History and Politics

History And Politics

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  1. Complete the sentence about Turar Ryskulov with the correct year: Ryskulov was arrested during the Great Purge, on 21 May ______.
  2. Complete the sentence about Kazakh famine of 1930–1933 with the correct year: Since Kazakhstan's independence in ______, the famine has been increasingly studied and commemorated as one of the greates…
  3. Complete the sentence about Gulag with the correct year: By the end of ______, the population of the Gulag camps amounted to 1.5 million.
  4. Complete the sentence about Gulag with the correct year: Six years later, on 25 January ______, the Gulag system was officially abolished when the remains of its administration were dissolved by Khrus…
  5. Complete the sentence about Gulag with the correct year: The official term "correctional labour camp" was suggested for official use by the Politburo of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union in the…
  6. Complete the sentence about ALZHIR with the correct year: The name comes from the fact that the majority of the inmates were the ChSIR: members of the families of traitors to the Motherland after NKVD…
  7. Complete the sentence about Karlag with the correct year: In ______, in the village of Zhanalyk near Almaty, Kazakhstan, local farmers excavated remains of at least 55 victims of NKVD executions.
  8. Complete the sentence about Great Patriotic War with the correct year: The Axis forces, led by Germany, invaded the Soviet Union in Operation Barbarossa on 22 June ______.
  9. Complete the sentence about Great Patriotic War with the correct year: On 1 September ______, Germany invaded Poland, starting World War II.
  10. Complete the sentence with the correct year: By ______ most of the Russians had been driven out of the area.
  11. Complete the sentence about Turkestan Krai with the correct year: After subjugating the Kazakh hordes, Russian forces captured key Kokandi forts, including Ak-Mechet in ______.
  12. Complete the sentence about Turkestan Krai with the correct year: In ______, Turkestan was made a separate Governorate-General, under its first Governor-General, Konstantin Petrovich von Kaufman.
  13. Complete the sentence about Kokand Khanate with the correct year: Despite these efforts, its weaponry was generally inferior to the forces of the Russian Empire, who abolished the khanate in ______.
  14. Complete the sentence about Kokand Khanate with the correct year: In ______, Abd al-Rahim was murdered in Khojand, after a period of suffering from severe mental disorder and refusing to step down fro…
  15. Complete the sentence about Kokand Khanate with the correct year: In ______, Abd al-Karim Biy had the Kokand fortress constructed at the ruins of the old fortress Eski Orda.
  16. Complete the sentence about Khanate of Khiva with the correct year: In ______, the Khanate of Khiva was greatly reduced in size and became a Russian protectorate.
  17. Complete the sentence about Khanate of Khiva with the correct year: Before ______, Khorezm was nominally dependent on the Timurid Sultan Husayn Mirza Bayqara based in Khorasan.
  18. Complete the sentence about Emirate of Bukhara with the correct year: In ______, it ceased to exist with the establishment of the Bukharan People's Soviet Republic.
  19. Complete the sentence about Emirate of Bukhara with the correct year: The Emirate of Bukhara was officially created in ______, upon the assumption of rulership by the Manghit emir, Shah Murad.
  20. Complete the sentence about Emirate of Bukhara with the correct year: In ______, after Nadir Shah's death, the ataliq Muhammad Rahim Bi murdered Abulfayz Khan and his son, ending the Janid dynasty.
  21. Complete the sentence about Emirate of Bukhara with the correct year: In ______, the emirate lost a war with Imperial Russia, which had aspirations of conquest in the region.
  22. Complete the sentence about Emirate of Bukhara with the correct year: In ______, the remainder became a Russian protectorate, and was soon surrounded by the Governorate-General of Turkestan.
  23. Complete the sentence about Kyrgyz people with the correct year: A rival myth, recorded in ______ in the History of Yuan, concerns 40 women born on a steppe motherland.
  24. Complete the sentence about Germans in Kazakhstan with the correct year: The Rebirth organization, founded in ______, handles cultural and community affairs of the ethnic German community.
