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  • ...becoming a platoon commander in the [[Turkestan Military District|Central Asian Military District]]'s 315th Regiment. He remained in the military for the n ...he newly formed [[8th Guards Rifle Division|316th Rifle Division]], headed by the military commissar of the [[Kyrgyz SSR]], Major General [[Ivan Panfilov
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  • ...estic and foreign policy of the state and represents Kazakhstan within the country and in international relations. The President is the symbol and guarantor o Legislative functions are performed by the Parliament of the Republic of Kazakhstan, which consists of two Chamber
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  • ...w.iranicaonline.org|access-date=29 December 2013}}</ref><br>{{flag|Iraq}} (by [[Kurds]] and [[Iraqi Turkmens|Turkmens]])<ref name=IMFA>{{cite web|title=2 ...ch, 2008. "The traditional Nowrouz/Nowrooz celebrations, mainly celebrated by the Kurdish population in the Kurdistan Region in Iraq, and other parts of
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  • {{Infobox country .../02/weodata/weorept.aspx?pr.x=68&pr.y=12&sy=2014&ey=2021&scsm=1&ssd=1&sort=country&ds=.&br=1&c=916&s=NGDPD%2CNGDPDPC%2CPPPGDP%2CPPPPC&grp=0&a= |title=Kazakhst
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  • | country = {{Plainlist| ...American [[documentary film]] directed by Otto Bell and executive-produced by [[Morgan Spurlock]] and [[Daisy Ridley]], who served as narrator.<ref>{{cit
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  • | country = {{Plainlist| ...ceived from a screenplay written by Bodrov and Arif Aliev. It was produced by Bodrov, Sergei Selyanov and Anton Melnik and stars [[Tadanobu Asano]], [[Su
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  • {{Medal|Country|the {{URS}}}} {{Medal|Country|{{KAZ}}}}
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  • | country = ...-century appearance of the word in ''[[Dīwān Lughāt al-Turk]]'' written by [[Kaşgarlı Mahmud]] in the [[Karakhanid language]].<ref>{{cite book|last1
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  • ...ls for transportation, clothing, and food.<ref>"Kazakhstan," Food in Every Country, accessed April 18, 2011, ...The cooking techniques and major ingredients have been strongly influenced by the nation's [[Nomad|nomadic]] way of life. For example, most cooking techn
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  • ...l]] in shape. Indian samosas are usually vegetarian, and often accompanied by a [[Mentha|mint]] [[chutney]].<ref name="KaminskyLong2011">{{cite book|auth ...مبوسو Samboso/sambosa}})'', ''samboosa'' in [[Tajikistan]], ''samsa'' by [[Turkic languages|Turkic]]-speaking nations, ''sambusa'' in the [[Horn of
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  • | country = [[Afghan cuisine|Afghanistan]], [[Armenian cuisine|Armenia]], [[ | region = [[Bashkir cuisine|Bashkortostan]], [[Central Asian cuisine|Central Asia]], [[Kurdish cuisine|Kurdistan]], [[Middle Eastern cui
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  • |motto = '''Committed to Excellence; Education to Change Society (former)''' |country = [[Kazakhstan]]
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  • ...ruary 27, 1972) is a [[Satire|satirical]] character, created and performed by comedian [[Sacha Baron Cohen]]. He is a [[Kazakhstan|Kazakh]] journalist an Borat's sense of humour derives from his mocking of society through outrageous sociocultural viewpoints, his violation of social taboos
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  • | country = United States ...film, it takes place in the present rather than in a future [[dystopia]]n society.
