Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic

Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic[1] Қазақ 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!"(transliteration) "Proletarians of all countries, unite!"
Anthem: "Қазақ Советтік Социалистік Республикасының мемлекеттік гимны" "State Anthem of the Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic"
Location of Kazakhstan (red) within the Soviet Union
Status	Soviet socialist republic
Capital	Alma-Ata
Largest cities	Karaganda Pavlodar Shymkent Shakhtinsk Nikolsk
Official languages	Kazakh · Russian
Minority languages	Uzbek · Uyghur · Tatar · Kyrgyz · Azerbaijani · Korean
Religion	State atheism
Demonym(s)	Kazakh Soviet
Government	Unitary Marxist-Leninist one-party soviet republic (1936–1990) Unitary presidential republic (1990–1991)
First Secretary/President
• 1936–1938 (first)	Levon Mirzoyan
• 1989–1991 (last)	Nursultan Nazarbayev
Head of government
• 1936–1937 (first)	Uraz Isayev
• 1991 (last)	Sergey Tereshchenko
Legislature	Supreme Soviet
History
• Elevation to a Union Republic	5 December 1936
• Jeltoqsan riots	16 December 1986
• Sovereignty declared	25 October 1990
• Renamed Republic of Kazakhstan	10 December 1991
• Independence declared	16 December 1991
• Independence recognised	26 December 1991
HDI (1991)	0.684 medium
Currency	Soviet rouble (Rbl) (SUR)
Time zone	(UTC+4 to +6)
Calling code	+7 31/32/330/33622
ISO 3166 code	SU
Internet TLD	.su
Preceded by Succeeded by Kazakh ASSR Kazakhstan
Today part of	Kazakhstan

The Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic (1936-1991) was one of the republics of the Soviet Union from 1936 to 1991 in northern Central Asia. It was created on 5 December 1936 from the Kazakh ASSR, an autonomous republic of the Russian RSFR.

1. ↑ Historical names:
   • 1936–1991: Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic (Russian: Казахская Советская Социалистическая Республика; Kazakh: Қазақ Советтік Социалистік Республикасы, romanized: Qazaq Sovettik Sotsialistik Respublikasy)
   • 1991: Republic of Kazakhstan (Russian: Республика Казахстан; Kazakh: Қазақстан Республикасы, romanized: Qazaqstan Respublikasy)