{"id":45331,"date":"2022-09-18T20:45:31","date_gmt":"2022-09-18T18:45:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/efecomunica.efe.com\/astana-the-city-of-many-names\/"},"modified":"2022-09-18T20:45:40","modified_gmt":"2022-09-18T18:45:40","slug":"astana-the-city-of-many-names","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/efecomunica.efe.com\/en\/astana-the-city-of-many-names\/","title":{"rendered":"Astana, the city of many names"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><p>By Kulpash Konyrova<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<div class=\"media-content-img\" style=\"margin-bottom: 20px\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1120\" height=\"777\" src=\"https:\/\/efecomunica.efe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/rss-efe88980c00fcc85bd91efb2f999dcee861ed1e5f15w-1120x777.jpg\" class=\"attachment-rss-efe-singlepost-thumb size-rss-efe-singlepost-thumb\" alt=\"The residence of the president of Kazakhstan &#039;Ak-Orda&#039; in Nur-Sultan (now known as Astana), Kazakhstan, 13 September 2022. EFE\/EPA\/IGOR KOVALENKO\n\" loading=\"lazy\" data-description=\"The residence of the president of Kazakhstan &#039;Ak-Orda&#039; in Nur-Sultan (now known as Astana), Kazakhstan, 13 September 2022. EFE\/EPA\/IGOR KOVALENKO\n\" data-image-title=\"Astana, the city of many names\" data-attachment-id=\"45333\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/efecomunica.efe.com\/astana-the-city-of-many-names\/astana-the-city-of-many-names-2\/#main\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/efecomunica.efe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/rss-efe88980c00fcc85bd91efb2f999dcee861ed1e5f15w.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1920,1332\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;The residence of the president of Kazakhstan &#8216;Ak-Orda&#8217; in Nur-Sultan (now known as Astana), Kazakhstan, 13 September 2022. EFE\/EPA\/IGOR KOVALENKO&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/efecomunica.efe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/rss-efe88980c00fcc85bd91efb2f999dcee861ed1e5f15w-300x208.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/efecomunica.efe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/rss-efe88980c00fcc85bd91efb2f999dcee861ed1e5f15w-1024x710.jpg\" \/><\/div>\n<p><p>Astana, Sep 18 (EFE).- From Bozok to Astana, Kazakhstan\u2019s modern-day capital has changed its name several times since it sprung into being, most recently this weekend with the announcement that the city would no longer be called Nur-Sultan.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<div class=\"media-content-img\" style=\"margin-bottom: 20px\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1120\" height=\"760\" src=\"https:\/\/efecomunica.efe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/rss-efe3e1aa2487c4bc39fc997d1760df5b0e03bd30677w-1120x760.jpg\" class=\"attachment-rss-efe-singlepost-thumb size-rss-efe-singlepost-thumb\" alt=\"General view of Nur-Sultan (now known as Astana), Kazakhstan, 13 September 2022.   EFE\/EPA\/IGOR KOVALENKO\n\" loading=\"lazy\" data-description=\"General view of Nur-Sultan (now known as Astana), Kazakhstan, 13 September 2022.   EFE\/EPA\/IGOR KOVALENKO\n\" data-image-title=\"Astana, the city of many names\" data-attachment-id=\"45335\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/efecomunica.efe.com\/astana-the-city-of-many-names\/astana-the-city-of-many-names-3\/#main\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/efecomunica.efe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/rss-efe3e1aa2487c4bc39fc997d1760df5b0e03bd30677w.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1920,1302\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;General view of Nur-Sultan (now known as Astana), Kazakhstan, 13 September 2022.   EFE\/EPA\/IGOR KOVALENKO&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/efecomunica.efe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/rss-efe3e1aa2487c4bc39fc997d1760df5b0e03bd30677w-300x203.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/efecomunica.efe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/rss-efe3e1aa2487c4bc39fc997d1760df5b0e03bd30677w-1024x694.jpg\" \/><\/div>\n<p><p>The city has reverted back to Astana three years after it was renamed in honor of Nursultan Nazarbayev, the country\u2019s first president of the post-Soviet era.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<div class=\"media-content-video\" style=\"margin-bottom: 20px\"><div style=\"width: 640px;\" class=\"wp-video\"><video class=\"wp-video-shortcode\" id=\"video-45331-1\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" poster=\"https:\/\/efecomunica.efe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/rss-efe504039fd-1e28-467f-acb9-a8eefa229120.jpg\" preload=\"metadata\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"video\/mp4\" src=\"https:\/\/efecomunica.efe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/rss-efe504039fd-1e28-467f-acb9-a8eefa229120-hd-web.mp4?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/efecomunica.efe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/rss-efe504039fd-1e28-467f-acb9-a8eefa229120-hd-web.mp4\">https:\/\/efecomunica.efe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/rss-efe504039fd-1e28-467f-acb9-a8eefa229120-hd-web.mp4<\/a><\/video><\/div><\/div>\n<p><p>\u201cI think it\u2019s good that they\u2019ve changed the name, despite the cost of the official paperwork,\u201d a young Kazakh woman told Efe in Astana, home to some one million people. \u201cWe\u2019re more used to \u2018Astana\u2019.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><p>Some of the older generations seem less interested in the change and would prefer the money involved to be put toward healthcare and education.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><p>\u201cIt wouldn&#8217;t be such a bad idea to just leave one part of the name, like Sultan. That\u2019s nice,\u201d a 76-year-old woman opined.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><p>Astana has gone by at least five names in its history, with each change arriving at a momentous occasion.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><p>Archaeologists believe that from the 8th to the 18th century, a settlement in the zone now occupied by Astana was known as Bozok, named after a nearby lake.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><p>In the latter half of the 19th century, Akmola was founded but fast-forward to the Soviet era, specifically 1961, and the city went by Tselinograd.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><p>After the collapse of the USSR, authorities readopted the name Akmola.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><p>In 1994, Nazarbayev decided to move the capital from Almaty to Akmola, citing geopolitical reasons and by 1998 a decree was signed to officially change the name from Akmola to Astana, which in the Kazakh language means \u201ccapital.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><p>In the following 20 years, Astana\u2019s global relevance grew.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><p>The country\u2019s new president Kassym-Jomart Kemeluly Tokayev was behind the 2019 change from Astana to Nur-Sultan, a decision he has now gone back on.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><p>The name Nur-Sultan never quite stuck with the population, and even cause a certain level of irritation.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><p>In day-to-day life, most Kazakh people continued to call the capital city Astana, and videos of politicians mixing up the name by calling it Astana or Nur-Astana went viral.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><p>The need to change the name became blatantly evident during violent protests in January last year, which was later billed as an attempted coup.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><p>Nazarbayev kept a low profile during the revolt, in which 200 people were killed. This decision elicited criticism given his influence on the country\u2019s politics.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><p>Political observers in Kazakhstan believe the most recent name change could be part of Tokayev\u2019s pre-election campaign. 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