Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic

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Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic
Казахская Советская Социалистическая Республика Қазақ Кеңестік Социалистік Республикасы
← 1936–1991 →
Flag Coat of arms
Anthem Anthem of the Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic
Location of the Kazakh SSR (red) within the Soviet Union.
Capital		Alma-Ata (Almaty)
Languages		Kazakh Russian
Government		Soviet Socialist Republic
President of the Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic
-	1990–1991	Nursultan Nazarbayev
History
-	Established	1936
-	Disestablished	1991
Area		2,717,300 km² (1,049,155 sq mi)
Population
-	est.	16,711,900
Density		6.2 /km²  (15.9 /sq mi)
Calling code		+7 31/32/330/33622

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Saka Kangju Huns 91–380
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Rouran 330–555 Turkic (Göktürks) 552–745 Karluk 665–744 Kimek 743–1220 Oghuz 750–1055 Kara-Khanid 840–1212 Kara-Khitan 1124–1218
Middle Ages
Mongol Empire 1206–1368 Golden Horde 1368–1446
Early modern
Kazakh Khanate 1465–1847 Russian Turkestan 1867–1918 Djadid period 1918–1925
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Kazakh ASSR 1925–1936 Kazakh SSR 1936–1991 Republic of Kazakhstan 1991–present
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The Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic (Kazakh: Қазақ Кеңестік Социалистік Республикасы, Qazaq Keñestik Socïalïstik Respwblïkası; Russian: Казахская Советская Социалистическая Республика, Kazakhskaya Sovetskaya Sotsialisticheskaya Respublika) abbreviated to KSSR (Russian: КССР, tr. KSSR), also known as the Kazakh SSR, was one of the constituent republics of the Soviet Union (USSR).
At 2,717,300 square kilometres (1,049,200 sq mi) in area, it was the second largest republic in the USSR, after the Russian SFSR. Its capital was Alma-Ata (today known as Almaty). Today it is the independent state of Kazakhstan in Central Asia. During its existence it was led by the Communist Party of the Kazakh SSR.
The country is named after the Kazakh people, Turkic-speaking former 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, and the secret town of Leninsk (now known as Baikonur) was constructed to accommodate its personnel.

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