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The Archive of the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan celebrates its 30th anniversary in 2024. Today, it is the largest archival institution in Kazakhstan. At the time of its creation in 1994, it contained 555,000 storage units, now, at the beginning of 2024 the volume of archival data has grown to more than 1.5 million. For almost a third of a century, the most important documents of the modern history of Kazakhstan have been collected and carefully preserved in the Archive. These include the activities of the new political institutions of the Independence period - the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan and the Presidential Administration, as well as state bodies directly subordinate and accountable to the Head of State. A unique group of records is the archival funds of the predecessors of the Archive of the President - the Central State Archive of Modern History, the party archives of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Kazakhstan, and the Almaty Regional Party Committee. All of these unique documents contain evidence of the tectonic changes in the political, economic, and socio-cultural context of the Soviet era starting from 1917. The Republic's Independence strengthened public interest in the history of Kazakhstan. Against the background of Independence, identifying particularly valuable and unique documents for inclusion in the National Archival Fund, which is stored in the Archive of the President has become even more pressing. Currently, more than 120 000 units of particularly valuable documents are stored here. Among them are documents on the history of the famine of the 1920-1930s, mass repressions of the 1930s, deportations, historical figures considered "enemies of the people" during Soviet times, and many others. The Archive’s staff continues to work to identify the most informative documents that reflect the essence and characteristics of historical processes. According to the Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan "On the National Archival Fund and Archives", these documents are classified as particularly valuable due to their enduring historical, cultural and scientific value, representing particular importance for society and the state. This has led to a progressive expansion of the thematic composition of the “List of Especially Valuable Documents of the Archives.” Such expansion has also become possible as a result of the declassification of documents from the funds of Communist Party organs ("special files", etc.). The Album, which is the first of its kind, allows readers to access, in a single volume, some of the most important documents from the Archive of the President in the form of scans of the original documents. Therefore, readers have the opportunity to see the documentary sources “live” and to examine not only their textual, but also their physical features. The Album contains 70 especially valuable documents that reveal the events of national history at its various stages. The documentary chronicle begins with the recollections of eyewitnesses and participants in the national liberation uprising of 1916. Next, documents from the Soviet period, illustrate, among other things, the tragic events of famine and political repressions, social and ethnic deportations, acts of heroism by ordinary people during the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945, and the development of the national economy and culture. The selection ends with one of the most important documents in the modern history of Kazakhstan - the Declaration of State Sovereignty dated October 25, 1990. The publication includes original documents, most of which are published in their entirety. Some documents, due to their significant volume (multi-page texts), are published in abridged form and include only the most important excerpts. However, readers can still access the full text of the documents in digital format. Modern technology makes it possible to go beyond the physical book and, by scanning the QR code, access the full form of the documents, which are posted on the Archive’s website. Most of the documents found in this Album are published here for the first time. The collection is arranged in chronological order, with the exception of some thematic selections, such as official documents of famous historical figures, etc. Annotations provide additional context including the the date and place where the event occurred. In addition, at the end of the Album, there is a list of documents, accompanied by legends indicating the fonds, inventory, and file where the documents are housed in the archive. This project is aimed at a wide audience and is designed to show the full diversity of documents in the National Archival Fund of the Republic of Kazakhstan. The compilers hope that the Album, by highlighting the collection of especially valuable documents in the Archive of the President will serve as an invitation to their deeper study and understanding.
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1. Report of the S. Mendeshev - People's Commissar of Education of the Kazakh Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic (ASSR) on the 15th anniversary of the national liberation movement of 1916, Alma-Ata, August 20, 1931.
Fonds 811. Inventory 20. File 752.
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2. Memories of I. Atembekov - one of the associates of the leader of the national liberation movement of 1916 in the Turgai County - Amangeldy Imanov and his family, [Turgai village, 1936]
Fonds 811. Inventory 6. File 153.
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3. Memories of A. Kacharov, A. Taleev, U. Khalikov, mobilized for rear fieldwork, later participants of the national liberation movement of 1916 in the Jarkent County, Jarkent, July 21, 1936.
Fonds 811. Inventory 6. File 153.
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4. Meeting of the Council of People's Commissars of the Kirghiz (Kazakh) ASSR, Orenburg, 1921. Sitting (from left to right): A. Aitiev, N. Kalashnikov, A. Dzhangildin, M. Myrzagaliev, Sheftel, E. Raikhman, S. Argynshiev, M. Shamov. Standing:
2. A. Baitursynov, 4. A. Alibekov, Orenburg, 1921.
Fonds 896. Inventory 1. File 492.
