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  • ...diocese of Maria Santissima in Astana|Auxiliary bishop of Maria Santissima in Astana]] | caption = Bishop Schneider in [[Chartres]], [[France]]
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  • ...translated as the ''Pyramid of Peace and Accord'', is a 77 m high building in [[Astana]], the capital of [[Kazakhstan]]. The structure was built ...tion at a cost of 8.74 billion Kazakh tenge (about $58 million) and opened in late 2006.
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  • ...edral of the Ascension of the Lord, Almaty|Co-Cathedral of the Ascension]] in [[Almaty]].]] This is the list of [[cathedrals]] in [[Kazakhstan]] sorted by [[Christian denominations|denomination]].
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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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  • ...9}}</ref> Ranked as the [[List of countries by area|ninth largest country in the world]] as well as the world's largest [[landlocked]] country,<ref>Agen ...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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  • ...ameo]] by Borat, and the third, ''[[Brüno (film)|Brüno]]'', was released in 2009. The film is produced by Baron Cohen's production company, Four By Two ...Picture – Musical or Comedy|Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy]] in the same category.<ref name="Globe">[http://www.hfpa.org/nominations/index.
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  • [[Image:Mechet pavlodar.jpg|thumb|right|150px|Mosque in [[Pavlodar]], Kazakhstan; Kazakhs predominately follow [[Sunni Islam]]]] |caption=Religions in Kazakhstan (2009)<ref name="EthnicData">{{cite web|url=http://www.stat.kz/p
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  • ...experienced an increase in the level of fines imposed for nonregistration in addition to stronger efforts to collect such fines. Most registered groups ...oman Catholic]], and [[Jewish]] leaders reported high levels of acceptance in society. During the reporting period, the dominant Islamic and Russian Orth
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  • ...] the community grew to be the largest religious community after Islam and Christianity, although only a minor percent of the national whole.<ref name="census">{{c |title=Religious Groups in Kazakhstan
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  • ! Religious affiliation of the responders !! Absolute numbers <br /> (in thousands)!! Share<br />of the population<br />% | [[Christianity]] ||align=right| 4 190.1 ||align=right| 26.17
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  • ...ldwide [[Catholic Church]], under the spiritual leadership of the [[pope]] in [[Rome]]. ...3,000 [[Greek Catholics]], also referred to as [[Eastern Rite Catholics]], in the country.<ref name="church"/> The population of Catholics decreased afte
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  • [[Category:Christianity in Kazakhstan]] [[Category:Baptist denominations in Asia]]
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  • ...e = Evangelical Lutheran Church in Russia, Ukraine, Kazakhstan and Central Asia ...vice.jpg|thumb|Archbishop Dietrich Brauer giving the blessing at a service in Moscow Lutheran cathedral.]]
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  • {{Christianity by country}} .../2008/108501.htm International Religious Freedom Report 2008] U.S. Embassy in Astana, Kazakhstan</ref><ref name=SECOND>[https://www.cia.gov/library/publi
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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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  • ...94-bcfb2772a5e9.html Five Years After 9/11: Crackdowns loom behind Central Asia's War On Terror] RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty</ref><ref name=RUSSIALIKE>[ht ...is the impact of terrorism in the country. Kazakhstan's 94th place puts it in a group of countries with the lowest impact of terrorism.<ref>{{cite web|ti
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  • | caption = Population of Kazakhstan (in millions) from 1950–2009. ...ov.uk/en/travel-and-living-abroad/travel-advice-by-country/country-profile/asia-oceania/kazakhstan?profile=all UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office, ''Kazakh
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  • [[File:Kazakhstan European 2016 Rus.png|thumb|European people in Kazakhstan, 2016.]] ...а начало 2016 года]</ref> there are two dominant ethnic groups in [[Kazakhstan]]: ethnic [[Kazakhs]] (66.48%) and ethnic [[Russians]] (20.61
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  • ...ap;"><!--If you swap out an image, change the "x##px" entry for EACH image in the row so that the width of the row lines up with the others-->[[ File:ENa ...www.cidcm.umd.edu/mar/assessment.asp?groupId=70501 Assessment for Russians in Kazakhstan]</ref> [[East Kazakhstan]]<ref>[http://www.turkishweekly.net/new
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  • |rels=[[Eastern Orthodox Church|Orthodox Christianity]] along with [[Buddhism]], [[Protestantism]], [[Roman Catholicism|Catholici ...ine]]. These communities can be traced back to the Koreans who were living in the [[Russian Far East]] during the late 19th century.
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  • | religions = '''[[Orthodox Church|Orthodox Christianity]]''' ...s a related ethnic group also called ''Gagavuz'' (or ''[[Gajal]]'') living in the European part of northwestern [[Turkey]].
