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  • ...reign policy of the state and represents Kazakhstan within the country and in international relations. The President is the symbol and guarantor of the u ...the Majilis deputies is five years. Currently three parties are presented in the Mazhilis – “Nur Otan” People's Democratic Party, “Ak zhol” De
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  • ...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
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  • ...kz</ref> it has a territory of 2,727,300&nbsp;km² (greater than [[Western Europe]]). It is bordered by [[Russia]], [[Kyrgyzstan]], [[Turkmenistan]], [[Uzbek ...khstan has the [[List of countries by population|62nd largest]] population in the world, with a [[List of countries by population density|population dens
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  • | 20.61% [[Russians in Kazakhstan|Russian]] |time_zone = [[Time in Kazakhstan|West{{\}}East]]
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  • ...milar to ''[[kefir]]'', but is produced from a liquid [[starter culture]], in contrast to the solid ''kefir'' "grains". Because mare's milk contains more .... Before [[fermentation (food)|fermentation]], the cow's milk is fortified in one of several ways. [[Sucrose]] may be added to allow a comparable ferment
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  • ...caviar comes from the critically endangered [[beluga sturgeon]] that swims in the Caspian Sea]] ...od or have the consistency of fresh caviar, and caviar lovers avoid it." ( in Judith C. Sutton, ''Champagne & Caviar & Other Delicacies'', New York, Blac
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  • ...cularly in combination with [[hammer and sickle]]. It has been widely used in [[flag]]s, [[Nation state|state]] [[emblem]]s, [[monument]]s, [[Ornament (a ...ommunism: the [[youth]], the military, the [[industrial labour]]ers, the [[agriculture|agricultural]] workers or [[peasant]]ry and the [[intelligentsia]].
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  • ...all percentage of land is used for crops, with the percentage being higher in the north of the country. 70% of the agricultural land is permanent pasture ...ra. This continues to affect production today. [[Kazakh wine]] is produced in the mountains east of Almaty.
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  • .../en.rian.ru/world/20061010/54690269.html Kazakh minister reports new cases in HIV transfusion scandal] RIA NOVOSTI</ref> ...ys through the (official) blood center. People trade in blood like they do in human organs."<ref name=BLOODTRADE/>
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  • ...3970.htm | title=Kazakhstan becoming pillar of energy security in Asia and Europe | publisher=Alexander's Gas & Oil Connections | date=13 September 2006 | ac ...ions trading|emissions system]] to cap emissions from its biggest emitters in the energy, coal, oil and gas extraction sectors.<ref name=EBRD>{{cite web|
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  • ...ans from the Volga region at a refugee camp in [[Schneidemühl]], Germany, in 1920]] ...cs, [[Moravian Church|Moravians]], and [[Russian Mennonite|Mennonites]]). In the 19th and early 20th centuries, many Volga Germans emigrated to [[Kansas
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  • ...s a related ethnic group also called ''Gagavuz'' (or ''[[Gajal]]'') living in the European part of northwestern [[Turkey]]. ...ic group)|Macedonians]], [[Serbs]] and other Balkan populations, resulting in a high genetic distance from the [[Turkish people]] and other [[Turkic peop
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  • ...cessdate=2014-02-04}}</ref> to 2 million<ref>http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-27599836</ref> ...902,0.html |title=Continuing Human Rights Abuses Force Chechens to Flee to Europe |publisher=Refworld |date= |accessdate=2014-02-04}}</ref><br>25,000<ref nam
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  • [[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
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  • ...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 ...economic reforms, including the opening of the [[Kaesong Industrial Park]] in 2003.
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  • |sectors = agriculture: 4.8%; industry: 35.3%; services: 59.9% (2015 est.)<ref name="The World Fac |occupations = agriculture: 25.8%; industry: 11.9%; services: 62.3% (2012 est.)
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  • ...n/|accessdate=5 August 2015|publisher=Russia Today}}</ref> It participated in the EAEU from the day of its establishment as an acceding state.<ref name=F ...Minister Vladimir Putin "A new integration project for Eurasia: The future in the making"|url=http://www.russianmission.eu/en/news/article-prime-minister
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  • {{For|transport in the Soviet Union|Transport in the Soviet Union}} ...emote from world markets. Therefore, the need for efficient transportation in Kazakhstan is great.
