols defeated the eastern portions of Cumania and swept into Eastern Europe.
  11. Complete the sentence about Mongol invasion of Central Asia with the correct year: In ______, he was elected the khan of the new Mongol Empire and given the name Genghis Khan.
  12. Complete the sentence about Mongol invasion of Central Asia with the correct year: In ______, Barchuq voluntarily joined the Mongol Empire, making the Uyghurs one of the first Turkic groups to do so.
  13. Complete the sentence about Genghis Khan with the correct year: Toghrul came to view Temüjin as a threat and launched a surprise attack on him in ______.
  14. Complete the sentence about Genghis Khan with the correct year: Temüjin formally adopted the title "Genghis Khan", the meaning of which is uncertain, at an assembly in ______.
  15. Complete the sentence about Genghis Khan with the correct year: In ______, he led a large-scale raid against the neighbouring Western Xia, who agreed to Mongol terms the following year.
  16. Complete the sentence about Genghis Khan with the correct year: In ______, Genghis died while subduing the rebellious Western Xia.
  17. Complete the sentence about Kasym Khan with the correct year: Shortly after taking the throne in ______, Qasim Khan fought against his cousin Muhammad Shaybani for control of the Desht-i-Kipchak regio…
  18. Complete the sentence about Tauke Khan with the correct year: The hardest time for the Kazakhs started from ______, when the Kazakhs divided their khanate into Juzes, as a result maintaining unity bec…
  19. Complete the sentence about Abylai Khan with the correct year: In late February ______, an Oirat army under the command of Septen invaded the Middle Jüz, advancing through heavy fighting as far as the…
  20. Complete the sentence about Abai Qunanbaiuly with the correct year: In ______, the 150th anniversary of Abai's birth, UNESCO celebrated it with the "Year of Abai" event.
  21. Complete the sentence with the correct year: A film on the life of Abai was made by Kazakhfilm in ______, titled Abai.
  22. Complete the sentence about Dzungar–Qing Wars with the correct year: After the collapse of the Yuan dynasty in ______, China's Mongol rulers withdrew to Mongolia and became known as the Northern Yuan.
  23. Complete the sentence about Dzungar–Qing Wars with the correct year: The war resulted from a Dzungar attack on the Northern Yuan dynasty based in Outer Mongolia, who were heavily defeated in ______.
  24. Complete the sentence about Dzungar–Qing Wars with the correct year: Running low on supplies, the Qing finally confronted the Dzungars at Ulan Butung in September ______.
  25. Complete the sentence about Dzungar Khanate with the correct year: In about ______, the western Mongols, known as the Oirats, united in the Junggar Basin in Dzungaria.
  26. Complete the sentence about Dzungar Khanate with the correct year: In ______, Galdan received from the Dalai Lama the title of Boshogtu Khan, making the Dzungars the leading tribe within the Oirats.
  27. Complete the sentence about Dzungar Khanate with the correct year: In ______, Galdan was defeated by the Qing dynasty and lost Outer Mongolia.
  28. Complete the sentence about Dzungar Khanate with the correct year: The chronicle mentions them only briefly, identifying them as one of the forest peoples who submitted to Jochi, the eldest son of Gen…
  29. Complete the sentence about Russian conquest of Central Asia with the correct year: Although the Russian Empire collapsed during World War I, the Russian sphere of influence remained in what was Sovie…
  30. Complete the sentence about Russian conquest of Central Asia with the correct year: In ______, Ivan Likharev went upriver and founded Ust-Kamenogorsk.
  31. Complete the sentence about Russian conquest of Central Asia with the correct year: In ______, Russia conquered the Astrakhan Khanate on the north shore of the Caspian Sea.
  32. Complete the sentence with the correct year: In February ______, there was an anti-Soviet insurgency in the village of Sozak.
  33. Complete the sentence about Kazakh Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic with the correct year: On 5 December ______, the ASSR was detached from the RSFSR and made the Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic…
  34. Complete the sentence about Kazakh Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic with the correct year: On 31 January ______, yet another territorial division was implemented, which included the six oblasts li…
  35. Complete the sentence about Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic with the correct year: Being located in northern Central Asia, the Kazakh SSR was created on 5 December ______ from the erstwhile Kazakh AS…
  36. Complete the sentence about Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic with the correct year: On 25 October ______, the Supreme Soviet of the Kazakh SSR declared its sovereignty on its soil.
  37. Complete the sentence about Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic with the correct year: On 17 March ______, the Kazakh SSR accepted the New Union Treaty with 95% of citizens voting in favor.
  38. Complete the sentence about Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic with the correct year: The Soviet Union was officially dissolved on 26 December ______ by the Soviet of the Republics.
  39. Complete the sentence about Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic with the correct year: The Republic of Kazakhstan, the legal successor to the Kazakh SSR, was admitted to the United Nations on 2 March ___…
  40. Complete the sentence about Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic with the correct year: In September ______, the Ninth Soviet Congress of Turkestan called for the deportation of illegal settler colonists…
  41. Complete the sentence about Dinmukhamed Kunaev with the correct year: In February ______, Khrushchev appointed Panteleymon Ponomarenko as the first secretary of the Communist Party of Kazakhstan, and…
  42. Complete the sentence about Dinmukhamed Kunaev with the correct year: On 19 January ______, Kunayev was elected 1st Secretary of the Communist Party of Kazakhstan.
