Kazakhs celebrate Defender of the Fatherland Day

Today, on May 7, Kazakhstan celebrates Defender of the Fatherland Day. On this day in 1992, the first President of Kazakhstan, Nursultan Nazarbayev, signed a decree on the creation of the country's Armed Forces, and 20 years later, by presidential decree, Defender of the Fatherland Day became a public holiday.

On October 4, 2012, the country's parliament approved amendments to the law on holidays, so Defender of the Fatherland Day - May 7 - became a national holiday and a day off.