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  • ...]] in north-western [[Kazakhstan]]. It is the seat of [[Akzhaik District]] in [[West Kazakhstan Region]]. Population: {{Kz-census2009|8,476|punct=;}} {{K ...f the [[Russian Civil War]] (1919). A museum was established in his memory in 1927.
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  • '''[[Kazakhstan]]''' is located in [[Central Asia]] and [[Eastern Europe]] at {{Coord|48|68|type:country_region:KZ|display=inline, title}}. With an [[Image:Astana-steppe-7748.jpg|thumb|left|In the [[steppe]]s of Central Asia ([[Aqmola Province]])]]
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  • |pushpin_map_caption =Location in Kazakhstan ...and '''Fort-Perovsky''' (Russian: Форт-Перовский), is a city in south central [[Kazakhstan]], capital of [[Kyzylorda Region]] and former ca
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  • ...s conventionally considered part of the boundary between the continents of Europe and Asia. The Ural River arises near Mount Kruglaya in the Ural Mountains, flows south parallel and west of the north-flowing [[To
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  • | header = Ural regions in [[Russia]] ...its western [[Volga]] and eastern [[Siberia]] neighbor regions. At points in time, parts of the Urals were considered a gateway to Siberia, if not Siber
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  • ...rsal''' was an ambitious project to divert the flow of the Northern rivers in the [[Soviet Union]], which "uselessly" drain into the [[Arctic Ocean]], so ...the 1960s through the early 1980s. The controversial project was abandoned in 1986, primarily for environmental reasons, without much actual construction
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  • ...is in an [[endorheic basin]] (a basin without outflows) located between [[Europe]] and [[Asia]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Caspian Sea|url=http://www.sheppardsof ...ains]] and to the west of the vast steppe of [[Central Asia]]. The sea bed in the southern part reaches as low as 1023 m below sea level, which is the se
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  • |caption=The Aral Sea in 1989 (left) and 2014 (right) ...f 1853 published for the ''Journal of the [[Royal Geographical Society]]'' in London]]
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  • |office1 = Minister of Agriculture of the Republic of Kazakhstan |office2 = Minister of Agriculture of the Republic of Kazakhstan
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  • |caption=Brezhnev in [[East Berlin]] in 1967 ...beginning of [[Era of Stagnation|an era of economic and social stagnation in the Soviet Union]].
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  • ...sea, and desertification of former agricultural land. These issues are due in large part to Kazakhstan's years under the [[Soviet Union]]. ...oactive contamination]] at the [[Semipalatinsk]] nuclear testing facility (in fact a large zone south of [[Kourchatov]] ([[Курчатов]])) and along
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  • The '''great jerboa''' (''Allactaga major'') is a species of [[rodent]] in the family [[Dipodidae]]. ...ussia]], [[Turkmenistan]], [[Ukraine]] and [[Uzbekistan]]. It mainly lives in deserts.
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  • ...'' and '''European ground cherry''', but is not to be confused with plants in the distinct "Groundcherry" genus of ''[[Physalis]]''. ...nformation Network (GRIN) Taxonomy for Plants | author=U. S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) | url=http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxon.pl?29899 }}</r
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  • ...ref name=trop>&nbsp;''Allium senescens'' was first described and published in ''[[Species Plantarum]]'' 1: 299-300. 1753. {{ cite web |url=http://tropico ...|GRIN]] |work=Taxonomy for Plants |publisher=[[United States Department of Agriculture|USDA]], [[Agricultural Research Service|ARS]], National Genetic Resources P
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  • ...ory in Canada except the [[Northwest Territories]], as well as every state in the northern half of the US, including [[Alaska]], plus [[New Mexico]] and ...e stem) hairs. Leaves are broad, up to 35 mm long. Flowers occur singly or in groups of 2-5. Petals are white, up to 6 mm long, generally twice as long a
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  • ...ia]] from [[Turkey]] to [[Iran]] to [[Kazakhstan]]. It is also naturalized in parts of the [[United States]] (south-central and eastern parts from [[Texa *[http://plants.usda.gov/core/profile?symbol=CRPE10 US Department of Agriculture plants profile, ]
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  • ...erennial plant|perennial]], with a wide distribution, ranging from eastern Europe to Central Asia. It has grass-like leaves, thick stem and violet or bluish ...ery similar to ''[[Iris uniflora]]''.<ref name=efloras/> The other species in the ''Iris series Ruthenicae''. It can be variable with its leaf length and
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  • ...t]] and China. It has long thin grey green leaves, long stems and 1 flower in pale violet, blue violet, lavender or light blue. ...ght to be a form of ''[[Iris tenuifolia]]''.<ref name=cassidy/> Especially in China.<ref name=efloras/>
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  • ...(plant)|Iris]]'', in the subgenus ''[[Iris subg. Limniris|Limniris]]'' and in the ''[[Iris series Tenuifoliae|Tenuifoliae series]]'' of the species. It i ...[[Uzbekistan]]. It has long strap-like leaves, a long stem and 2-3 flowers in shades of violet, dark blue, to lavender blue.
