Public holidays in Kazakhstan

This is a list of public holidays in Kazakhstan:[1][2]

## Public holidays

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Date | English name  | Local name/s  | Notes

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1-2 January | New Year's Day | Жаңа жыл (Jańa jyl)
Новый Год (Novyy God)  |
7 January | Orthodox Christmas | Рождество Христово
(Rojdestvo hrıstovo / Rozhdestvo Khristovo)  | An official holiday since 2007
8 March | International Women's Day | Халықаралық әйелдер күні (Xalyqaralyq áıelder kúni)
Международный женский день (Mezhdunarodnyy zhenskiy den')  |
21-23 March | Nauryz Meyramy | Наурыз мейрамы (Naýryz meıramy)  | Originally the Persian New Year, is traditionally a springtime holiday marking the beginning of a new year.
1 May | Kazakhstan People's Unity Day | Қазақстан халқының бірлігі мерекесі (Qazaqstan xalqynyń birligi merekesi)

7 May | Defender of the Fatherland Day | Отан Қорғаушы күні (Otan Qorǵaýshy kuni)
День Защитника Отечества (Den' Zashchitnika Otechestva)  | An official holiday since 2013
9 May | Great Patriotic War Against Fascism Victory Day | Жеңіс күні (Jeńis kúni)
День Победы (Den' Pobedy)  | A holiday in the former Soviet Union carried over

to present-day Kazakhstan and other former republics (Except Baltic countries)

6 July | Capital City Day | Астана күні (Astana kúni)
День столицы (Den' stolitsy)  | Birthday of the first President of Kazakhstan
30 August | Constitution Day | Конституция күні (Konstıtýcıya kúni)
День Конституции (Den' Konstitutsii)  |
Last day of Hajj
| Kurban Aita | Құрбан айт (Kurban ait)
Курбан айт (Kurban ait)  | An official holiday since 2007
25 October | Republic Day | Республика күні (Respublika kúni)
День Республики (Den' Respubliki)  | An official holiday since 2022
16 December | Independence Day | Тәуелсіздік күні (Táýelsizdik kúni)
День независимости (Den' nezavisimosti)  | Independence from the Soviet Union

a Eid al-Adha, the Islamic "Feast of Sacrifice".

## Other holidays

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* National Guard Day - 10 January
* Day of the State Security Service of Kazakhstan \- 21 April[3]
* Police Day \- 23 June
* Border Guards Day \- 18 August
* Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Political Repressions \- 30 October

## References

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1. ^ Kazakhstan Public Holidays Archived 9 February 2016 at the Wayback Machine. Worldtravelguide.net. Retrieved 14 January 2013.
2. ^ "Electronic government of the Republic of Kazakhstan". Egov.kz. Archived from the original on 16 October 2015. Retrieved 31 May 2013.
3. ^ День Службы государственной охраны Республики Казахстан

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