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• Baikonur Cosmodrome
  ...Gagarin's Start]]" [[Soyuz (rocket family)|Soyuz]] [[launch pad]] prior to the rollout of [[Soyuz TMA-13]], 10 October 2008 ...he spaceport is managed jointly by the [[Roscosmos State Corporation]] and the [[Russian Aerospace Forces]].
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• Kazakhstan
  {{For|the Kazakh television station of the same name|Kazakhstan (channel)}} ...sruptive and POV issues. Feel free to reduce, but I don't see an end, thus the long term protection.|small=yes}}
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• Almagul Menlibayeva
  ...Her art's main themes usually revolve around social and ecological issues in Central Asia.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=http://v13.videonale.org/en/arti ...Fine Arts|MFA]] degree from Academy of Art and Theatre, Almaty, Kazakhstan in 1992.<ref name="almagulmenlibayeva.com"/><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://sites.
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• Kumis
  ...y made from [[mare's milk]]. The drink remains important to the peoples of the [[Central Asia]]n [[steppe]]s, of Huno-Bulgar, [[Turkic peoples|Turkic]] an ...fir]]'', but is produced from a liquid [[starter culture]], in contrast to the solid ''kefir'' "grains". Because mare's milk contains more sugars than [[c
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• Internet in Kazakhstan
  ...of 62.2 percent.<ref>{{cite web|title= About 10 million are Internet users in Kazakhstan |url=http://www.inform.kz/rus/article/2614489 |website=www.infor ...proximately 100 second-tier ISPs that are purchasing Internet traffic from the first-tier ISPs.
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• Timur Kulibayev
  |children = son Altay (1990), daughters Deniza (2004) and Alishya (2010). ...00809041004DOWJONESDJONLINE000634_FORTUNE5.htm Kashagan First Oil Now Seen In 2014] CNN Money</ref>
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• Hinduism in Kazakhstan
  [[Hindus]] in [[Kazakhstan]] are mainly of the [[ISKCON]] sect and by expatriate Hindus from India. The Indian community in Central Asia, which comprises Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan, numb
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• Bahá'í Faith in Kazakhstan
  ...s community after Islam and Christianity, although only a minor percent of the national whole.<ref name="census">{{cite web |title=Religious Groups in Kazakhstan
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• Robert S. Wistrich
  .... According to [[Indiana University]], Wistrich was "a leading scholar of the [[history of antisemitism]]."<ref> ...0 [http://newswise.com/articles/indiana-university-to-launch-institute-for-the-study-of-contemporary-antisemitism]</ref>
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• Balkhashtsvetmet
  ...ang = <!-- Use ISO 639-1 code, e.g. "fr" for French. For multiple names in different languages, use {{lang|[code]|[name]}}. --> ...terprise)|combine]] located on the northern coast of the [[Lake Balkhash]] in [[Balkhash (city)|Balkhash]], [[Kazakhstan]].
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• Kazatomprom
  ...ion processes in the Republic of Kazakhstan, exchange losses were added to the currency portfolio ...und "[[Samruk-Kazyna]]". Since 2010, Kazatomprom has been the world leader in natural [[uranium]] production.
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• Kashagan Field
  ...red the world's largest discovery in the last 30&nbsp;years, combined with the [[Tengiz Field]].<ref name=johnston> ...drogen sulfide]], together with mismanagement and disputes, make it one of the most challenging [[oil megaprojects]].<ref name=ft261112>
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• Tengiz Field
  | location_map_text = Location of the Tengiz Field on the coast of Caspian Sea ...hwestern [[Kazakhstan]]'s low-lying wetlands along the northeast shores of the [[Caspian Sea]]. It covers a {{convert|2500|km2|mi2|abbr=on}} project licen
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• Almaty Management University
  ...адемия бизнеса, МАБ}}) is a higher educational institution in [[Almaty]], Kazakhstan, providing preparation of specialists of economic fi ...hool of Managers, in 1996 it became the International Academy of Business. In 2014 it adopted its current name.
