Mosque vault in the capital of Kazakhstan - Nur-Sultan 1992 - obtaining by Kazakhstan with its capital in Almaty 1994 - resolution on the transfer of the capital of Kazakhstan from Almaty to Akmola 1997 - Akmola gains the status of the capital city 1998 - change of the city name from Akmola to Astana March 20, 2019 - parliament Kazakhstan voted to rename the city in honor of Nursultan Nazarbayev to Nur-Sultan.
