Search results

From Kazakhstan Encyclopedia

  • ...g government corruption, her life was threatened and her paper firebombed. In 2002, she was awarded a [[CPJ International Press Freedom Award]]. ...[Pravda]]''. Petrushov was known for his exposés of government corruption in [[Kazakhstan]], including a story which ended the career of Kazakh [[Politb
    8 KB (1,183 words) - 17:42, 26 April 2017
  • ...tions Online''. Retrieved on 2007-11-26.</ref> and founder of the [[Kazakh New Wave]] cinema movement.<ref>[http://ifn.org.uk/user.php?op=userinfo&uname=R ...ry in [[Valenciennes]], France. The film marked the end of both the Kazakh New Wave and Nugmanov's active directorial career,<ref>{{cite web
    6 KB (811 words) - 17:42, 26 April 2017
  • ...publisher= komunitetibektashi.org | url=http://www.komunitetibektashi.org/in.php?fq=brenda&gj=gj1&kid=1 ...arsi]]s)<ref name="www.iranicaonline.org">{{cite web|title=Nowruz observed in Indian subcontinent|url=http://www.iranicaonline.org/articles/nowruz-ii/|pu
    90 KB (12,776 words) - 17:42, 26 April 2017
  • ...' refers to the [[film industry]] based in [[Kazakhstan]]. [[Film|Cinema]] in Kazakhstan can be traced back to the early 20th century. Today, Kazakhstan ...a-mater for the most notable Kazakh filmmakers of the 1960s, known as "the new wave".<ref>{{cite web|author=Peter Lennon|url=https://www.theguardian.com/f
    17 KB (2,403 words) - 17:44, 26 April 2017
  • ...ost famous movie was ''[[Pirates of the 20th Century]]''. He also appeared in the following films: * 1984 — ''[[Lonely and Unarmed]]'' (Один и без оружия) as ''Khan'
    3 KB (376 words) - 17:45, 26 April 2017
  • ::'''[[General classification in the Vuelta a España|General classification]]''' ([[2006 Vuelta a España|2 ::[[Combination classification in the Vuelta a España|Combination classification]] (2006)
    70 KB (10,277 words) - 19:46, 27 April 2017
  • ...e [[1976 Winter Olympics]], playing as a [[Winger (ice hockey)|left wing]] in three matches and scoring two goals, and won a [[gold medal]] with the [[So ...ational ice hockey team|Team Kazakhstan]]. On 31 July 2002 Alexandrov died in a head-on collision with another car en route from [[Chelyabinsk]] to [[Mos
    9 KB (1,166 words) - 17:49, 26 April 2017
  • ...ferred to new ownership, headquartered in a new nation, it is considered a new team from 2007 onward. The team's manager for the 2007 season was former [[ ...oleni]] all either tested positive for doping or were otherwise implicated in scandals and fired from the team. [[José Antonio Redondo]] was also fired
    39 KB (5,840 words) - 19:46, 27 April 2017
  • ...]] team, they were automatically invited and obliged to attend every event in the [[2008 UCI ProTour|UCI ProTour]]. ...] and [[Levi Leipheimer]], who had finished first and third, respectively, in the [[2007 Tour de France]] for Discovery. Numerous riders also left the te
    55 KB (8,041 words) - 19:46, 27 April 2017
  • | image_caption = The Astana [[Volvo]] team car in 2009. ...ged to attend every [[UCI ProTour]] event, and were invited to every event in the inaugural [[UCI World Ranking|UCI World Calendar]] as well.
    67 KB (9,571 words) - 19:46, 27 April 2017
  • ...lls of the [[Kok Tobe]]; [[Abay Opera House]]; [[Golden Warrior Monument]] in the [[Republic Square, Almaty|Republic Square]]; Entrance gate to the Park |pushpin_map_caption = Location in Kazakhstan
    51 KB (7,152 words) - 20:00, 27 April 2017
  • ...Mongolian plateau]] in the 12th century CE. The name "Tatar" first appears in written form on the [[Kul Tigin]] monument as 𐱃𐱃𐰺 (''TaTaR''). His The [[Mongol Empire]], established under [[Genghis Khan]] in 1206, [[wikt:subjugation|subjugated]] the Tatars. Under the leadership of G
    39 KB (5,526 words) - 20:04, 27 April 2017
  • [[File:China-Xinjiang.png|thumb|200px|Xinjiang's location in the [[People's Republic of China]]]] ...ntier") when the region was reconquered by the Manchu-led [[Qing dynasty]] in 1759. Xinjiang is now a part of the [[People's Republic of China]], having
    347 KB (52,725 words) - 20:04, 27 April 2017
  • {{redirect|Ilchi|the villages in Iran|Ilkhchi (disambiguation)|other uses|Khotan (disambiguation)}} |official_name = <!-- Official name in English if different from 'name' -->
    37 KB (5,404 words) - 20:04, 27 April 2017
  • | movement = [[dissident movement in the Soviet Union]] ...d Judophobia Since Childhood] // [[Booknik]], 23 December 2012 (interview, in Russian)</ref>
    8 KB (1,072 words) - 20:05, 27 April 2017
  • ...the [[Fédération Internationale de Gymnastique|FIG]] in 2004–2005 and in effect since 2006. Her gymnastic appearances are remembered for "her strong ...in the secondary school for his small stature and retired from gymnastics in favor of boxing. Irina, whom Nellie Kim considered more talented than she h