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• Oralman
  ...07-09-19 |periodical= Eurasianet.org}}</ref> ''Oralman'' usually come from the neighbouring countries of [[China]], [[Mongolia]], [[Uzbekistan]], [[Russia ...003-09-03|accessdate=2010-06-08|title=Special report on ethnic Kazakhs and the struggle to return - Continued|url=http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?repo
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• History of Xinjiang
  [[File:Xinjiang Space View.jpg|thumb|400px|A satellite view of the Xinjiang region]] [[File:China-Xinjiang.png|thumb|200px|Xinjiang's location in the [[People's Republic of China]]]]
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• Economic Cooperation Organization
  |map_caption = Member states of the ECO ...= "Sustainable socioeconomic development for the people of the region"
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• Mineral industry of Kazakhstan
  ...l investment and 64.5% of direct foreign investment, of which 63.5% was in the oil sector.<ref name="usgs" /> Kazakhstan's mining industry is estimated at ==Environment==
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• Economy of Kazakhstan
  ...ov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/kz.html#up|title=The World Factbook|work=cia.gov}}</ref> ...)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://data.worldbank.org/country/kazakhstan#up|title=The World Bank}}</ref>
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• Eurasian Economic Union
  |linking_name = the Eurasian Union |image_flag = Flag of the Eurasian Economic Union.svg
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• Waste management in Kazakhstan
  == Main waste management sectors in [[Kazakhstan]] == ...d in [[Karaganda Region|Karaganda region]] - more than 8.5 billion tons by the end of 2012.
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• Ryn Desert
  ...ures can reach extreme highs of {{convert|45|to|48|°C}} during summer and in winter it can drop to a low of {{convert|-28|to|-36|°C}}. ...opulation density is between 1 and 15 people per square mile. The Ryn lies in a semi-arid climate zone, and receives very little rainfall.
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• Aralkum Desert
  |image_caption = Aralkum with the remaining areas of the Aral Sea in 2014 |map_caption = Animated map of the shrinking of the Aral Sea, and growing Aralkum
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• Nurlan Nigmatulin
  ...airman of the [[Mazhilis]] of the [[Parliament of Kazakhstan|Parliament of the Republic of Kazakhstan]] |office2=Head of the Executive Office of the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan
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• Ural Mountains
  {{About|the land formation|other uses|Ural (disambiguation)}} |name=The Ural Mountains
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• Dzungaria
  ...ite book|author=David Brophy|title=Uyghur Nation: Reform and Revolution on the Russia-China Frontier|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=84bPCwAAQBAJ&pg ...state led by the native [[Oirats]] in the 18th century which was based in the area.
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• Ukok Plateau
  [[Image:Mummy of the Ukok Princess.jpg|thumb|200px|Mummy of the [[Siberian Ice Maiden]]]] ....pacificenvironment.org/article.php?list=type&type=83 |title=Altai: Saving the Pearl of Siberia
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• Lake Balkhash
  |caption_bathymetry = Map of the Lake Balkhash drainage basin ...precipitation (meteorology)|precipitation]], largely vernal snowmelt, from the mountains of China's [[Xinjiang]] region.
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• Caspian Sea
  ...captured by the [[Moderate-Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer|MODIS]] on the orbiting [[Terra (satellite)|Terra satellite]], June 2003 |islands = [[:Category:Islands of the Caspian Sea|26+]]
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• Aral Sea
  |caption=The Aral Sea in 1989 (left) and 2014 (right) |inflow = North: [[Syr Darya]]<br>South: [[groundwater]] only<br>(previously the [[Amu Darya]])
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• Public health problems in the Aral Sea region
  ...P. P. (1988). Disiccation of the Aral Sea: A Water Management Disaster in the Soviet Union. Science. 241(4870), 1172 & 1175.</ref> ...t extent of these problems can be sourced to this environmental situation. The full effects could take a generation to fully materialize and patterns of h
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• Macroolithus
  ...of blue-green pigmentation in its shell, which may have helped camouflage the nests. ...olithus''-like eggs preserved within an oviraptorid's pelvis) confirm that the parent of ''Macroolithus'' was an oviraptorid.
