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Kazakhstan and Russia compared
Two sourced records set beside each other — the figures each nation publishes, and the events each chronicle records of the other. Compared, never graded.
- Shared indicators
- 49
- Domains
- 9
- Crossed events
- 7
- Data through
- 2026-08-10
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Entangled histories
7 events in which either nation’s sourced chronicle names the other — including under earlier names of the same state. Each is the same record, with the same sources, as on its own chronicle; nothing here was written for this page.
- 1731
The Little Horde accepts Russian protection
Abu'l-Khayr Khan of the Little Horde swears allegiance to the Russian Empire for protection against the Dzungars; the Middle Horde follows in 1740 and part of the Great Horde in 1742, opening the steppe to Russian power.
Colonisation · from the Kazakhstan chronicle · The Russian Conquest of the Steppe · History of Kazakhstan, Kazakhstan
- 1771
Ablai Khan elected ruler of the Kazakhs
Ablai (Abylai) is elected khan of the Kazakhs and balances between the Russian and Qing empires to preserve a degree of independence; he endures as a national symbol of Kazakh sovereignty.
Politics & Power · from the Kazakhstan chronicle · The Russian Conquest of the Steppe · Abylai the King: A Warrior, Diplomat and Patriot, History of Kazakhstan
- 1822–1848
Russia abolishes the Kazakh khanates
To end Kazakh autonomy, Russia abolishes the khanate of the Middle Horde in 1822, the Little Horde in 1824, and the Great Horde in 1848, dismantling the political structure of the Kazakh Khanate.
Colonisation · from the Kazakhstan chronicle · The Russian Conquest of the Steppe · History of Kazakhstan, Kazakhstan
- 1837–1847
Kenesary Kasymov's revolt
Kenesary Kasymov, a grandson of Ablai Khan, leads the largest Kazakh uprising against Russian rule, fighting to restore the independent khanate until he is killed in 1847.
War & Rupture · from the Kazakhstan chronicle · The Russian Conquest of the Steppe · History of Kazakhstan, Kazakstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan: Country Studies
- 5 December 1936
Kazakh S.S.R. becomes a union republic
Kazakhstan, an autonomous republic since 1920 and renamed the Kazak A.S.S.R. in 1925, is raised to a full constituent republic of the Soviet Union under the 1936 constitution.
Politics & Power · from the Kazakhstan chronicle · Soviet Kazakhstan · History of Kazakhstan, Kazakstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan: Country Studies
- 1949–1989
Semipalatinsk nuclear test site
The Soviet Union conducts some 456 nuclear tests at the Semipalatinsk site in northeastern Kazakhstan between 1949 and 1989, exposing local populations to radioactive fallout with severe long-term health effects.
Catastrophe · from the Kazakhstan chronicle · Soviet Kazakhstan · Kazakhstan, Kazakstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan: Country Studies
- 16 December 1991
Kazakhstan declares independence
Kazakhstan proclaims itself a sovereign, independent state, the last of the Soviet republics to declare independence, with Nursultan Nazarbayev as president; the USSR formally dissolves days later.
Independence · from the Kazakhstan chronicle · Independent Kazakhstan · Kazakhstan: Independent Kazakhstan, History of Kazakhstan