Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic

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Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic[1]
Қазақ Советтік Социалистік Республикасы (Kazakh)
Казахская Советская Социалистическая Республика (Russian)
1936–1991
Flag of Kazakh SSR
Flag (1953–1991)
State emblem (1978–1991) of Kazakh SSR
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
StatusSoviet socialist republic
CapitalAlma-Ata
Largest citiesKaraganda
Pavlodar
Shymkent
Shakhtinsk
Nikolsk
Official languagesKazakh · Russian
Minority languagesUzbek · Uyghur · Tatar · Kyrgyz · Azerbaijani · Korean
Religion
State atheism
Demonym(s)Kazakh
Soviet
GovernmentUnitary 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
LegislatureSupreme Soviet
History 
• Elevation to a Union Republic
5 December 1936
16 December 1986
• Sovereignty declared
25 October 1990
10 December 1991
• Independence declared
16 December 1991
• Independence recognised
26 December 1991
HDI (1991)0.684
medium
CurrencySoviet rouble (Rbl) (SUR)
Time zone(UTC+4 to +6)
Calling code+7 31/32/330/33622
ISO 3166 codeSU
Internet TLD.su
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Kazakh ASSR
Kazakhstan
Today part ofKazakhstan

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.

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  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)