  43. Complete the sentence about Dissolution of the Soviet Union with the correct year: On 26 December ______, the Soviet Union was formally dissolved and ceased to exist as a sovereign state and subject o…
  44. Complete the sentence about Dissolution of the Soviet Union with the correct year: Estonia was the first union republic to declare state sovereignty on 16 November ______.
  45. Complete the sentence about Dissolution of the Soviet Union with the correct year: Lithuania was the first republic to declare independence, in March ______.
  46. Complete the sentence about Dissolution of the Soviet Union with the correct year: During the failed ______ August coup, communist hardliners attempted to overthrow Gorbachev and reverse his reforms.
  47. Complete the sentence about Nursultan Nazarbayev with the correct year: Nazarbayev's political career began in the Soviet era, where he joined the Communist Party of the Soviet Union in ______ while w…
  48. Complete the sentence about Nursultan Nazarbayev with the correct year: In ______, the Supreme Soviet elected him as the president of Kazakhstan.
  49. Complete the sentence about Nursultan Nazarbayev with the correct year: Nazarbayev played a key role in navigating Kazakhstan through the dissolution of the Soviet Union, leading to the country's inde…
  50. Complete the sentence about Nursultan Nazarbayev with the correct year: In the country’s first direct ______ presidential election, Nazarbayev appeared on the ballot without opposition and secured an…
  51. Complete the sentence about Nursultan Nazarbayev with the correct year: In ______, ruling by decree, Nazarbayev extended his presidency through a referendum and adopted a new constitution that expande…
  52. Complete the sentence about Kassym-Jomart Tokayev with the correct year: In ______, Tokayev was re-elected in a snap presidential election, winning 81% of the vote in the first round.
  53. Complete the sentence about Constitution of Kazakhstan with the correct year: Following Kazakhstan's independence in ______, the Constitution of Kazakhstan has undergone several revisions and replacem…
  54. Complete the sentence about President of Kazakhstan with the correct year: The office of the president was established in ______, a year before the dissolution of the Soviet Union, with Nursultan Naza…
  55. Complete the sentence about Mazhilis with the correct year: The first parliamentary elections under this framework were held in December ______, with all seats in both houses contested.
  56. Complete the sentence about Mazhilis with the correct year: The newly formed parliament convened on 30 January ______, and included a total of 99 members, with 68 Kazakh and 31 Russian representatives…
  57. Complete the sentence about Senate of Kazakhstan with the correct year: In aftermath of Akmola being declared as the new capital of Kazakhstan, elections for senators were held on 11 February ______ f…
  58. Complete the sentence about Amanat with the correct year: In ______, Nur Otan secured all contested seats in the Mäjilis, cementing its status as the country's dominant political force.
  59. Complete the sentence about Kazakhstani tenge with the correct year: After the breakup of the Soviet Union in December ______, most of the formerly Soviet republics attempted to maintain a common curr…
  60. Complete the sentence about Kazakhstani tenge with the correct year: The Russian central bank responded in July ______ by setting up restrictions to the flow of credit between Russia and other states.
  61. Complete the sentence about Kazakhstani tenge with the correct year: The final collapse of the ruble zone began when Russia pulled out with the exchange of banknotes by the Central Bank of Russia on R…
  62. Complete the sentence about Kazakhstani tenge with the correct year: In ______, a "special group" of designers was set up: Mendybay Alin, Timur Suleymenov, Asimsaly Duzelkhanov and Khayrulla Gabzhalil…
  63. Complete the sentence about Astana International Financial Centre with the correct year: As part of the Plan of the Nation, the AIFC was established with a special legal status to be based on the EXPO…
  64. Complete the sentence about Kazakhstan–Russia relations with the correct year: After the final destruction of the rule of the Kazakh khans, Russian Turkestan was established in ______, which encompass…
  65. Complete the sentence about Kazakhstan–Russia relations with the correct year: In ______, the Trans-Aral Railway between Orenburg and Tashkent was completed, further facilitating Russian colonisation…
  66. Complete the sentence about Kazakhstan–China relations with the correct year: China and Kazakhstan established diplomatic relations in ______, following Kazakhstan's independence from the Soviet Union…
  67. Complete the sentence about Shanghai Cooperation Organisation with the correct year: The SCO is the successor to the Shanghai Five, formed in ______ between China, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, and…
  68. Complete the sentence about Shanghai Cooperation Organisation with the correct year: In June ______, the leaders of these nations and Uzbekistan met in Shanghai to announce the SCO, a new organisation…
  69. Complete the sentence about Shanghai Cooperation Organisation with the correct year: On 24 April ______ the same countries signed the Treaty on Reduction of Military Forces in Border Regions in a meet…
  70. Complete the sentence about Eurasian Economic Union with the correct year: Treaties aiming for Armenia's and Kyrgyzstan's accession to the Eurasian Economic Union were signed on 9 October and 23 Decem…
  71. Complete the sentence about Eurasian Economic Union with the correct year: All these countries have ratified the Treaty and it entered into force on 14 January ______.