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6. Certificate of A. Dzhangildin on completion of instructor courses on elections to the Constituent Assembly and local government bodies, Petrograd, September 25, 1917.
Fonds 811. Inventory 6. File 243.
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5. Minutes of the meeting of the Presidium of the Kirghiz (Kazakh) Regional Committee of the Russian Communist Party (RCP) on the approval of the board of the People's Commissariat for Education consisting of: comrades A. Baitursynov, Martynov, A. Asylbekov, Lazarev, A Bochagov, Orenburg, October 28, 1921.
Fonds 139. Inventory 1. File 11.
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7. Identity card of S. Sadvakasov as a member of the Kirghiz (Kazakh) Regional Russian Communist Youth Union, Orenburg, October 1, 1920.
Fonds 140. Inventory 1. File 12.
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8. Personal file of the member of the All-Union Communist Party (Bolsheviks) S. Mendeshev: Mandate of appointment as a member of the Military Revolutionary Committee for the Governance of the Kirghiz (Kazakh) Region, personal record sheet, autobiography, Moscow, Alma-Ata, 1919-1930.
Fonds 141. Inventory 16. File 2329.
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9. Registration card of the delegate to the 3rd All-Kyrgyz (All-Kazakh) Party Conference of the RCP (B) - S. Seifullin, Orenburg, March 17, 1923.
Fonds 139. Inventory 2. File 45.
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10. Autobiography of civil engineer A. Zenkov, deposited in the Accounting and Distribution Department of the Jetysu Regional Committee of the Communist Party of Turkestan, Alma-Ata, January 8, 1924.
Fonds 666. Inventory 2. File 342.
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11. Personal record sheet of civil engineer A. Zenkov, deposited in the Accounting and Distribution Department of the Jetysu Regional Committee of the Communist Party of Turkestan, Alma-Ata, February 1, 1924.
Fonds 666. Inventory 2. File 342.
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12. Personal sheet of A. Baitursynov, Chairman of the Kirghiz (Kazakh) Scientific and Literary Council under the People's Commissariat for Education (Narkompros), Orenburg, July 4, 1924.
Fonds 139. Inventory 1. File 1016.
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13. Autobiography of A. Baitursynov, Chairman of the Kirghiz (Kazakh) Scientific and Literary Council under Narkompros, Orenburg, July 4, 1924.
Fonds 139. Inventory 1. File 1016.
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14. Letter from a member of the Kirghiz (Kazakh) Military Revolutionary Committee and the All-Russian Central Executive Committee A. Baitursynov to the V. Lenin, Chairman of the Council of People's Commissars of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic on overcoming the mistrust between representatives of the center and the population, Moscow, May 17, 1920.
Fonds 811. Inventory 20. File 568.
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15. Note by T. Ryskulov, A. Khodzhanov, A. Baitursynov, Z. Validov, Kh. Yumagulov to the Chairman of the СPC of the RSFSR V. Lenin on the theses on the national and colonial issues at the 2nd Congress of the 3rd Comintern, Moscow, June 16, 1920.
Fonds 141. Inventory 18. File 165.
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16. Population statistics of the Kirghiz (Kazakh) ASSR according to the 1920 census [Orenburg, 1920]
Fonds 140. Inventory 1. File 73.
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17. Resolution of the meeting of the Uralsk City Council expressing gratitude for the assistance of the American Relief Administration (ARA), Uralsk, January 1, 1922.
Fonds 139. Inventory 1. File 211.
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18. Report of the Plenipotentiary representative of the State Political Administration (SPA) for Kazakhstan I. Kashirin to the head of the Eastern Department of the SPA J. Peters, on the state and activities of Alash-Orda, Kazakh national groups from October 1, 1922 to January 1, 1923, Orenburg, February 1923.
Fonds 139. Inventory 1. File 211.
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19. Letter from the Secretary of the Central Committee of the RCP (B) Joseph Stalin to all members of the bureau of the Kirghiz (Kazakh) Regional Committee about the
“Ak-Zhol” magazine, Moscow, May 29, 1925.
Fonds 141. Inventory 1. File 479a.
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20. Extract from minutes No. 87 of the meeting of the Organizational Bureau of the Central Committee of the RCP (B) on the situation in Kirghizia (Kazakhstan),
April 14, 1924.
Fonds 139. Inventory 1. File 1160.
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21. Extract from the minutes No. 113 of the meeting of the Organizational Bureau of the Central Committee of the Russian Communist Party (Bolsheviks) on the establishment of the administrative center of Kazakhstan in the city of Kzyl-Orda,
Moscow, October 13, 1925.
Fonds 141. Inventory 1. File 5.
