Kazakh SSR Guide, Meaning , Facts, Information and Description
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| State motto: Барлық елдердің пролетарлары, бірігіңдер! '' | |||||
| Official language | None. De facto, Kazakh and Russian. | ||||
| Capital | Almaty (Alma-Ata) | ||||
| Chairman of the Supreme Council | Nursultan Nazarbayev (at independence) | ||||
| Area - Total - % water | Ranked 2nd in former Soviet Union 2,717,300 kmē -- | ||||
| Population
- Total (1989) - Density | Ranked 4th in the former Soviet Union
16,711,900 6.1/kmē | ||||
| Currency | Ruble (Сом) | ||||
| Time zone | UTC + 4 to +6 | ||||
| Anthem | Anthem of Kazakh SSR | ||||
The Kazakh SSR, also called Kazakhstan, was the second largest constituent republic of the Soviet Union, in Central Asia. It was 2,717,300 square kilometres (1,063,200 square miles) in area and its capital was Alma-Ata.
The country is named after the Kazakh people, Turkic-speaking nomads who sustained a powerful khanate in the region before Russian and then Soviet domination. The Soviet Union's spaceport, now known as the Baikonur Cosmodrome was located in this republic at Tyuratam, with the secret town of Leninsk being constructed to accommodate the workers at the Cosmodrome.