In 1930, the Kazakh Agricultural Institute (KazAI) was founded in Alma-Ata. Initially, the institute had 2 faculties (grain and industrial crops), 11 departments, where 131 students studied, and 42 teachers worked.[1] The first graduation took place in 1933 where 78 people received higher education (including 20 Kazakhs), of whom 51 are agronomists and 27 are fruit growers.[2]