October 25 is a significant date in the history of Kazakhstan.

At the initiative of Bolat Sailana Doctor of Historical Sciences and professor in the Department of the History of Kazakhstan at the Faculty of History, Al-Farabi Kazakh National University – an event was held as part of the Sustainable Development Goals program (specifically, in the context of the goal "Quality Education"). During the event, an open lecture titled "October 25: A Significant Date in the History of Kazakhstan" was delivered to first - and fourth-year students of the Faculty of History majoring in "History." Lecturer Bolat Sailan, a professor in the Department of the History of Kazakhstan and a Doctor of Historical Sciences, noted: "Every year on October 25, Kazakhstan celebrates a national holiday – Republic Day. This significant date, which underscores Kazakhstan’s independence and state sovereignty, traces its origins back to 1990. It was on this day in 1990 that the Declaration on the State Sovereignty of the Kazakh SSR was adopted." In essence, this was the country’s first step toward independence. At that time, the economy of the Soviet Union was in crisis and on the verge of collapse. In 1990, a number of republics – most notably the Baltic states – unilaterally asserted their right to self-determination and their intention to establish independent nation-states. Between 1989 and 1990, other republics of the USSR also adopted declarations of sovereignty. 

As the vast Soviet state began to lose its stability, Kazakhstan adopted a Declaration on State Sovereignty on October 25, 1990. This document proclaimed the sovereignty of the Kazakh SSR and laid the political and legal foundations for Kazakhstan’s emergence as an independent state. "October 25–now a national holiday–will forever remain a significant date in the history of Kazakhstan," the speaker concluded.

At the end of the meeting, the students noted that they had gained a great deal of useful information and expressed a wish for more such substantive lectures on the subject of leadership to be held in the future.