    24 KB (3,214 words) - 20:05, 27 April 2017
  • ...im Jong-chul]] (born 25 September 1981)<br>[[Kim Jong-un]] (born 8 January 1984)<br>[[Kim Yo-jong]] (born 26 September 1987)<ref name=KJD8812/> ...the [[List of countries by number of troops|fourth-largest standing army]] in the world. Kim's leadership is thought to have been even more authoritarian
    89 KB (12,836 words) - 20:05, 27 April 2017
  • ...itation |publisher = Encyclopædia Britannica Co. |publication-place = New York |title = Encyclopædia Britannica |publication-date = 1910 |oclc = 14782424 * 1918 - Soviets in power; city becomes part of the [[Turkestan Autonomous Soviet Socialist Rep
    12 KB (1,400 words) - 20:10, 27 April 2017
  • == Career in Soviet Union == ...iplomatic Academy of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the USSR in Moscow in a training course for senior diplomats.
    8 KB (1,183 words) - 20:11, 27 April 2017
  • [[File:Alibek.jpg|thumb|320px|right|<center>'''Ken Alibek''' in 2003.]] ...[[microbiologist]] and [[biological warfare]] (BW) expert. He rose rapidly in the ranks of the [[Soviet Army]] to become the First Deputy Director of [[B
    23 KB (3,257 words) - 20:16, 27 April 2017
  • | designation1_free1value = [[List of World Heritage Sites in Asia|Asia-Pacific]] |piccap="Silk Road" in Traditional (top) and Simplified (bottom) Chinese characters
    111 KB (16,649 words) - 20:57, 27 April 2017
  • | death_date = {{death date and age|mf=yes|1984|1|18|1902|8|9|df=y}} ...a Soviet administrator in [[Belarus]] and then [[Kazakhstan]]. He was born in [[Krasnodar Krai]], Russia.
    7 KB (821 words) - 20:58, 27 April 2017
  • |caption=Brezhnev in [[East Berlin]] in 1967 ...beginning of [[Era of Stagnation|an era of economic and social stagnation in the Soviet Union]].
    92 KB (13,313 words) - 20:58, 27 April 2017
  • .... It is recognisable by its pronounced knob atop the beak, which is larger in males. ...–49 |isbn=3-490-12518-5}}</ref> Both ''cygnus'' and ''olor'' mean "swan" in [[Latin]]; ''cygnus'' is a variant form of ''cycnus'', a borrowing from [[G
    31 KB (4,836 words) - 21:00, 27 April 2017
  • [[Image:Scythia-Parthia 100 BC.png|thumb|300px|Scythia and Parthia in about 170 BC (before the [[Yuezhi]] invaded Bactria).]] ...in]] and [[Taklamakan desert]] region of [[Northwest China]], they settled in [[Kingdom of Khotan|Khotan]] and [[Kashgar]] which were at various times [[
    49 KB (7,443 words) - 22:30, 27 April 2017
  • ...|year=1997|publisher=[[Eisenbrauns]]|isbn=978-1-57506-020-0|page=284|quote=In the Middle Persian period (Parthian and Sasanian Empires), Aramaic was the ...an language|Parthian]] (administration, until the late 3rd-century) spoken in the north and east, and by the [[seven Parthian clans]]){{sfn|Daryaee|2008|
    153 KB (23,195 words) - 22:30, 27 April 2017
  • ...up of mass [[Religious conversion|proselytes]] to [[Judaism]] has resulted in many works of speculative fiction dealing with the Khazars, their dealings ===The Kuzari: In Defense of the Despised Faith AD 1140===
    14 KB (2,082 words) - 22:30, 27 April 2017
  • ...es such as the [[Khazar Correspondence]], according to which at some point in the 8th–9th centuries, the ruling elite of the Khazars was said by [[Juda ...ate it.<ref name=rubin /> Despite skepticism, he reformulated the concept in 2016 by developing a novel method of genetic analysis that uses the fringe
    84 KB (11,940 words) - 22:30, 27 April 2017
  • ...72|pp=25–71|}}. This figure has been calculated on the basis of the data in both Herlihy and Russell's work.</ref> ...</ref>/Gasani}}<ref>{{harvnb|Golden|2001a|p=33}}.'Somewhat later, however, in a letter to the Byzantine Emperor Basil I, dated to 871, Louis the German,
    176 KB (25,696 words) - 22:30, 27 April 2017
  • ...an]]: ''Найман/Naiman, "eight"'') is the name of a tribe originating in [[Mongolia]]. ...in-law, and after he usurped the throne, he began to persecute [[Muslims]] in the [[Hami Oases]]. But his action was opposed by local people and he was l
    13 KB (2,109 words) - 22:30, 27 April 2017
  • She became in 1992 the fourth women ambassador among 176 member states of the United Nati ...Arystanbekova also holds a Doctorate degree in world history and is fluent in English and French.
    5 KB (741 words) - 22:30, 27 April 2017
  • |caption =Participation in the Chemical Weapons Convention |location_signed = Paris and New York<ref name=untc/>
    42 KB (5,610 words) - 22:36, 27 April 2017

View (previous 50 | next 50) (20 | 50 | 100 | 250 | 500)