2018 in Kazakhstan
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Events in the year 2018 in Kazakhstan.
Incumbents
Events
- 18 January – a bus fire on the Samara–Shymkent road kills 52 passengers, with five persons escaping.[1][2][3]
- 15 March - A summit of Central Asian leaders takes place in Astana.[4]
- 11 October – The flight of the Soyuz MS-10 rocket from Baikonur Cosmodrome to the International Space Station is aborted during launch following the failure of the booster rocket. The two-man crew lands safely near Jezkazgan.[5]
Popular culture
Sports
- 9 to 25 February – Kazakhstan participates in the 2018 Winter Olympics in PyeongChang, South Korea, with 46 competitors in 9 sports
- 9 to 18 March – Kazakhstan participates in the 2018 Winter Paralympics in PyeongChang, South Korea
Deaths
- 17 February – Rakhymshan Otarbayev, writer and playwright (b. 1956).[6]
References
- "Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan Open Investigations Of Bus Inferno That Killed 52". RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty. 19 January 2018. Retrieved 17 March 2018.
- Gigova, Radina (18 January 2018). "52 killed in Kazakhstan bus fire". CNN. Retrieved 17 March 2018.
- Drewett, Zoe (18 January 2018). "52 people killed when bus bursts into flames on motorway". Metro. Retrieved 17 March 2018.
- "The summit will also be attended by Kyrgyz President Sooronbai Jeenbekov and Uzbek President Shavkat Mirziyoev". Radio Free Europe. 14 March 2018. Retrieved 14 March 2018.
- Astronauts survive Soyuz rocket emergency landing CNN, 2018-10-11.
- "Скончался автор пьесы "Мұстафа Шоқай" Рахымжан Отарбаев". bnews.kz (in Kazakh). Retrieved 17 March 2018.
- "Olympic figure skater Ten dies after knife attack in Kazakhstan". RT International. Retrieved 2019-05-08.
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