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• Ascension Cathedral, Almaty
  | closed date = ...wooden building in the world,<ref>Ness, Immanuel. ''Encyclopedia of World Cities''. M E Sharpe Reference, 1999. ISBN 0-7656-8017-3. p. 19.</ref> but the chu
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• Almaty-2 railway station
  | closed = ...ers in all directions, including internationally, which are mostly Russian cities such as [[Moscow]], [[St. Petersburg]] and [[Ürümqi]] in [[China]]. Domes
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• Mausoleum of Khoja Ahmed Yasawi
  ...mausoleum was begun in 1389.<ref name=whs /> Timur imported builders from cities which he laid waste during his campaigns, including [[mosaic]]-workers from ...hese innovations were later implemented in the religious edifices of other cities.<ref name=whs /> However, the mausoleum was left unfinished, when Timur die
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• Kazakhstan
  ...chak]] and established the vast Cuman-Kipchak confederation. While ancient cities [[Taraz]] (Aulie-Ata) and [[Hazrat-e Turkestan]] had long served as importa {{main article|Geography of Kazakhstan|List of cities in Kazakhstan}}
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• Command & Conquer: Generals
  ...was cancelled on October 29, 2013 by EA after negative feedback during the closed [[Software_release_life_cycle#Alpha|alpha test]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http:/ The Chinese campaign kicks off with GLA forces launching attacks on Chinese cities, starting with the detonation of a stolen Chinese nuclear warhead in [[Beij
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• Air Astana
  ...ilt on its geographical strength by expanding its network to cover all key cities of the region with short haul flights. ...ended from Astana starting IATA Summer 2016 navigation season. Air Astana closed its last gap in the region in 2013 by launching services to [[Kiev]] ([[Ukr
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• Narrow-gauge railways in Kazakhstan
  * [[Bulaevo]] line, approximately 99&nbsp;km long, opened in 1957, closed in 1989.<ref>[http://www.home.versatel.nl/p.engelbert/KAZ-MPS-2.html] MPS-l ...railway operated by the metallurgical combine Acpolimetall in [[Kentau]], closed in 1980.<ref>[http://www.home.versatel.nl/p.engelbert/KAZ-IND.html] Industr
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• Armenians in Central Asia
  ...marqand was firstly opened in 1905, but during the Soviet Union era it was closed and in 1995 a Businessman from Samarqand of an Armenian Origin - Artur Mart
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• History of Xinjiang
  ...e [[Tarim Basin]] in southern Xinjiang was [[Altishahr]], which means "six cities" in the Uyghur language. The region of Dzungaria in northern Xinjiang was n ...BN 90-04-08612-9.</ref><ref>Ahmed, S. Z. (2004), ''Chaghatai: the Fabulous Cities and People of the Silk Road'', West Conshokoken: Infinity Publishing, p. 61
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• Trams in Almaty
  ...decline starting in the late 20th century, with most of its former routes closed by 2010. Operation of the remaining tram network was halted and indefinitel Like other Kazakh towns and cities, Almaty's tram system was also opened directly as an [[electric tram]]. It
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• Zhanaozen
  ...December 17, roads into Zhanaozen were blocked, and the local airport was closed for incoming flights. Mobile phone coverage was blocked, as were internet c {{Cities of Kazakhstan}}
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• Aktau
  ...However, the area had very little population prior to Soviet times and no cities of any relevancy, almost certainly due to the scarcity of fresh water. ...v-20''' ({{lang|ru|Гурьев-20}}).<ref name="Pioneers" /> In 1963, its closed status was lifted, town status was granted,{{citation needed|date=January 2
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• Baikonur
  * [[List of closed cities]] {{Cities of Kazakhstan}}
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• Priozersk, Kazakhstan
  |settlement_type = [[closed city]] ...iozyorsk''}}; {{lang-ru|'''Приозёрск''', ''Priozyorsk''}}) is a [[closed city]] at [[Lake Balkhash]], [[Kazakhstan]]. It serves as the administrativ
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• Oskemen
