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Nazarbayev decreed renaming Semipalatinsk to Semey

Nazarbayev decreed renaming Semipalatinsk to Semey

Astana. June 22. Kazakhstan Today - The President of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev signed the decree on renaming Semipalatinsk of the East Kazakhstan oblast to Semey, the agency reports referring to the message of the president's press service.

"In conformity with article 9 of the Law of the Republic Kazakhstan dated December 8, 1993 On Administrative-Territorial Structure of the Republic Kazakhstan and taking into account the opinion of the executive and representative bodies of the East Kazakhstan oblast I decree: to rename the city of Semipalatinsk of the East Kazakhstan oblast to the city Semey," the text of the decree states.

The decree comes into force from the date of signing.

As it was informed earlier, The President of the state Nursultan Nazarbayev initiated renaming the city at the meeting in the East Kazakhstan taken place on June 16 in Semipalatinsk.

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