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  • * Four By Two Films | country = {{Plain list|
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  • ...filiated with the "Spiritual Association of Muslims of Kazakhstan", headed by a supreme [[mufti]].<ref>[http://www.religions-congress.org/content/view/12 The country is multiethnic, with a long tradition of tolerance and secularism.{{Citatio
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  • ...comprises seven regional Lutheran denominations in [[Belarus]], [[Georgia (country)|Georgia]], [[Kazakhstan]], [[Kyrgyzstan]], [[Russia]], [[Ukraine]], and [[ ...Heritage Review | publisher = Germans from Russia Heritage Society}}</ref> By the end of the 17th century, German Lutherans were spread throughout Russia
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  • ...the position on the ranking, the bigger is the impact of terrorism in the country. Kazakhstan's 94th place puts it in a group of countries with the lowest im ...istan Workers Party]], [[Boz Kurt]], [[Lashkar-e-Toiba]], [[Social Reforms Society]] (in [[Kuwait]]), [[Asbat an-Ansar]] (in [[Israel]]), [[Al-Qaeda]], [[Tali
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  • ...ally decriminalized the practice in 1998, being the only [[Central Asia]]n country to do so.<ref>{{cite web|last=Saidazimova |first=Gulnoza |url=http://www.rf ...rous proposals in the recent years to legislate polygamous marriage in the country; the most recent attempt was in mid-2008.<ref>[http://www.rferl.org/content
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  • | country = [[Kazakhstan]] ...cation was conducted in the form of short-term courses which were listened by the top and medium-level managers, people with higher education.<ref name=
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  • {{Infobox country demographics | country = Kazakhstan
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  • ...since the breakup of the [[Soviet Union]], they remain prominent in Kazakh society today. Russians formed a plurality of the [[Kazakh SSR]]'s population for s ...Horde as a result of his decision. The Russians conquered the Middle Horde by 1798, but the Great Horde managed to remain independent until the 1820s, wh
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  • ...known as [[Karafuto Prefecture]]) in order to fill labour shortages caused by [[World War II]].<ref name=Byong>{{cite news|last=Ban|first=Byung-yool|titl ...a few (mainly those who have studied Standard Korean) refer to themselves by this name; instead, Koryo-saram has come to be the preferred term.<ref name
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  • ...s|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110706163803/http://belstat.gov.by/homep/en/census/2009/main.php|archivedate=6 July 2011}}</ref> ...sis/e/bevoe/bevoetab10.htm|title=Foreign population on 31 December 2004 by country of origin|date=24 January 2006|accessdate=5 August 2007|work=Federal Statis
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  • ...lims in China that are sometimes still referred to by this name in Central Asian languages|Hui people}} ...ral/nationality/ |title=About number and composition population of Ukraine by data All-Ukrainian census of the population 2001 |work=Ukraine Census 2001
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  • '''Armenians in Central Asian states''': [[Uzbekistan]], [[Kazakhstan]], [[Kyrgyzstan]], [[Tajikistan]] a The following table shows the number of Armenians in each Central Asian country according to Soviet censuses from 1926 to 1989, and censuses taken place af
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  • ...e=March 2017|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}: Distribution of population by nationality. Retrieved on 23 April 2009 </ref> ...oha.com/2015/04/uae-population-by-nationality |title=UAE´s population – by nationality |work=BQ Magazine |date=12 April 2015 |accessdate=12 July 2015
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  • The largest group by far that the Russians have called "Tatars" are the [[Volga Tatars]], native ...tp://www.chinaknowledge.de/History/Altera/tatars.html Dada 韃靼 Tatars]" by Ulrich Theobald, chinaknowledge.de.</ref><!-- also written 達打, 達靼,
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  • ...State Statistics Committee of Ukraine: The distribution of the population by nationality and mother tongue]</ref> ...tem of government. In the 13th century, Kara-Khanid Khanate was destroyed by the Turkic [[Khwarazmian dynasty]], a vassal of the Qara Khitai.
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  • ...{{lang-kz|Оралмандар}}), or "returnee", is an official term used by [[Kazakhstan|Kazakh]] authorities to describe ethnic [[Kazakh people|Kazakh ...=Vivian }}</ref> The government prefers to settle them in the north of the country, and offers them more benefits; however, returnees themselves prefer region
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  • ...injiang]] (新疆, meaning "new frontier") when the region was reconquered by the Manchu-led [[Qing dynasty]] in 1759. Xinjiang is now a part of the [[Pe ...l map showing the separation of Dzungaria and the Tarim Basin (Taklamakan) by the Tien Shan Mountains]]
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  • {{Infobox Former Country |country = China
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  • |subdivision_type = Country ...126.</ref><ref>Bonavia, Judy. ''The Silk Road: Xi'an to Kashgar.'' Revised by Christopher Baumer (2004), pp. 306-319. Odyssey Publications. ISBN 962-217-
