Special forces of Kazakhstan

[2] To form the front-line reconnaissance unit of the Central Asian Military District, the General Staff on March 10, 1976 directed the formation of the 22nd Separate Special-Purpose Brigade, deployed in the city of Kapchagay.

Its area of operations include the capital of Nur-Sultan, Almaty (the largest city), and Aktau (to ensure safety in the oil-producing fields).

It was established on March 6, 1992, when President Nursultan Nazarbayev signed a decree on their creation on the basis of a separate brigade of operational designation of the Internal Troops deployed in the village of Kaskelen district of Almaty region.

[10] The Republican Guard was established in March 1992, when President Nazarbayev signed a decree on their creation on the basis of a unit of the Internal Troops deployed in the village of Ak Zhar in Kaskelen.

[14] The Separate Brigade of Special Operations named after the Supreme Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of the Republic of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev (Russian: Отдельной бригады специальных операций имени Верховного Главнокомандующего ВС РК Нурсултана Назарбаева) was a conceptual unit of the armed forces proposed by Lieutenant Colonel Murat Mukhamedzhanov.

[15] In November 2015, the government considered initiating the creation of an elite military unit under the leadership of Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev to "confront an external or internal threat.