The Nevada-Semipalatinsk Movement, the first anti-nuclear protest movement in the USSR, was founded in 1989. This movement was spearheaded by the author and masterful orator, Olzhas Suleimenov.
Its primary objective was to voice opposition against the extensive Soviet nuclear testing that had been ongoing in Kazakhstan since 1949.
Ultimately, the Nevada-Semipalatinsk Movement not only emerged as the most significant public movement in the history of Kazakhstan but also garnered recognition as the world’s largest anti-nuclear movement. The name “Nevada-Semipalatinsk” suggests a global anti-nuclear consciousness, an absolute rejection of all forms of nuclear weapons.
