Capital Day

On July 6, Kazakhstan celebrates a public holiday - the Day of the Capital (Day of Astana), established by the Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan «On Amendments to the Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan» On Holidays in the Republic of Kazakhstan "dated June 25, 2008 No. 47-IV.
The transfer of the capital from Alma-Ata to the center of Kazakhstan was determined by the resolution of the Supreme Council of the Republic of Kazakhstan "On the transfer of the capital of the Republic of Kazakhstan" dated July 6, 1994 No. 106-XIII (that is why July 6 is considered the Day of the capital). On May 6, 1998, by the Decree of the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan «On renaming the city of Akmola, the capital of the Republic of Kazakhstan, into the city of Astana, the capital» dated May 6, 1998 No. 3941, the capital was renamed.
At the moment, Astana is a dynamically developing metropolis, held administrative, socio-economic and political center of Kazakhstan.