Border Guards' Day in Kazakhstan
August 18 · Level 10 · #132 of 2238
Border Guards' Day in Kazakhstan honours the personnel who protect the country's borders. Serving guards and veterans share the recognition with families whose lives are often shaped by postings far from major cities.
How it is celebrated: units hold ceremonial assemblies, present awards and arrange meetings with veterans. Flowers are laid in remembrance of colleagues who died in service.
Although Kazakhstan has no access to the world's oceans, its border service includes maritime units. They operate on the Caspian Sea, the largest enclosed inland body of water on Earth.