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22. General Secretary of the Central Committee of the All-Union Communist Party (Bolsheviks) Joseph Stalin among delegates from Kazakhstan at the 14th Congress of the All-Union Communist Party (Bolsheviks). 2nd row from left to right:
1. F. Goloshchekin, 2. S. Sadvakasov, 4. J. Stalin, 6. N. Nurmakov,
Moscow, December 18-31, 1925.
Fonds 896. Inventory 1. File 1589.
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23. Letter from the People's Commissar of Education of the Kazakh ASSR S. Sadvakasov to the First Secretary of the Kazakh Regional Committee of the All-Union Communist Party (Bolsheviks) F. Goloshchekin on the activities of the People's Commissariat for Education, Kzyl-Orda, December 1925.
Fonds 141. Inventory 1. File 337.
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24. Memo of the Plenipotentiary of the All-Russian Association of Proletarian Writers to the Regional Committee of the RCP(b) of Kazakhstan on the creation of an organization of proletarian writers of Kazakhstan, Orenburg, June 11, 1925.
Fonds 141. Inventory 1. File 321.
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25. Letter from the People's Commissar of Education of the Kazakh ASSR U. Dzhandosov to the head of the Propaganda department of the Kazakh Regional Committee of the All-Union Communist Party (Bolsheviks) S. Safarbekov on the use of non-party figures in the republic's education system (M. Auezov, A. Baitasov, G. Berimzhanov), Alma-Ata, July 10, 1928.
Fonds 141. Inventory 1. File 2261.
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26. Орта Азия мемлекеттік университетінің аспиранты М. Әуезовтің Қазақ АКСР Халық ағарту комиссары О. Жандосовқа шығармашылық еңбек пен оқуға жолдама беру туралы мәлімдемесі, Фрунзе қ., 4 маусым 1928 ж.
141 қ. 1 т. 2261 іс.
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27. Letter from the People's Commissar of Education of the Kazakh ASSR U. Dzhandosov on the state of affairs with the organization of the Kazakh State University, Kyzylorda, October 5, 1928.
Fonds 141. Inventory 1. File 2252.
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28. Statement of the rector of Kazakh Pedagogical University S. Sadvakasov to the Kazakh Regional Committee of the All-Union Communist Party (Bolsheviks) with a request to be relieved of his duties, Tashkent, November 9, 1928.
Fonds 141. Inventory 1. File 1704.
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29. Proposal of U. Dzhandosov to the board of the Agitation Propaganda-Political Department of the Kazakh Regional Committee of the All-Union Communist Party (Bolsheviks) regarding the introduction of a new Kazakh alphabet,
Kyzylorda, January 13, 1929.
Fonds 141. Inventory 1. File 2800.
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30. Note from the Deputy Chairman of the Council of People's Commissars of the RSFSR T. Ryskulov to the Politburo of the Central Committee of the All-Union Communist Party (Bolsheviks) on amendments to the draft resolution on collectivization, Moscow, January 2, 1930.
Fonds 141. Inventory 1. File 2966.
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31. Letter from the First Secretary of the Siberian Regional Committee of the All-Union Communist Party (Bolsheviks) R. Eikhe to the First Secretary of the Kazakh Regional Committee of the All-Union Communist Party (Bolsheviks) F. Goloshchekin about the migration of the Kazakh population, Novosibirsk, March 3, 1932.
Fonds 141. Inventory 1. File 5192.
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32. Letter of the “five” G. Musrepov, M. Gataullin, M. Davletgaliev, A. Altynbekov, K. Kuanyshev to the First Secretary of the Kazakh Regional Committee of the All-Union Communist Party (Bolsheviks) F. Goloshchekin about the mistakes and distortion of the reconstruction of the national economy of Kazakhstan, Alma-Ata, July 4, 1932.
Fonds 141. Inventory 1. File 5233.
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33. Letter from a student of the Pedagogical Institute, Yu. Makumov, to the General Secretary of the Central Committee of the All-Union Communist Party (Bolsheviks),
J. Stalin, with a request for clarification of the policy towards peasants,
Josaly st., September 11, 1932.
Fonds 141. Inventory 1. File 3977.
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34. Letter of the “six” G. Iskakov, I. Kabulov, Zh. Arstanov, B. Aibasov, G. Togzhanov, U. Dzhandosov to the General Secretary of the Central Committee of the All-Union Communist Party (Bolsheviks) J. Stalin about the shortcomings and mistakes made by the Kazakh Regional Committee of the All-Union Communist Party (Bolsheviks) in the development of livestock farming, collectivization of nomadic and semi-nomadic farms, Alma-Ata, February 24, 1933.
