20 September 1996 Kazakstan Anchors Aweigh Back in the spring of 1993, Kazak President Nur-sultan Nazarbayev decreed that a navy flying the Kazak flag should sail the Caspian Sea. But not until more than three years later was the blue, white, and gold flag finally hoisted over a Kazak naval vessel. On 17 August 1996, […]