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  • ...from Western Eurasian ([[Europeans]], [[Middle Eastern]]) to a more [[East Asian]] appearance. ...ificant [[diaspora|diasporic]] communities of Uyghurs exist in the Central Asian countries of [[Kazakhstan]], [[Kyrgyzstan]], and [[Uzbekistan]], and in [[T
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  • ...ent to communist values.{{sfn|Gabroussenko|2005|p=56}} After a remark made by [[Kim Jong-il]] on his 2001 visit to Russia, [[North Korean media]] has ref ...]] when the [[Red Army]] [[Soviet invasion of Manchuria|entered in 1945]]. By that time, he had substantial experience with [[Soviet literature]] and lit
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  • |subdivision_type = Country ...–010015<ref>{{cite web|url=http://postalcodedb.com/AlphabeticSearch.aspx?country=Kazakhstan&city=Astana |title=Postal Code for Astana, Kazakhstan |accessdat
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  • |subdivision_type = [[Countries of the world|Country]] ...к}}). The former name is still commonly used in the Russian language, and by [[Russians in Kazakhstan]].<ref>https://lenta.ru/articles/2016/06/06/aktobe
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  • ...ist">[http://www.peaklist.org/WWlists/ultras/StansP1500m.html "The Central Asian Republics: Ultra-Prominence Page"]. Peaklist.org. Retrieved 2014-05-26. Thi | listing = [[List of countries by highest point|Country high point]]<br />[[Ultra prominent peak|Ultra]]
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  • ...'' (''Kara-Irtysh'' in Kazakh, or ''Cherny Irtysh'' in Russian) is applied by some authors, especially in Russia and Kazakhstan, to the upper course of t ...sport)|lock]], with a drop of {{convert|42|m|ft}}, allows river traffic to by-pass the [[dam]] at [[Ust-Kamenogorsk]].<ref>
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  • ...rs Run Backward", Time U.S., Frederic Golden; By Frederic Golden, reported by: Erik Amfitheatr, Monday, June 14, 1982; web-edition: http://www.time.com/t ...ргей Яковлевич Жук]]}}). Some design plans were developed by Zhuk's institute, but without much publicity or actual construction work.<r
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  • ...were for centuries central to cultural interaction through regions of the Asian continent connecting the [[Eastern world|East]] and [[Western culture|West] ...ess-date=2017-02-23}}</ref> Japan,<ref name=":4" /> the [[Outline of South Asian history|Indian subcontinent]], [[Greater Persia|Persia]], [[Europe]], the [
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  • ...20px|link=Hero of Socialist Labour]]<br>([[Awards and decorations received by Leonid Brezhnev|Full list of awards and decorations]]) ...n of the Soviet military during this time. His tenure as leader was marked by the beginning of [[Era of Stagnation|an era of economic and social stagnati
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  • | image = ComputerHotline - Pelecanus crispus (by) (1).jpg ...oth weigh on average around {{convert|10|kg|lb|abbr=on}}, followed closely by great white pelicans and the [[whooper swan]]s (''Cygnus cygnus'').<ref nam
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  • ...rk= Evolutionarily Distinct and Globally Endangered|publisher=[[Zoological Society of London]]| accessdate= 19 December 2012}}</ref> ...= 688}}</ref> This species was first [[scientific description|described]] by Swedish zoologist [[Carl Linnaeus]] in the [[12th edition of Systema Natura
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  • ...as well as the time period of Soviet administration (1918–1991). Central Asian SSRs declared independence in 1991. In terms of area, it is nearly synonymo ...city to the Young Bukharans. As Russian sources report, the emir responded by murdering the Bolshevik delegation, along with several hundred Russian inha
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  • ...ers and Sons, Translated from the Russian, with the approval of the author by Eugene Schuyler, Ph.D. |volume= |edition= |publisher= Leypoldt & Holt |p ...Governor of Pennsylvania who knew nothing of Russia. Curtin was impressed by Schuyler and appointed him as the secretary of the American legation in [[S
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  • {{Infobox Former Country |country = Turkistan
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  • ...veral centuries. Pressured by the [[Rouran]], the Wusun are last mentioned by the Chinese as having settled the [[Pamir Mountains]] in the 5th century AD ...Indo-European languages]]. However, the latter hypothesis is not supported by [[Edwin G. Pulleyblank]].<ref>Edwin G. Pulleyblank, “Why Tocharians?”,
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  • ...ref>Kuz'mina, Elena E. (2007). ''The Origin of the Indo Iranians''. Edited by J.P. Mallory. Leiden, Boston: Brill, pp 381-382. ISBN 978-90-04-16054-5.</r ...ar ex-capital city of [[Almaty]], [[Kazakhstan]]]] The Saka were regarded by the Babylonians as synonymous with the ''Gimirrai''; both names are used on
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  • {{Infobox Former Country ...inistration, until the late 3rd-century) spoken in the north and east, and by the [[seven Parthian clans]]){{sfn|Daryaee|2008|pp=99-100}}
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