2018 in Kazakhstan
Events in the year 2018 in Kazakhstan.
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Incumbents
Events
January
February
- 9 – 25 February – Kazakhstan participated in the 2018 Winter Olympics in PyeongChang, South Korea, with 46 competitors in 9 sports.
March
- 9 – 18 March – Kazakhstan participated in the 2018 Winter Paralympics in PyeongChang, South Korea.
- 15 March – A summit of Central Asian leaders takes place in Astana.[4]
October
- 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]
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.
- "Denis Ten". olympedia.org. Retrieved 7 May 2021.
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