Fonds 141. Inventory 1. File 5734.
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35. Report of the representative of the People's Commissar of Agriculture of the RSFSR, J. Katsva, on the inspection of barracks No. 6, Semipalatinsk, March 4, 1933.
Fonds 719. Inventory 4. File 710.
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36. Brief report of the State Museum of Oriental Cultures on the exhibition “Art of the Kazakh ASSR”, poster and invitation card, Moscow, July 9, 1934.
Fonds 141. Inventory 1. File 7638.
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37. Letter of the People's Commissar of Education of the KazASSR T. Zhurgenev to the Secretary of the Kazakh Regional Committee of the All-Union Communist Party (Bolsheviks) S. Nurpeisov on the financing of repair-restoration works of the mosque-mausoleum of Khoja Ahmed Yasawi in Turkestan, Alma-Ata, June, 1935.
Fonds 141. Inventory 1. File 8118.
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38. List of Kazakh students - graduates of Moscow universities and colleges. No. 25 – D. Kunaev – future First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Сommunist Party of Kazakhstan (1960–1962, 1964–1986), Moscow, 1936.
Fonds 141. Inventory 18. File 223.
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39. Report of the head of the department under the Council of People's Commissars of the KazSSR S. Mendeshev on the work on the resettlement of Kazakhs from Turkmen Republic, Alma-Ata, September 19, 1937.
Fonds 708. Inventory 1. File 86.
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40. Decision of the Central Committee of the Communist Party (Bolsheviks) of Kazakhstan “On Anti-Soviet elements”, Alma-Ata, November 19, 1937.
Fonds 708. Inventory 1/1. File 1.
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41. Report of geologist K. Satpayev to the People's Commissar of Heavy Industry of the USSR L. Kaganovich, Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party (Bolsheviks) of Kazakhstan N. Skvortsov on the construction of a copper smelting plant, Dzhezkazgan, Moscow, January 23, 1938.
Fonds 708. Inventory 2/2. File 47.
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42. Congratulatory address of the Central Committee of the Communist Party (Bolsheviks) of Kazakhstan to the People's Akyn (Poet) Dzhambul Dzhabayev on his 75th birthday, Alma-Ata, April 23, 1938.
Fonds 708. Inventory 1. File 65.
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43. Conducting general military training in Malaya Stanitsa, Alma-Ata, 1941.
Fonds 893. Inventory 1. File 16.
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44. Resolution of the Council of People's Commissars of the Kazakh SSR and the Central Committee of the Communist Party (Bolsheviks) of Kazakhstan "On measures to implement the resolution of the State Defense Committee dated October 8, 1941, No. 744-ss, "On the resettlement of Germans from the Georgian, Azerbaijani and Armenian SSRs", Alma-Ata, October 13, 1941.
Fonds 708. Inventory 1/1. File 3.
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45. Personal sheet of the artistic director and chief conductor of the Kazakh Orchestra of Musical Instruments named after Kurmangazy A. Zhubanov, October 27, 1941.
Fonds 708. Inventory 39. File 1427.
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46. Autobiography of the artistic director and chief conductor of the Kazakh Orchestra of Musical Instruments named after Kurmangazy A. Zhubanov, Alma-Ata, May 21, 1941.
Fonds 708. Inventory 39. File 1427.
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47. New Year's presents from Kazakhstan to the soldiers of the 8th Guards Rifle Division n.a. general-major I. Panfilov, [Moscow region], December 1941.
Fonds 893. Inventory 1. File 8.
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48. Letter from the director of the Moscow Drama Theater named after Mossovet E. Aleksandrova to the secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party (Bolsheviks) of Kazakhstan N. Skvortsov on acceptance of the theater for permanent work in the city of Alma-Ata, April 24, 1942.
Fonds 708. Inventory 6/1. File 563.
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49. 1. Production of shells for the front, 2. Foremost shoe factory worker G. Aitekova, Alma-Ata, 1942
Fonds 893. Inventory 1. File 27. File 140.
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50. Letter of soldiers, officers and political workers from the frontline to the party and Soviet leadership of Kazakhstan with gratitude for their care and promise of complete destruction of the enemy, army on the active duty, 1942.
Fonds 708. Inventory 6/1. File 536.
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51. Letter from the sergeant M. Kalashnikov to the Central Committee of the Communist Party (Bolsheviks) of Kazakhstan, [Matai station], June 25, 1942
Fonds 708. Inventory 6/1. File 2.
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52. Resolution of the Council of People's Commissars of the Kazakh SSR and the Central Committee of the Communist Party (Bolsheviks) of Kazakhstan "On the redesign and manufacture of prototypes of Kalashnikov submachine guns",
Alma-Ata, August 17, 1942.