  25. Complete the sentence about Uyghurs in Kazakhstan with the correct year: In June ______, a Uyghur schoolteacher fleeing Xinjiang police in Kazakhstan on terrorism charges was deported back to China, f…
  26. Complete the sentence about Karakhanid Khanate with the correct year: The Khanate conquered Transoxiana in Central Asia and ruled it independently between 999 and ______.
  27. Complete the sentence about Cumania with the correct year: At Milcovul, years earlier, in ______, the Cuman warlord Bortz accepted Catholic Christianity from missionary Dominican friars.
  28. Complete the sentence about Oghuz Yabgu State with the correct year: In ______ Shahmalik Yabgu conquered Khorezm from the Ghaznavids, but two years later he was captured by the Seljuk forces and execu…
  29. Complete the sentence about Oghuz Yabgu State with the correct year: In ______, a part of the Seljuks settled in the territory of the modern Turkmenistan, centered on the city of Nysa.
  30. Complete the sentence about Kara-Khitan Khanate with the correct year: The empire was usurped by the Naiman prince Kuchlug in ______.
  31. Complete the sentence about Kara-Khitan Khanate with the correct year: In ______, the Qara Khitai established by Yelü Dashi continued to use the Chinese dynastic name of "Great Liao".
  32. Complete the sentence about Kara-Khitan Khanate with the correct year: In ______, two groups of Khitans fled westward to escape the Jin invasion.
  33. Complete the sentence about Nogai Horde with the correct year: In ______, Nogai Nur-al-Din Qazi Mirza quarreled with Ismael Beg and founded the Lesser Nogai Horde on the steppe of the North Caucasus.
  34. Complete the sentence about Nogai Horde with the correct year: From ______ the second in rank was the Nur-al-Din, usually the Bey's son or younger brother and expected successor.
  35. Complete the sentence about Shaybanids with the correct year: Another state ruled by the Shaybanids was the Khanate of Sibir, seizing the throne in ______.
  36. Complete the sentence about Shaybanids with the correct year: In ______, under the rule of Ubaidullah Khan, the Mir Arab Madrasa was added to the complex, in honor of a Sheikh known as Mir Arab.
  37. Complete the sentence about Kazakhstan–United States relations with the correct year: The United States and the Republic of Kazakhstan established diplomatic relations on 26 December ______.
  38. Complete the sentence about Kazakhstan–United States relations with the correct year: The U.S. oil company, Chevron, became the first major investor in Kazakhstan in ______ with the establishment of t…
  39. Complete the sentence about Kazakhstan–United States relations with the correct year: In ______, Kazakhstan and the United States established the U.S.–Kazakhstan Energy Partnership.
  40. Complete the sentence about Kazakhstan–United States relations with the correct year: Cooperation strengthened after the September 11, ______ attacks as the United States sought strategic partners nea…
  41. Complete the sentence about Kazakhstan and the United Nations with the correct year: The Republic of Kazakhstan became a member of the United Nations on March 2, ______.
  42. Complete the sentence about Kazakhstan and the United Nations with the correct year: Kazakhstan signed the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change in ______.
  43. Which place completes this sentence about Akhmet Baitursynuly? Ahmet Baitursynuly was born to a Muslim Kazakh family in what is today the ______ Region, Kazakhstan and was educated at the Orenburg Tea…
  44. Complete the sentence about Abai Qunanbaiuly with the correct year: Another film describing his father's life was made in December ______, titled "Qunanbai".
  45. Complete the sentence about Kassym-Jomart Tokayev with the correct year: In March ______, Tokayev became acting president following the resignation of Nursultan Nazarbayev.
  46. Complete the sentence about Constitution of Kazakhstan with the correct year: A separate package of amendments was adopted by Parliament in September ______, introducing a new restriction on the presi…
  47. Complete the sentence about Parliament of Kazakhstan with the correct year: The Parliament of Kazakhstan was established under the ______ Constitution of Kazakhstan, following the dissolution of the S…
  48. Complete the sentence about Parliament of Kazakhstan with the correct year: On January 28, ______, the Supreme Soviet adopted a constitution with a unicameral parliament.
