member_of_political_party shafik chokin
Kazakhstan ( " Qazaqstan ", " Kazakhstan "), officially the ___MASK85___ of Kazakhstan (" Qazaqstan Respwblïkas " " Respublika Kazakhstan "), is a transcontinental country in northern Central Asia and Eastern Europe . Kazakhstan is the world ' s largest landlocked country , and the ninth largest in the world , with an area of . Kazakhstan is the dominant nation of Central Asia economically , generating 60 % of the region ' s GDP , primarily through its oil / gas industry . It also has vast mineral resources . Kazakhstan Academy of Sciences ( official name National Academy of Sciences of the ___MASK85___ of Kazakhstan ) was founded in 1946 as a state institution that joins active members ( academicians ), corresponding members , and leading scientists of Kazakhstan . The main activities of the Academy are scientific research , analysis and forecasting of the development of science , priorities of science development and scientific personnel training , support , formation , and coordination of scientific programs , promotion of international cooperation , innovation and investment in science - based development . Areas of research include earth sciences , mathematics , computer science , physics , remote sensing and space technologies , chemistry , new materials , biologically active substances , biochemistry and physiology of plants , botany , soil sciences , social sciences and humanities . The incumbent president ( 2008 ) is Professor Murat Zhurinov . The ___MASK72___ , abbreviated in English as CPSU , was the founding and ruling political party of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics ( USSR or Soviet Union ). The CPSU was the sole governing party of the Soviet Union until 1990 , when the Congress of People ' s Deputies modified the article of the constitution which granted the CPSU a monopoly over the political system . The party was founded in 1912 by the Bolsheviks ( the majority faction of the Russian Social Democratic Labour Party ), a revolutionary group led by Vladimir Lenin which seized power in the aftermath of the October Revolution of 1917 . The party was dissolved on 29 August 1991 on Soviet territory soon after a failed coup d ' état and was completely abolished on 6 November 1991 on Russian territory . Sháfik Chókinovich Chókin ( Kazakh :    ; Russian :          ) ( 1 October 1912 -- 4 July 2003 ) is the most recognized Kazakh scientist in the energy sector . He was a Doctor of Sciences , Professor , Founder of the Kazakh Scientific Research Institute of Power Engineering , Deputy of The Supreme Soviet of the USSR , associate of the chairman of Soviet of the ___MASK3___ chamber , and President of Kazakhstan Academy of Sciences . The Soviet of the ___MASK3___ (" Sovet Soyuza ") was one of the two chambers of the Supreme Soviet of the ___MASK3___ of Soviet Socialist Republics , elected on the basis of universal , equal and direct suffrage by secret ballot in accordance with the principles of Soviet democracy , and with the rule that there be one deputy for every 300 , 000 people . Until Glasnost and the 1989 elections however , only candidates approved by the ___MASK72___ were permitted to participate in the elections . As opposed to the Soviet of Nationalities , the Soviet of the ___MASK3___ represented the interests of all of the people of the Soviet ___MASK3___ no matter what their nationality was .