Fonds 708. Inventory 1/1. File 5.
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53. Autobiography of the writer K. Paustovsky, Alma-Ata, December 1942.
Fonds 708. Inventory 6/1. File 442.
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54. Autobiography of the writer M. Zoshchenko, g. Alma-Ata, December 16, 1942.
Fonds 708. Inventory 6/1. File 442
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55. Application for a member of the Union of Soviet artists A. Kasteev to the Central Committee of Communist Party (Bolsheviks) of Kazakhstan on the allocation of a workshop for creative work, Alma-Ata, [1942]
Fonds 708. Inventory 6/1. File 573.
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56. Letter from the Front Commander K. Rokossovsky to the party and Soviet leadership of Kazakhstan on the defeat of German troops near Stalingrad,
[February] 1943.
Fonds 708. Inventory 6/2. File 183.
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57. Meeting of the delegation from Kazakhstan headed by the Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party (Bolsheviks) M. Abdykalykov with the commander of the 8th Guards Rifle Division named after I. Panfilov, Major General S. Chernyugov, army on the active duty, March 1943.
Fonds 893. Inventory 1. File 13.
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58. Minutes of the extended meeting of the party organization of the Kazakh branch of the Academy of Sciences of USSR on the admission of K. Satpayev as a candidate for the Communist Party (Bolsheviks) of Kazakhstan, Alma-Ata, April 2, 1943.
Fonds 669. Inventory 1. File 18.
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59. Letter from the management of the Central United Film Studio of Feature Films, Director M. Tikhonov and Deputy Director K. Siranov, to the Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party (Bolsheviks) of Kazakhstan N. Skvortsov about the filming of the movie “Abai”, Alma-Ata, August 7, 1943.
Fonds 708. Inventory 7/1. File 251.
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60. Handwritten collection of poems by soldiers undergoing treatment in the evacuation hospital No. 3582 “To you, Kazakhstan”, Alma-Ata, 1943.
Fonds 708. Inventory 7/1. File 684.
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61. Letter from the Deputy Chairman of the Council of People's Commissars of the Kazakh SSR A. Zagoveliev to the Secretary of the Central Committee of the All-Union Communist Party (Bolsheviks) G. Malenkov, Deputy Chairman of the Council of People's Commissars of the USSR L. Beria on the development of a steam tank of the “KV” type in the Kazakh Agricultural Institute, Alma-Ata, September 1943.
Fonds 708. Inventory 7/1. File 169.
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62. Government telegram to the command of the Red Banner cruiser “Kirov” with congratulations on the victory over Germany, Alma-Ata, July 19, 1945.
Fonds 708. Inventory 9. File 148.
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63. Construction of a hydroelectric power station, Ust-Kamenogorsk, July 1947
Fonds 896. Inventory 1. Collection of photo documents.
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64. General view of the mine of the Lead-Zinc Plant, Tekeli, October 1947
Fonds 896. Inventory 1. Collection of photo documents.
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65. Profile of the member of the Central Committee of the Leninist Communist Youth Union of Kazakhstan H. Dospanova, October 1948.
Fonds 708. Inventory 69. File 819.
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66. Letter from the Secretary of the Writers’ Union of Kazakhstan O. Suleimenov to the Head of the Department of Culture of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Kazakhstan M. Isinaliev about the publication of the book “AZ i YA”, Alma-Ata, 1974.
Fonds 175NL. Inventory 1. File 40.
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67. Letter from the scientist historian L. Gumilyov to the chairman of the Kazakh Society for the Protection of Historical and Cultural Monuments A. Alimzhanov about the report at the scientific conference, Moscow, August 24, 1980.
Fonds 167NL. Inventory 1. File 227.
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68. Letter from the Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Kazakhstan D. Kunayev to the Director of the Scientific and Production Association «Energia», Academician V. Glushko on the inclusion of T. Musabayev in the Cosmonaut Training Detachment, Alma-Ata, April 9, 1986.
Fonds 708. Inventory 128. File 4.
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69. Letter from the People's Deputy of the Kazakh SSR, Academician M. Kozybaev to the President of the Kazakh SSR N. Nazarbayev on the improvement of state symbols, Alma-Ata, June 18, 1990.
Fonds 7. Inventory 1. File 96.
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70. Resolution of the Supreme Council of the Kazakh SSR No. 307-XII from October 25, 1990 “On the Declaration of State Sovereignty of the Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic”, Alma-Ata, October 25, 1990.
Fonds 7. Inventory 1. File 111. Copy.
