22 June 2009

20 years is a long time...

... to have rule over the world's ninth-largest sovereign territory. Nursultan Nazarbaev came to power as First Secretary of the QKP/ҚКП (Communist Party of Kazakhstan), replacing Gennady Kolbin, on 22 June 1989, and has his 20th anniversary as Kazakhstan's leader today.

EurasiaNet has a story on the subject, as does Radio Free Europe.


The Big Bread himself, then and now. Photos courtesy Associated Press and Radio Free Europe.


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