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  • ...mental plant in [[temperateness|temperate]] regions and hybridized for use in the garden. It has several [[subspecies]]; ''[[Iris spuria subsp. carthalin ...er= botany.cz |accessdate=27 February 2015}}</ref> that is about 2&nbsp;cm in diameter,<ref name=isles>A. R. Clapham, T. G. Tutin and D. M. Moore {{Googl
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  • ...)|Iris]]'', it is also in the subgenus of ''[[Iris subg. Iris|Iris]]'' and in the ''Hexapogon'' section. It is a [[rhizomatous]] [[perennial plant|perenn It is cultivated as an ornamental plant in [[temperateness|temperate]] regions
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  • ...llow flowers with an orange beard. It is cultivated as an ornamental plant in [[temperateness|temperate]] regions. ...nym or as a subspecies,it is a yellow dwarf iris only from central Europe. In some sources it is still listed as a subspecies of ''Iris humilis''.
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  • ...lilac, lavender, or light purple. It is cultivated as an ornamental plant in [[temperateness|temperate]] regions. ...This form separates them from ''[[Iris potaninii]]''.<ref name=handbook/> In mild temperate areas, they are evergreen (lasting through the winter).<ref
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  • ...temperateness|temperate]] regions. It was merged with another similar iris in the region, and ''[[Iris glaucescens]]'' became a synonym of ''Iris scarios It is similar in form to ''[[Iris pumila]]''.<ref name=onego>{{cite web |title=Bearded Irise
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  • ...through many territorial divisions before the current borders were created in the 1920s and 1930s. [[File:SovietCentralAsia1922.svg|right|250px|thumb|Map of Soviet Central Asia in 1922 with the Turkestan ASSR and the Kyrgyz ASSR]]
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  • ...y all of [[Asia]] (as well as [[Mongol invasion of Europe|parts of Eastern Europe]]) save for [[Japan]], the [[Mamluk Sultanate (Cairo)|Mamluk Sultanate of E ...ess than a year later, when a Mongol caravan and its envoys were massacred in the Khwarezmian city of [[Otrar]].
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  • ...right|300px|alt=World map, with Kazakhstan in green|Location of Kazakhstan in [[Central Asia]]]] ...stan. Modern ''[[Homo sapiens]]'' appeared from 40,000 to 12,000 years ago in southern, central, and eastern Kazakhstan. After the end of the [[last glac
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  • ...|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|
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  • ...72|pp=25–71|}}. This figure has been calculated on the basis of the data in both Herlihy and Russell's work.</ref> ...h|2007|p=25}}.</ref> Astride a major artery of commerce between [[northern Europe]] and [[southwestern Asia]], Khazaria became one of the foremost trading em
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  • ...ve power]] is exercised by the government. [[Legislative power]] is vested in both the [[Forms of government|government]] and the two chambers of parliam ...isters in the Cabinet. [[Bakhytzhan Sagintayev]] became the Prime Minister in September 2016.
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  • ...1/09/18/15542.html Kazakhstan, Russia ready for close cooperation with USA in combating extremism] Pravda</ref> ...bassador to the United States in July 2007. The Ambassador has been quoted in the past as being opposed to the film ''[[Borat]]'', but has seemed to take
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  • ...peaker of the [[Senate of Kazakhstan|Senate]], the second highest position in the [[Government of Kazakhstan]], from 1 December to 2004.<ref name=RESIGNA ...as speaker. This diminishes the authority and respect of the whole Senate in front of ordinary citizens. That is the image society sees of the Senate it
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