Gennady Kolbin
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Gennady Kolbin was the First Secretary of the Central Committee
of the Communist Party
of Kazakh SSR
from December 16, 1986 to June 22, 1989.
Kolbin had not worked in the Kazakh SSR prior to his appointment. He was appointed by Mikhail Gorbachev
in an attempt to root out corruption in the Communist Party of the Kazakh SSR.
As an outsider to Kazakhstan, he was not well received there. His appointment resulted in violent protests in the Kazakh capital Almaty
and other cities, with several protesters killed and hundreds injured. This revolt is now known as "Jeltoqsan
", the Kazakh
for "December". It is reported that the outgoing first secretary, Dinmukhamed Kunayev, participated in organizing the protests, which involved 60,000 protesters http://www.eurasianet.org/resource/kazakhstan/hypermail/200204/0053.shtml.
In June 1989, Kolbin was replaced by Kazakh Nursultan Nazarbayev
. Kolbin was then transferred to a position in Moscow
.
Central Committee
Central Committee was the common designation of a standing administrative body of communist parties, analogous to a board of directors, whether ruling or non-ruling in the twentieth century and of the surviving, mostly Trotskyist, states in the early twenty first. In such party organizations the...
of the Communist Party
Communist party
A political party described as a Communist party includes those that advocate the application of the social principles of communism through a communist form of government...
of Kazakh SSR
Kazakh SSR
The Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic , also known as the Kazakh SSR for short, was one of republics that made up the Soviet Union.At in area, it was the second largest constituent republic in the USSR, after the Russian SFSR. Its capital was Alma-Ata . Today it is the independent state of...
from December 16, 1986 to June 22, 1989.
Kolbin had not worked in the Kazakh SSR prior to his appointment. He was appointed by Mikhail Gorbachev
Mikhail Gorbachev
Mikhail Sergeyevich Gorbachev is a former Soviet statesman, having served as General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union from 1985 until 1991, and as the last head of state of the USSR, having served from 1988 until its dissolution in 1991...
in an attempt to root out corruption in the Communist Party of the Kazakh SSR.
As an outsider to Kazakhstan, he was not well received there. His appointment resulted in violent protests in the Kazakh capital Almaty
Almaty
Almaty , also known by its former names Verny and Alma-Ata , is the former capital of Kazakhstan and the nation's largest city, with a population of 1,348,500...
and other cities, with several protesters killed and hundreds injured. This revolt is now known as "Jeltoqsan
Jeltoqsan
The Jeltoqsan or "December" of 1986 were riots that took place in Alma-Ata, Kazakhstan in response to General Secretary Mikhail Gorbachev's dismissal of Dinmukhamed Konayev, the First Secretary of the Communist Party of Kazakhstan and an ethnic Kazakh, and the subsequent appointment of Gennady...
", the Kazakh
Kazakh language
Kazakh is a Turkic language which belongs to the Kipchak branch of the Turkic languages, closely related to Nogai and Karakalpak....
for "December". It is reported that the outgoing first secretary, Dinmukhamed Kunayev, participated in organizing the protests, which involved 60,000 protesters http://www.eurasianet.org/resource/kazakhstan/hypermail/200204/0053.shtml.
In June 1989, Kolbin was replaced by Kazakh Nursultan Nazarbayev
Nursultan Nazarbayev
Nursultan Abishuly Nazarbayev has served as the President of Kazakhstan since the nation received its independence in 1991, after the fall of the Soviet Union...
. Kolbin was then transferred to a position in Moscow
Moscow
Moscow is the capital, the most populous city, and the most populous federal subject of Russia. The city is a major political, economic, cultural, scientific, religious, financial, educational, and transportation centre of Russia and the continent...
.