  49. Complete the sentence about Senate of Kazakhstan with the correct year: On 8 October ______, elections for four-year-term senators were held in connection with the end of the term of office of the sen…
  50. Complete the sentence about Supreme Court of Kazakhstan with the correct year: In April ______, the Senate removed six Supreme Court judges, and further recommended that Chair Älımbekov resign.
  51. Complete the sentence about Astana International Financial Centre with the correct year: AIFC Development strategy was determined by the Management Council during its first meeting on 26 May ______.
  52. Complete the sentence about Eurasian Economic Union with the correct year: Armenia's accession treaty came into force on 2 January ______.
  53. Complete the sentence about Conference on Interaction and Confidence-Building Measures in Asia with the correct year: The first meeting of the CICA Ministers of Foreign Affairs was held on 14 Septembe…
  54. Complete the sentence about Conference on Interaction and Confidence-Building Measures in Asia with the correct year: At the second meeting of the Ministers of Foreign Affairs in ______, CICA Catalogu…
  55. Complete the sentence about Nazarbayev University with the correct year: Nazarbayev University began admitting students to its Foundation programme in Autumn ______.
  56. Complete the sentence about Nazarbayev University with the correct year: In September ______, the Nazarbayev University School of Medicine opened with the first admission of students to its M.D. progr…
  57. Complete the sentence about Semipalatinsk with the correct year: On 19 May ______, Semipalatinsk was designated as the capital of the Semipalatinsk Oblast within the Russian Empire.
  58. Complete the sentence about Semipalatinsk with the correct year: Red Army forces loyal to Petrograd took control of the area in ______.
  59. Complete the sentence about Treaty of Kuchuk-Kainarji with the correct year: In ______, faced with increased Russian hostility, Abdul Hamid I declared war on Russia again.
  60. Complete the sentence about Treaty of Kuchuk-Kainarji with the correct year: Restrictions imposed by the ______ Treaty of Niš over Russian access to the Sea of Azov and fortifying the area were remove…
  61. Complete the sentence about Treaty of Kuchuk-Kainarji with the correct year: After the Treaty of Karlowitz in ______, the Ottoman Empire ceased to be an aggressive power; it had terrified Christendom…
  62. Complete the sentence about Russians in Kazakhstan with the correct year: In ______, Siberian Cossacks from Omsk founded a fortress on the upper Ishim River named Akmolinsk, which is known today as As…
  63. Complete the sentence about Russians in Kazakhstan with the correct year: In ______ the Trans-Aral Railway between Orenburg and Tashkent was completed, further facilitating Russian and Ukrainian migra…
  64. Complete the sentence about Germans in Kazakhstan with the correct year: By ______, Russia had replaced Germany as the major immigrant destination for German Kazakhstanis.
  65. Complete the sentence about Khwarazmian dynasty with the correct year: During a revolt in ______, Khwarezmian rebels murdered Abu'l-Abbas Ma'mun and his wife, Hurra-ji, sister of the Ghaznavid sultan…
  66. Complete the sentence about Kazakhstan–European Union relations with the correct year: The bilateral relationship began in ______ with the signing of the Protocol on establishing diplomatic relations…
  67. Complete the sentence with the correct year: The agreement was ratified by the Kazakh Parliament in March ______.
  68. Complete the sentence about Kazakhstan–European Union relations with the correct year: During the 15th session held on October 4, ______, the Council welcomed the Enhanced Partnership and Cooperation…
  69. Complete the sentence about Kazakhstan–European Union relations with the correct year: Since ______, the EU has grown to become Kazakhstan's largest trading partner, being the destination of more than…
  70. 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…
  71. 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.
  72. 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.
  73. 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.
