The new president of Kazakhstan Kassym-Zhomart Tokayev signed a decree to rename the capital of the republic. The document was published on the official website of the President.
Rename the city of Astana - the capital of the Republic of Kazakhstan in the city of Nur Sultan
- stated in the decree of №6 23 Martha 2019 of the year.
celebrated, that the document comes into force from the date of its first official publication.
With the proposal to rename Astana in honor of retired President Nursultan Nazarbayev made a new 20 March, the day of taking the oath. MPs approved the proposal and on the same day made the appropriate amendments to the constitution. Tokayev also urged to erect a monument in honor of Nazarbayev, and called his name in the central streets of provincial cities.
The decision to rename the capital caused a public outcry in the country, in the capital, and Almaty have been inconsistent with the authorities in protest. The site gopetition.com activists posted the petition, which demanded not to rename the capital. Police responded to the protests about the detention 20 human.
Recall, Astana was named 1998 year, After it became the capital of the republic. To 1961 the city was called Akmola, then it was renamed Tselinograd. And in 1992 he became known as Akmola.
