Anthem of the Republic of Kazakhstan explained

The former State Anthem of the Republic of Kazakhstan was used as the national anthem of Kazakhstan from 1991 to early 2006. Upon independence in December 1991, the melody of the Anthem of the Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic, composed by musicians Mūqan Tölebaev, Yevgeny Brusilovsky and Latif Hamidi, was retained; and new lyrics written by authors Mūzafar Älımbaev, Qadyr Myrza Älı, Tūmanbai Moldağaliev and Jadyra Därıbaeva were adopted in 1992. The lyrics were written by four people including poet Jadyra Därıbaeva, one of only a handful of women to have ever been involved in writing a national anthem.^[1]

On 7 January 2006, it was officially replaced by "Menıñ Qazaqstanym",^[2] the country's current national anthem.

See also

• List of historical national anthems

External links

• Lyrics score - Kazakhstan 1992–2006
• Kazakhstan National Anthems

Notes and References

1. Book: Marshall, Alex. Republic or Death! Travels in Search of National Anthems. Random House Books. 2015. 9781847947413. London. 137–139. A lot of people then said to me, 'Maybe your words are actually good, but you're not famous; you're a woman. Try joining up with others.' Zhadyra, showing admirable restraint, somehow didn't tell any of these people to shove their chauvinism somewhere unpleasant. Instead, she found some men willing to work with her - famous men at that - and the group spent the next three months sending letters back and forth, toiling to put all of Kazakhstan's history and its people's emotions into just three verses and a chorus.
2. The CIA World Factbook 2012 Central Intelligence Agency - 2011 "National anthem: name: “Menıñ Qazaqstanym” (My Kazakhstan) lyrics/music: Zhumeken NAZHIMEDENOV"
3. Web site: Aksai cultura. Simboli di Stato della Repubblica del Kazakhstan.
4. Web site: ГИМН КАЗАХСТАНА. neoland.ru. 2019-01-10. 2007-10-11. https://web.archive.org/web/20071011031340/http://www.neoland.ru/gn_Kazakhstan.htm. dead.