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  • ...stly with the plucked Dombyra of the Kazakhs and [[Komuz]] of the Kyrgyzs. In the 20th century, Kazakh Soviet musicians experimented with chorus performa ==Kui in Kazakh culture performed with dombyra==
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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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  • | image = [[File:Borat in Cologne.jpg|250px]] ...on Cohen as Borat Sagdiyev at the [[Germany|German]] premiere of ''Borat'' in 2006
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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 ...ion|Communist Party]], along with, for example, the [[hammer and sickle]]. In Soviet heraldry, the red star symbolized the [[Red Army]] and the military
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  • ...stan.jpg|thumb|[[Kazakh cuisine|Kazakh food]] preparation began to develop in the 13th century]] ...ak.jpg|thumb|This 19th-century '''Star Kazak''' carpet sold for US$188,000 in 1999]]
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  • ...ndependent countries, which had formerly been the main branches of Gosbank in the republics. ...consensus in respect to monetary and fiscal targets, a common institution in charge of implementing these targets, and some minimum of common legislatio
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  • ...e 1800s|Muslims in China that are sometimes still referred to by this name in Central Asian languages|Hui people}} |image = [[File:Dungan-Girls.JPG|250px]]<br/>Dungan girls in [[Shor-Tyube]], Kazakhstan
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  • ...blast ([[Karaganda Region]]) of [[Kazakhstan]]. The park headquarters are in the city of [[Karkaraly]], 244&nbsp;km east of [[Karaganda]]. ...left|Lake Baceen]]On March 1, 1884, the Karkaraly Forest was established. In 1889, construction began on many of the parks cordons: Bedaik, Koktube, Ayu
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  • ...r|1913|13 December}}, Petropavlovsk, [[Russian Empire]], now [[Petropavl]] in [[Kazakhstan]]<ref name=fv>{{cite book|year=2013|author=Boris Gorelik|title ...ldwide in huge numbers. According to his biographer Boris Gorelik, writing in ''Incredible Tretchikoff'',<ref>http://www.artbookspublishing.co.uk/incredi
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  • [[File:MSU V1 - Alces alces pack animals 2.png|thumb|Moose kept as pack animals, Pechora-Ilych Nature Reserve, December 1952]] ...оведник}}, ''Pechoro-Ilychsky zapovednik'') is a [[nature reserve]] in the [[Komi Republic]], [[Russia]]. It currently occupies 7,213 square kilom
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  • ...Xiao'erjing]]: اَعَرتَىْ شًامَىْ) are a [[mountain range]] in [[Central Asia|Central]] and [[East Asia]], where [[Russia]], [[China]], [[ ...nese name, derived from the Mongol name ({{zh|c=金山|l=Gold Mountain}}). In [[Turkic languages|Turkic]] languages ''altin'' means gold and ''dag'' mean
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  • ..., a state led by the native [[Oirats]] in the 18th century which was based in the area. ...es to attract intraprovincial and interprovincial migration to its cities. In comparison to southern Xinjiang (''Nanjiang'', or the Tarim Basin), Dzungar
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  • ...]] (closed) basin shared by Kazakhstan and [[China]], with a small portion in [[Kyrgyzstan]]. The basin drains into the lake via seven rivers, the primar ...)|Balkhash]] and has about 66,000 inhabitants. Major industrial activities in the area include mining, ore processing and fishing.
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  • ...centric rings of paired eggs. There is evidence of blue-green pigmentation in its shell, which may have helped camouflage the nests. ...interpretations are merely based on artifacts of erosion and redeposition in the early [[Paleogene]].
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  • | designation1_free1value = [[List of World Heritage Sites in Asia|Asia-Pacific]] |piccap="Silk Road" in Traditional (top) and Simplified (bottom) Chinese characters
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  • .... 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
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  • |''Agrionemys horsfieldii baluchiorum'' <small>Artner, 2003</small> ...ic name]], ''horsfieldii'', and the common name "Horsfield's tortoise" are in honor of the [[Americans|American]] [[Natural history|naturalist]] [[Thomas
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  • | range_map_caption = Range of ''V.&nbsp;murinus'' in Eurasia ...use''' (''Vespertilio murinus'') is a species of [[vesper bat]] that lives in [[temperate]] [[Eurasia]].
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  • ...reas and is around {{Convert|100|mm|in}} in length. The bank vole is found in western Europe and northern Asia. It is native to Great Britain but not to ...and low branches of trees although not as versatile as a mouse. It breeds in shallow burrows, the female rearing about four litters of pups during the s
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  • | image_caption = Mountain hare in its summer pelage ...epending on biographic region and season.<ref>Rehnus, M.: ''Der Schneehase in den Alpen. Ein Überlebenskünstler mit ungewisser Zukunft'', Haupt Verlag,
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  • ...18th century. The Mongolian subspecies (''S. t. mongolica'') is found only in western Mongolia.<ref>{{cite web|title=Saiga/mongolian Saiga (''Saiga tatar ...relationship between the two, till [[phylogenetics|phylogenetic]] studies in the 1990s revealed that though morphologically similar, the Tibetan antelop
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  • | image_caption = Mongolian wild asses in the [[Gobi Desert]], [[Mongolia]]. ...tion estimates are ~42,000 individuals for Mongolia and ~5,000 individuals in Northern China.
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  • ...rusik|Marusik]], [[Galina Azarkina|Azarkina]] & [[Seppo Koponen|Koponen]], 2003 ...is a species of [[wolf spider]] only known from the Kurchum Mountain Range in eastern [[Kazakhstan]].
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  • ...rusik|Marusik]], [[Galina Azarkina|Azarkina]] & [[Seppo Koponen|Koponen]], 2003 ...ent of this species should become clearer once the male has been found and described.
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  • | image_caption = A Bactrian camel in the [[Shanghai Zoo]] ...side has only one hump.</ref> Its population of two million exists mainly in the [[Domestication|domesticated]] form.<ref name=EDGE>{{cite web| url= htt
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  • {{For|the Village Development Committee in Nepal|Argali, Palpa}} ...t-antelope or sheep]], with reported tail lengths of {{convert|9.5|-|17|cm|in|abbr=on}}.
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  • | image_caption = Eurasian wolf at Polar Zoo in Bardu, Norway ...nd [[Thracians|Thracian]] cultures, whilst having an ambivalent reputation in early [[Germanic mythology|Germanic]] cultures.<ref name="boitani2005"/>
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  • ...rusik|Marusik]], [[Galina Azarkina|Azarkina]] & [[Seppo Koponen|Koponen]], 2003 ...' is a species of [[wolf spider]] only known from the Katun Mountain Range in the southwestern [[Altai Mountains]] of [[Russia]] and [[Kazakhstan]].
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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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  • ...mi-[[Eurasian nomads|nomadic]] [[Eurasian Steppe|steppe]] people mentioned in [[China|Chinese]] records from the 2nd century BC to the 5th century AD. ...re last mentioned by the Chinese as having settled the [[Pamir Mountains]] in the 5th century AD. They possibly became subsumed into the later [[Hephthal
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  • [[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 [[
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  • ...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===
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