
Keshirim Boztaev
Keshirim Boztaev was the first secretary of the Semipalatinsk regional committee of the Communist Party of Kazakhstan who played a crucial role in advocating for the closure of the Semipalatinsk nuclear test site. He sent a telegram to Mikhail Gorbachev in 1989, urging the cessation of nuclear tests, and was instrumental in highlighting the health impacts and environmental issues caused by years of nuclear testing in the region.
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Keshirim Boztaev sent a telegram to Gorbachev requesting to suspend nuclear tests at the Semipalatinsk site.
Закрытие Семипалатинского полигона 35 лет назад и как об этом писала прессаTengri News – major Kazakh news website·
Kazakhstan· 2026-09-13







