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  • {{about|the town in Kazakhstan|the general region|Turkestan}} |pushpin_map_caption = Location in Kazakhstan
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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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  • ...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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  • |type = National, ethnic, international ...publisher= komunitetibektashi.org | url=http://www.komunitetibektashi.org/in.php?fq=brenda&gj=gj1&kid=1
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  • [[File:Kazhakhstan a Paris.Turan ensemble.2.jpg|thumbnail|Turan Ensemble in Paris, 1 November 2014]] ...o Folk Band) is a [[Kazakhstan|Kazakh]] folk music band, which was created in 2008 by several students of Kazakh National Conservatory named after [[Kurm
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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]] ...akhstan citizens. Do not change it to Kazakh, which is the demonym for the ethnic group--><ref name="CIA">[https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world
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  • ...[Deportation of Koreans in the Soviet Union|deported]] to [[Central Asia]] in 1937. ==In academia==
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  • ...s]], [[Kyrgyz people|Kyrgyz]], and other ethnic groups mainly of [[Central Asia]], particularly those of [[Turkic peoples|Turkic]] origin. Kazy is a common ...o dry for a week at a sun-lit placed exposed to wind. Smoking is performed in a thick smoke of 50-60° for 12–18 hours.
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  • [[File:Almaty - Kazakhstan.jpg|thumb|Preparation of a meal in Kazakhstan]] ...ese animals for transportation, clothing, and food.<ref>"Kazakhstan," Food in Every Country, accessed April 18, 2011,
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  • ...urnalists identified a "growing pattern" of intimidation of the media, and in 2012 several opposition media outlets were ordered to be shut down on charg ...y a government representative to buy a controlling stake in ''Respublika'' in November 2001.<ref name="nytimes.com">[https://www.nytimes.com/2002/07/13/w
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  • ...[[Taliban]] regime. Traditionally, games could last for several days, but in its more regulated tournament version, it has a limited match time.{{citati [[Image:Afghan Game Buzkashi.jpg|thumb|right|450px|Game of buzkashi in [[Mazar-i-Sharif]], [[Afghanistan]]]]
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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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  • [[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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  • ...tempt on occasion to limit the practice of religion by some nontraditional groups; however, higher-level officials or courts occasionally intervene to correc ...ion in addition to stronger efforts to collect such fines. Most registered groups experienced no problems, but the [[International Society for Krishna Consci
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  • ! Religious affiliation of the responders !! Absolute numbers <br /> (in thousands)!! Share<br />of the population<br />% | '''all in all''' ||align=right| '''16 009.6''' ||align=right| '''100.00'''
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  • ...n Central Asia''' dates back centuries, where [[Jews]] <nowiki/>have lived in countries including [[Kyrgyzstan]], [[Kazakhstan]], [[Mongolia]], [[Uzbekis ...which was then part of the [[Soviet Union]], and a small number still live in that country.
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  • ...2009-09-07.</ref> Islam first arrived on the southern edges of the region in the 8th century from Arabs. [[File:2-minaret mosque in Semey.jpg|thumb|250px| Mosque in Semey]]
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  • ...ce to the [[yurt]], another Central Asian cultural icon. The cap is called in Uzbek ''duppi'' or ''kalpoq'' and is considered an [[applied art]] form and ...diminutive, as with [[wikt:shapka|shapka]], [[ushanka]] and [[budenovka]]. In [[Chust, Uzbekistan|Chust]] the caps are made with white embrodiery with "f
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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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  • ...z people]] in contemporary Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan, as well as diasporas in [[Bayan-Ölgii Province|Bayan-Ölgii]], [[Mongolia]], and [[Xinjiang]], [[C ...e|Kyrgyz]], there are separate terms for those who hunt with birds of prey in general, and those who hunt with eagles.
