National Pantheon of Kazakhstan
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| National Pantheon of Kazakhstan | |
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Қазақстан Ұлттық пантеоны | |
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 Interactive map of National Pantheon of Kazakhstan | |
| Details | |
| Established | 2020 |
| Location | Tseliongrad District, Akmola Region, Kazakhstan |
| Country | Kazakhstan |
| Coordinates | 50°52′22″N 71°24′34″E / 50.87278°N 71.40944°E |
| Type | Private |
| Size | 10 square kilometres (2,500 acres) |
| No. of graves | 26 (as of 2024) |
National Pantheon of Kazakhstan (Kazakh: Қазақстан Ұлттық пантеоны, Russian: Национальный пантеон Казахстана) is an elite cemetery located 17 kilometres (11 mi) south of Astana, near the Kabanbay Batyr village, Tselinograd District, Akmola Region.
The pantheon is built around the Kabanbay Batyr mausoleum. The decree on its establishment was approved in 2014, and its construction began in 2015. The cemetery was opened in June 2020 and it is maintained by the Esil District, Astana Akimat.[1]
Rules
The following people are to be buried in the National Pantheon:[2]
- Presidents of Kazakhstan
- Prime ministers of Kazakhstan and their deputies, chairpersons of the Senate and the Mäjilis, state counsellors, heads of the Presidential Administration, chairpersons of the Constitutional Court, the Supreme Court, and the National Bank
- ministers, heads of state bodies directly subordinate and accountable to the President of Kazakhstan, akims of regions, cities of republican significance and the capital
- people named People's Hero and Hero of Labour
- citizens awarded the Order of the Golden Eagle, the Order of Fatherland, and the Order of Work Glory
- people awarded the titles of Hero of the Soviet Union and Hero of Socialist Labour
- people named Pilot-Cosmonaut of Kazakhstan
- other people by the decision of the President
All gravestones are designed to look the same, and unlike other cemeteries of Kazakhstan, the person's tribe or Jüz is not listed.
