Passenger’s first and last name on the ticket should be written in Latin letters according to the passport or identity document, with the last name coming first, for example ABDRAKHMANOV / SERIK MR. Known as Akmolinsk in imperial Russia, it became Tselinograd in the Soviet era, when Nazarbayev was 21. “Today, President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev suggested giving Astana the name of Nursultan Nazarbayev. Kazakhstan has renamed its capital Astana to Nursultan to honour outgoing leader Nursultan Nazarbayev, who unexpectedly resigned on Tuesday. The place is now named after the man who created it almost literally from scratch: Nursultan Nazarbayev, Kazakhstan’s ruler for life. Kazakhstan's capital Astana has been renamed Nursultan in honour of long-time leader Nursultan Nazarbayev, who stepped down as president on … Thursday 21 March 2019 18:18 Kazakhstan has changed the name of its capital city from Astana to Nursultan. The order to … Astana Akim (City Mayor) Bakhyt Sultanov said that the decision by former President Nazarbayev to resign is historic and that the city supports changing the name. Kazakhstan has renamed its capital Nur-Sultan, in honour of the country’s longtime leader who resigned this week. PRAGUE, Czech Republic-Astana is no more. It happened back in March but it’s ramifications are just setting in with me as the new name for the city is now widely being used: Nur-Sultan. The order to change the city’s name from Astana was issued on …

The place no longer exists. The change was made in honour of … Kazakhstan has renamed its capital Astana as Nur-Sultan in honour of the country's longtime president who resigned in a surprise move earlier this week. Name Change First or last name change Passengers with misspelled first or last names are not allowed on the flights of Air Astana. The city got a new name – Akmola – shortly after Kazakhstan got its independence in the 1990s but that didn’t stick as well, so it was named Astana in 1997.

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