Kazakhstan

Kazakhstan joins Russia

Oct 4, 1920

Kazakhstan becomes autonomous republic of the USSR in 1920. Kazakhstan stayed with Russia until 1991

Russian Government angers people from Kazakhstan

Oct 4, 1986

Russian Government appoints Gennadiy Kolbin as the head of the Communist Party of Kazakhstan.

Kazakhstan Becomes a Country

Dec 4, 1991

Nursultan Nazarbayev makes Kazakhstan a country and join the Commonwealth of Independent States.