  ...with the [[Soviet nuclear bomb project]], and the city was therefore kept closed to outsiders. One of the main industrial enterprises, the [[Ulba Metal Work ...t only in the field of human settlements and the Republic, but also in the cities of Russia, such as Krasnoyarsk. The route network of the second station, lo
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• Pavlodar
  |native_name = Павлодар <!-- for cities whose native name is not in English --> One of the oldest cities in northern Kazakhstan, ''Pavlodar'' was founded in 1720 as ''Koryakovsky''
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• Verkhoturye
  ...e. In 1695, all routes from the Kama basin except Verkhoturye were legally closed. Verkhoturye declined from about 1763 when the [[Siberian Route]] was built {{Cities and towns in Sverdlovsk Oblast}}
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• Kushva
  ...s stagnant and its population is decreasing as most of the mining industry closed down. {{Cities and towns in Sverdlovsk Oblast}}
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• Lake Balkhash
  |cities = ...ral Asia]] in southeastern [[Kazakhstan]] and belongs to an [[endorheic]] (closed) basin shared by Kazakhstan and [[China]], with a small portion in [[Kyrgyz
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• Caspian Sea
  ...a), [[Türkmenbaşy, Turkmenistan|Türkmenbaşy]] (Turkmenistan) (''see [[#Cities near the Caspian Sea|article]]'') ...tflow other than by [[evaporation]]. Thus the Caspian [[ecosystem]] is a [[closed basin]], with its own sea level history that is independent of the [[Eustas
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• Eurasian Land Bridge
  ...two years. The line was closed in 2002–03, briefly reopened in 2003, and closed again in September 2004.<ref>[http://kapital.zrpress.ru/partners/2004/0701. ...nce of {{convert|11870|km|mi|-2}}. The exact route used to connect the two cities, whether through Mongolia or Kazakhstan, however, is unclear.<ref>Xinhua, "
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• Silk Road
  ...dating from 1070 BCE have been found in [[Ancient Egypt]]. The Great Oasis cities of [[Central Asia]] played a crucial role in the effective functioning of t ...e, retrieved on 19 November 2013</ref>) and Barbaricum (known today as the cities of Karachi, Sindh, and Pakistan <ref>Barbarikon Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan we
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• History of Kazakhstan
  ...e 17th century, when [[Cossacks]] established forts which later became the cities of Yaitsk (modern [[Oral, Kazakhstan|Oral]]) and Guryev (modern [[Atyrau]]) ...osed the Semipalatinsk Test Sites; the last nuclear sites and tunnels were closed by 1995. In 2010, U.S. President [[Barack Obama]] met with Nazarbayev at th
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• Sasanian Empire
  ...Christians who could exercise their faith freely under Sassanid rule. Two cities, [[Bishapur]] and [[Nishapur]], are named after him. He particularly favore ...II's death, Arabs from the north started to ravage and plunder the western cities of the empire, even attacking the province of Fars, the birthplace of the S
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• Russian conquest of Central Asia
  ...fshan River]] which dries up before reaching the Oxus. It waters the great cities of [[Bokhara]] and Tamerlane’s old capital of [[Samarkand]]. ...ters by attacking Samarkand. After he dispersed a Bokharan force Samarkand closed its gates to the Bokharan army and surrendered (May 1868). He left a garri
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• Khazars
  ...oughly routed and massacred.<ref name="Kohen 2007 107"/> The Khazar rulers closed the passage down the Volga to the Rus', sparking a war. In the early 960s, ...nging Islam to the Turkic nomads than the learned [[ulama|'ulamâ]] of the cities.'</ref> A tradition of the Iranian [[Mountain Jews|Judeo-Tats]] claims that
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• Communist Party of the Soviet Union
  ...|Matthews|1983|p=186}} During the reorganization drive of 1956, Khrushchev closed 13 of them and reclassified 29 as inter-republican and inter-oblast schools ...levels of the CPSU hierarchy.{{sfn|Smith|1988|p=69}} The other levels were cities, oblasts (regions) and republics.{{sfn|Smith|1988|p=69}} The district level
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