  72. Complete the sentence about Collective Security Treaty Organization with the correct year: The CSTO was founded in ______ when the six member states agreed to create the Collective Security Treaty Org…
  73. Complete the sentence about Conference on Interaction and Confidence-Building Measures in Asia with the correct year: The idea of convening the CICA was first proposed by Kazakhstan President Nursulta…
  74. Complete the sentence about Conference on Interaction and Confidence-Building Measures in Asia with the correct year: The first CICA summit was held on 4 June ______ with participation of 16 Member St…
  75. Complete the sentence about Conference on Interaction and Confidence-Building Measures in Asia with the correct year: At the second CICA Summit in ______, it was decided to admit Thailand and Republic…
  76. Complete the sentence about Organisation of Islamic Cooperation with the correct year: On 25 September ______, representatives of 24 Muslim majority countries met in Rabat, Morocco.
  77. Complete the sentence about Organisation of Islamic Cooperation with the correct year: In March ______, the First Islamic Conference of Foreign Ministers was held in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
  78. Complete the sentence about Organisation of Islamic Cooperation with the correct year: In ______, the Organisation of the Islamic Conference was founded.
  79. Complete the sentence about Nazarbayev University with the correct year: In ______, the Graduate School of Education and the Graduate School of Public Policy began admitting students.
  80. Complete the sentence about Nazarbayev University with the correct year: In June ______, Nazarbayev University celebrated its first graduation ceremony. 380 Bachelor's degrees and 142 Master's degrees…
  81. Complete the sentence about Nazarbayev University with the correct year: In September ______, School of Mining and Geosciences was opened.
  82. Complete the sentence about Alash Autonomy with the correct year: The Alash Autonomy was founded in ______ by Kazakh elites, and disestablished after the Bolsheviks banned the ruling Alash party.
  83. Complete the sentence about Alash Autonomy with the correct year: In ______, he fled the Russian Red Army for self-imposed exile in China, where he was recognised by the Chinese as Kazakhstan's legiti…
  84. Complete the sentence about Alash Autonomy with the correct year: In ______, when the White forces were losing, the Alash Autonomous government began negotiations with the Bolsheviks.
  85. Complete the sentence about Alikhan Bukeikhanov with the correct year: Alikhan Bukeikhanov was born into a Kazakh Muslim family on 5 March ______, in Tokyrauyn Volost, Russian Empire.
  86. Complete the sentence about Alikhan Bukeikhanov with the correct year: Bukeikhanov graduated from the Russian-Kazakh School and Omsk Technical School in ______.
  87. Complete the sentence about Alikhan Bukeikhanov with the correct year: Bukeikhanov was the first biographer of Abay Kunanbayev, publishing an obituary in Semipalatinsky listok in ______.
  88. Complete the sentence about Alikhan Bukeikhanov with the correct year: In ______, Bukeikhanov's political activism began when he joined the Constitutional Democratic Party.
  89. Complete the sentence about Alikhan Bukeikhanov with the correct year: In late ______ at the Uralsk Oblast Party Congress, he tried to create the Kazakh Democratic Party but failed.
  90. Complete the sentence about Mirjaqip Dulatuli with the correct year: Mirjaqip was born on November 25, ______, to a Muslim family in the village of Sarikopa, Turgay Oblast.
  91. Complete the sentence about Mirjaqip Dulatuli with the correct year: In ______, he met Ahmet Baitursynuly and Älihan Bökeihan in Karkaraly.
  92. Complete the sentence about Mirjaqip Dulatuli with the correct year: Petersburg in ______ and became a delegate of Constitutional Democratic Party.
  93. Complete the sentence about Mirjaqip Dulatuli with the correct year: Qazaq in ______ and returned to the Turgay oblast after the publication of the book.
  94. Complete the sentence about Mirjaqip Dulatuli with the correct year: Meanwhile, Mirjaqip published his first novel Baqytsyz Jamal, "Jamal the Unfortunate" in ______.
  95. Complete the sentence about Akhmet Baitursynuly with the correct year: In ______, he excluded all the purely Arabic letters not used in the Kazakh language and added letters specific to the Kazakh lan…
  96. Complete the sentence about Akhmet Baitursynuly with the correct year: In ______, due to his outspoken patriotism, he was executed by a firing squad during the Great Purge.
  97. Complete the sentence about Akhmet Baitursynuly with the correct year: After graduating in ______, Ahmet held teaching positions in a number of cities in Kazakhstan, including Aktobe, Kostanay and Kar…
  98. Complete the sentence about Akhmet Baitursynuly with the correct year: In Orenburg, Ahmet faced financial difficulties, but still graduated from school in ______.
  99. Complete the sentence about Akhmet Baitursynuly with the correct year: The following year, Ahmet and his wife moved to Omsk, then to Karkaralinsk, where they stayed until ______.
  100. Complete the sentence about Turar Ryskulov with the correct year: In June ______, Stalin accused him of "pan-Turkism" and of having been a supporter of Mirsaid Sultan-Galiev, the leader of the Tatar c…

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