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• Eurasian Land Bridge
  ...rskii-25.jpg|300px|thumb|right|Railway bridge on the Trans-Siberian across the [[Kama River]] near [[Perm]]]] ...hina and [[Kazakhstan]]. As of November 2007, about 1% of the $600 billion in goods shipped from Asia to Europe each year were delivered by inland transp
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• Semipalatinsk Test Site
  |caption=[[Joe 1|Operation First Lightning]], the first Soviet [[atomic test]] ...]], as well as [[Karagandy]], and [[Astana]]. The site comprised an area [[the size of Wales]]
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• Anti-nuclear movement in Kazakhstan
  ...esting |author=Togzhan Kassenova |date=28 September 2009 |work=Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists }}</ref>]] ...Desert Experience|similar movements]] in the United States aiming to close the [[Nevada Test Site]].<ref>King, Hannah. [http://nvdatabase.swarthmore.edu/c
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• Mute swan
  .... It is recognisable by its pronounced knob atop the beak, which is larger in males. ...[[Greek language|Greek]] {{lang|grc|κύκνος}} ''kyknos'', a word of the same meaning.<ref>{{L&S|cycnus1|cycnus}}, {{L&S|olor1|olor|ref}}</ref><ref
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• Snakehead (fish)
  ...wissen, J. G. M. (2008): Eocene actinopterygian fishes from Pakistan, with the description of a new genus and species of channid (channiformes). ''Journa The '''snakeheads''' are members of the [[fresh water|freshwater]] [[perciform]] [[fish]] family '''Channidae''', n
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• Eurasian harvest mouse
  ...5=Meinig, H.|author6=Henttonen, H. | title=''Micromys minutus''| journal = The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species| volume= 2008|publisher = [[IUCN]] | ye ...fully woven from [[grass]] and attached to [[Plant stem|stems]] well above the ground.
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• Caspian seal
  ...lga]] and [[Ural River|Ural]] Rivers, as well as the southern latitudes of the Caspian where cooler waters can be found due to greater depth. ...during an earlier part of the [[Quaternary]] period and became isolated in the landlocked Caspian Sea when continental ice sheets melted.
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• Saiga antelope
  {{redirect|Saiga|the shotgun named after the antelope|Saiga-12|the rifle|Saiga semi-automatic rifle}} | image = The book of antelopes (1894) Saiga tatarica.png
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• Mongolian wild ass
  {{distinguish2|other subspecies / ecotypes of Asiatic Wild asses like the Persian onager, Indian khur, or Turkmen kulan}} | image_caption = Mongolian wild asses in the [[Gobi Desert]], [[Mongolia]].
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• Bactrian camel
  | image_caption = A Bactrian camel in the [[Shanghai Zoo]] ...for why this species is critically endangered</ref> Their name comes from the ancient historical region of [[Bactria]].<ref name="netindustries">{{cite w
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• Khazar hypothesis of Ashkenazi ancestry
  ...] remains uncertain: the evidence used to tie the Ashkenazi communities to the Khazars is exiguous and subject to conflicting interpretations.<ref name=Ad ...etmag.com/jewish-arts-and-culture/books/176580/yiddishland 'The Mystery of the Origins of Yiddish Will Never Be Solved,'] [[Tablet (magazine)|Tablet]] 23
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• Khazars
  |image_p2 = <span style="margin-left: 3px;>[[File:The Monogram of Kubrat.png|26px|link=Old Great Bulgaria]]</span> ...72|pp=25–71|}}. This figure has been calculated on the basis of the data in both Herlihy and Russell's work.</ref>
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• Kyoto Protocol
  {{About|the international treaty|the rock band|Kyoto Protocol (band)}} | long_name = Kyoto Protocol to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
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• Foreign relations of Kazakhstan
  ...Kazakhstan's foreign policy.<ref name="ed">{{cite web|title=New tasks from the President on facilitating economic diplomacy|url=http://www.kazakhembus.com ...p://www.turkishweekly.net/columnist/3861/-strategy-kazakhstan-for-2020-and-the-ukraine-crisis.html|publisher=Turkish Weekly}}</ref>
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• Conference on Interaction and Confidence-Building Measures in Asia
  |name = Conference on Interaction and Confidence-Building Measures in Asia (CICA) ...king_name = the Conference on Interaction and Confidence-Building Measures in Asia
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