  74. 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 ___…
  75. 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…
  76. Complete the sentence about Republic of Kazakhstan with the correct year: The capital is Astana, and the country's largest city and principal cultural and economic center is Almaty, which served as th…
  77. Complete the sentence about Republic of Kazakhstan with the correct year: Following the ______ Russian Revolution and subsequent Russian Civil War, it became an autonomous republic of the Russian SFSR…
  78. Complete the sentence about Republic of Kazakhstan with the correct year: Kazakhstan was the last constituent republic of the Soviet Union to declare independence in ______ during its dissolution.
  79. Complete the sentence about Kazakhstani constitutional referendum, 1995 with the correct year: A constitutional referendum was held in Kazakhstan on 30 August ______.
  80. Complete the sentence about Elbasy 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 working as a st…
  81. Complete the sentence about Elbasy with the correct year: In ______, the Supreme Soviet elected him as the president of Kazakhstan.
  82. Complete the sentence about Elbasy with the correct year: Nazarbayev played a key role in navigating Kazakhstan through the dissolution of the Soviet Union, leading to the country's independence in __…
  83. Complete the sentence about Elbasy with the correct year: In the country’s first direct ______ presidential election, Nazarbayev appeared on the ballot without opposition and secured an overwhelming v…
  84. Complete the sentence about Elbasy with the correct year: In ______, ruling by decree, Nazarbayev extended his presidency through a referendum and adopted a new constitution that expanded his powers.
  85. Complete the sentence about Elbasy with the correct year: Tokayev was elected president in a snap election in June ______.
  86. Complete the sentence about Karim Massimov with the correct year: Massimov, of Tajik and Uyghur descent, graduated from the Republican Physics and Mathematics Boarding School in ______ and studied Ara…
  87. Complete the sentence about Karim Massimov with the correct year: Massimov was first appointed Prime Minister by President Nursultan Nazarbayev in January ______, facing significant challenges during…
  88. Complete the sentence about Karim Massimov with the correct year: In September ______, he was dismissed as prime minister and appointed chief of staff of the presidential office to readjust the power…
  89. Complete the sentence about Askar Mamin with the correct year: On 21 September ______, Mamin was appointed as the äkim of Astana.
  90. Complete the sentence about Askar Mamin with the correct year: On 8 January ______, Mamin joined the board of directors of the national company Kazakh Tourism.
  91. Complete the sentence about Alikhan Smailov with the correct year: In ______, he became an employee of the A-Invest Investment and Privatization Fund.
  92. Complete the sentence about Alikhan Smailov with the correct year: From ______, Smaiylov was the chief specialist of the Trade and Industry Department of the Almaty City Administration.
  93. Complete the sentence about Alikhan Smailov with the correct year: In ______, he served as the trainee of the Supreme Economic Council under the President of Kazakhstan.
  94. Complete the sentence about Imangali Tasmagambetov with the correct year: Tasmagambetov stated that he resigned as PM after finding out about the falsification of a positive vote of confidence in his…
  95. Complete the sentence about Imangali Tasmagambetov with the correct year: In ______, he earned doctorate in political science in his dissertation “Social Policy in Transit Political Systems”.
  96. Complete the sentence about Imangali Tasmagambetov with the correct year: Tasmagambetov began his career in ______ as a boxing and wrestling trainer at a Children's and Youth Sports School in the vill…
  97. Complete the sentence about Imangali Tasmagambetov with the correct year: In ______, Tasmagambetov was elected as the First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Komsomol in Kazakh SSR.
  98. Complete the sentence about Dariga Nazarbayeva with the correct year: Nazarbayeva began her career in ______ in media business as she headed Khabar, the largest national television agency in Kazakhsta…
  99. Complete the sentence about Dariga Nazarbayeva with the correct year: While serving the post there, the Asar in ______ merged with the Amanat, a ruling party that was led by her father Nazarbayev.
  100. Complete the sentence about Aliya Nazarbayeva with the correct year: In ______ she graduated from the Law Faculty of the Kazakh State Law Academy with a degree in Legal Science.

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