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  • ...e value was preserved at 0.104% level it would be no less than 1.4 million in 2008</ref> ...the CIA estimate of the share of Kazakhs (3%), the total Kazakh population in Uzbekistan would be 0.8 million</ref>
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  • | religions = Predominantly [[Sunni Islam]]<br>Minority [[Orthodox Christianity]], [[Irreligion]] ...Mongolian plateau]] in the 12th century CE. The name "Tatar" first appears in written form on the [[Kul Tigin]] monument as 𐱃𐱃𐰺 (''TaTaR''). His
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  • |group = Kurds in Kazakhstan ...6,000<ref>{{cite news|title=Kazakhstan: Ethnic Minorities Guaranteed Seats In Parliament|url=http://www.rferl.org/content/article/1077396.html|accessdate
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  • ...ics/conflict/baylis_strategy3e/01student/cases/chechnya.pdf |title=The War in Chechnya |format=PDF |date= |accessdate=2014-02-04}}</ref> to 2 million<ref ...sg.harvard.edu/publication/12785/chechens_in_the_middle_east.html Chechens in the Middle East: Between Original and Host Cultures], Event Report, Caspian
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  • ...{{cite web|url=http://joshuaproject.net/people_groups/15284/TU|title=Tatar in Turkey|author=Joshua Project|publisher=|accessdate=10 May 2015}}</ref> ...mselves-in-putins-russia/ |title=Kazan Tatars See No Future for Themselves in Putin’s Russia |publisher=The Interpreter |date=24 March 2014}}</ref>
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  • ...M in Kazakhstan, 1 M in Belarus, 0.6 M Latvia, 0.6 M in Uzbekistan, 0.6 M in Kyrgyzstan. Up to 10 million [[Russian diaspora]] elsewhere (mostly America ...w.gks.ru/free_doc/new_site/population/demo/per-itog/tab5.xls Ethnic groups in Russia], 2010 census, Rosstat. Retrieved 15 February 2012 {{ru icon}}</ref>
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  • |honorific-prefix = [[Rebbe|Rabban]]<br/><small>(Master in [[Aramaic]])</small> |religion = [[Church of the East|Nestorian Christianity]]
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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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  • ...]-controlled [[China]] to [[Jerusalem]], led him to the Patriarch position in Baghdad, and brought him to recommend his former teacher and traveling comp ...thumb|A young man, possibly Uyghur or Chinese, from a [[Nestorian Church]] in [[Gaochang]], China, [[Tang dynasty|Tang period]], 602-654 AD]]
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  • |caption=Wu'erkaixi in Taipei, 2013 ...Uyghur]], he was born in Beijing on February 17, 1968 with ancestral roots in [[Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture]], [[Xinjiang]]. He achieved prominence
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  • |region5={{flag|Turkey}} ([[Minorities_in_Turkey#Uyghurs|Uyghurs in Turkey]]) ...k Shichor|author2=East-West Center|title=Ethno-diplomacy, the Uyghur hitch in Sino-Turkish relations|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=IR4tAQAAIAAJ|y
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  • ...[[Korea]]n revolutionary political activist. Having joined the Bolsheviks in 1916, she is recognized as the first Korean [[communism|communist]].<ref>ht ...[[Siberia]]. After finishing her education, she began working as a teacher in a primary school. She got married to Stankevich's son.<ref name="kimsoft">[
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  • {{For|the villages in Iran|Taraz, Iran (disambiguation){{!}}Taraz, Iran}} |pushpin_map_caption =Location in Kazakhstan
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  • | pushpin_map_caption = Location in Kazakhstan ...Sayram Su River, which rises at the nearby 4000-meter mountain Sayram Su. In medieval times, the city and countryside were located on the banks of the [
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  • ...ers.<ref>The most detailed account of the events of 1904-1906 is available in Russian. Sherstova (1986, 2010), Burhanizm [Burkhanism]), Tomsk State Unive ...ting itself to the pre-existing Altaian [[folk religion]]. It exists today in several revival forms.
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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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  • ...c projection).svg|thumb|300px|Middle Asia|alt=Middle Asia is not a Central Asia]] [[File:Central Asia borders4.png|thumb|250px|Map of '''Central Asia''' showing three sets of possible [[Eurasia]]n boundaries for the region]]
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  • ...Islamic form.<ref>The Middle East: 2,000 Years of History from the Rise of Christianity to the Present Day (pgs. 81–82) – Bernard Lewis</ref> ...]], [[Turkmenistan]], and [[Uzbekistan]]). The Tahirid capital was located in [[Nishapur]].
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  • |partof=the [[Mongol invasion of Central Asia]] |caption=Qara Khitai in Asia, c. 1200 AD.
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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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  • ...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
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  • |continent = Asia *[[Christianity]]
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