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  • ...lls of the [[Kok Tobe]]; [[Abay Opera House]]; [[Golden Warrior Monument]] in the [[Republic Square, Almaty|Republic Square]]; Entrance gate to the Park |pushpin_map_caption = Location in Kazakhstan
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  • ...sen to 40% or 7.5 million people of the total population, as opposed to 6% in 1949. [[Kazakhs]], the third largest group, constitute 1.2 million. ETLO is ...f thousands of people are reported to have been detained for investigation in the region and hundreds, possibly thousands, have been charged or sentenced
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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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  • ...ov]], remained in detention after unfair trials ... Torture remains common in places of detention."<ref>[[Human Rights Watch]], [https://www.hrw.org/worl ...Guardian]]|date=11 March 2015|quote=Nazarbaev has clamped down on dissent in Kazakhstan, and the country has never held an election judged to be free or
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  • ...tudied the [[Chulym Turks]]. After graduation he worked as a [[librarian]] in the Museum of [[Anthropology]] and [[Ethnography]], affiliated with the [[R ...ure - the Uyghur manuscript of the [[Golden Light Sutra]], later published in cooperation with [[Vasily Radlov]].
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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.]] ...hs]] (66.48%) and ethnic [[Russians]] (20.61%) with a wide array of other groups represented, including [[Ukrainians]], [[Uzbeks]], [[German people|Germans]
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  • .../www.cidcm.umd.edu/mar/assessment.asp?groupId=70502 Assessment for Germans in Kazakhstan], The MAR Project</ref> Numbering nearly a million at the time o ...] during [[World War II]]. Large portions of the community were imprisoned in the [[Gulag|Soviet labor camp system]].
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  • {{Infobox ethnic group ...le:Karachay patriarchs in the 19th c.jpg|285px]]<br>'''Karachay patriarchs in the 19th century'''
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  • ...ussia and Ukraine, this number had declined to 796,000 by 1998 and 456,997 in the 2009 census.<ref name = "Coordinating">[http://www.uvkr.com.ua/ua/struc ...ssian government to Kazakhstan after their failed [[Koliyivschyna|uprising in 1768]].<ref name = "Coordinating"/>
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  • {{Infobox ethnic group |group=Chinese people in Kazakhstan
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  • {{Infobox Ethnic group | group = Turks in Kazakhstan
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  • {{Infobox Ethnic group |group = Poles in Kazakhstan
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  • {{Infobox ethnic group ...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
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  • {{Infobox ethnic group ...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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  • {{Infobox ethnic group ...ans from the Volga region at a refugee camp in [[Schneidemühl]], Germany, in 1920]]
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  • ...sentemir, Maskar, Sherkesh, Tana. The battle cry of Alasha is "BaiBarak!". In 1897, members of the Bai-Uly tribe confederation numbered 600,000, or 16.2 ...een formed as to the origins of the Alasha tribes. Based on comparisons of ethnic shapes and tribe symbols, or ''tamga'', some researchers believe that the A
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  • ...e 1800s|Muslims in China that are sometimes still referred to by this name in Central Asian languages|Hui people}} {{Infobox ethnic group
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  • '''Armenians in Central Asian states''': [[Uzbekistan]], [[Kazakhstan]], [[Kyrgyzstan]], [[ ...vileges.<ref>{{cite web|last=Zenian|first=David|title=Armenians in Central Asia|url=http://www.agbu.org/publications/article.asp?A_ID=52|accessdate=22 Apri
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  • {{Infobox ethnic group ...s a related ethnic group also called ''Gagavuz'' (or ''[[Gajal]]'') living in the European part of northwestern [[Turkey]].
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  • {{Infobox ethnic group | image = Small race in Takhtakupir.jpg
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  • {{Infobox ethnic group ...e value was preserved at 0.104% level it would be no less than 1.4 million in 2008</ref>
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  • {{Infobox ethnic group ...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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  • {{Infobox ethnic group |group = Kurds in Kazakhstan
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  • {{Infobox ethnic group ...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
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  • {{Infobox ethnic group |related = several Siberian ethnic groups
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  • {{Infobox ethnic group ...uzsci.net/portal/library/atlas/ethnic_minorities.pdf |title=Uzbekistan – Ethnic minorities |publisher= |accessdate=2011-06-03}}</ref>
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  • {{About|Uzbeks as an ethnic group|information about citizens of [[Uzbekistan]]|Demographics of Uzbekist {{Infobox ethnic group
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  • {{Infobox Ethnic group |group = Uyghurs in Kazakhstan
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