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• Main Page
  ...legality. On the basis of the Encyclopedia was created the Kazakhstan Club of Encyclopedists, where anyone can join and help in filling this resource.. ...kyl-kobyz is an ancient Kazakh string instrument. It has two strings made of horsehair. The resonating cavity is usually covered with goat leather.
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• Turkistan (city)
  | image_caption = Mausoleum of [[Khwaja Ahmad Yasavi]] |subdivision_type = [[Countries of the world|Country]]
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• Jankent
  ...s]]. Archaeological research has provided information about the appearance of the town and confirmed the date, but also points to earlier origins. ...Modin, I.N. (2012). "Early medieval urbanization and state formation east of the Aral Sea: Fieldwork and international workshop 2011 in Kazakhstan". ''T
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• Alikhan Bukeikhanov
  |order = Prime Minister of ...{cite web|publisher=The School of Russian and Asian Studies|title=The rise of Alash Orda and Kazakh nationalism|author=David Galick|url=http://www.sras.o
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• Nowruz
  ...munitetibektashi.org">{{cite web | author= | title= The World Headquarters of the Bektashi Order&nbsp;– Tirana, Albania | publisher= komunitetibektashi ...sion.gov.iq/usan/en/articledisplay.aspx?gid=1&id=6168|publisher=[[Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Iraq)]]|access-date=18 April 2012}}</ref><br>
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• Outline of Kazakhstan
  part of the set of 700+ outlines listed at a special type of list article.
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• Kazakhstan
  {{For|the Kazakh television station of the same name|Kazakhstan (channel)}} |conventional_long_name = {{nowrap|Republic of Kazakhstan}}
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• Boortsog
  ...tsog are often decorated with a criss-cross pattern by pressing the bottom of a small strainer on the dough before it is fried. ...golians and other Turkic peoples sometimes dip boortsog in tea. In Central Asia, baursaki are often eaten alongside [[chorba]].<ref>Schreiber (2008), 104.<
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• Culture of Kazakhstan
  {{Culture of Kazakhstan}} ...ll-articulated [[culture]] based on the [[Nomad|nomadic]] pastoral economy of the inhabitants. [[Islam]] was introduced to Kazakhstan in the 7th to 12th
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• Kazakhstani tenge
  |inflation_rate = 5.950% p.a. (as of Feb. 01, 2012) |issuing_authority = The [[National Bank of Kazakhstan]]
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• Renewable energy in Kazakhstan
  ...ptedby Parliament by the end of 2014. In addition, the World Bank’s Ease of Doing Business indicator shows the country to be relatively investor-friend ...zakhstan is one of the most effective mechanisms to reduce harmful effects of the energy sector and to diversify the national power generation capacity.
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• Karachays
  The '''Karachays''' are a [[Turkic people]] of the [[North Caucasus]], mostly situated in the [[Russia]]n [[Karachay–Che ...[[Kipchaks]], and share their language with the [[Kumyks]] from [[Republic of Dagestan|Daghestan]]. In Turkic, "Karachay" means "Black River".
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• Alasha tribe
  ...97, members of the Bai-Uly tribe confederation numbered 600,000, or 16.2% of all Kazakhs. ...e Albani tribe. It has also been suggested that the Alasha are descendents of [[Alans]].
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• Karakalpaks
  {{for|the medieval border-guards of the [[Kievan Rus]]|Chorni Klobuky}} |flag=File:Flag of Karakalpakstan.svg
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• Chechens
  ...f name="census">[http://www.perepis2002.ru/index.html?id=17 Russian Census of 2002] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141006000000/http://w ...www.joshuaproject.net/people-profile.php?peo3=11317&rog3=KZ |title=Chechen of Kazakhstan Ethnic People Profile |publisher=Joshuaproject.net |date=1991-10
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• Oralman
  ...ianet.org}}</ref> ''Oralman'' usually come from the neighbouring countries of [[China]], [[Mongolia]], [[Uzbekistan]], [[Russia]], [[Kyrgyzstan]] and als ...|first=Vivian }}</ref> The government prefers to settle them in the north of the country, and offers them more benefits; however, returnees themselves p
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• History of Xinjiang
  [[File:Xinjiang Space View.jpg|thumb|400px|A satellite view of the Xinjiang region]] ...na-Xinjiang.png|thumb|200px|Xinjiang's location in the [[People's Republic of China]]]]
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• Hotan
  |subdivision_name = People's Republic of China |subdivision_type1 = [[Autonomous regions of China|Autonomous region]]
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• Afaqi Khoja revolts
  |image=Recapture of Kaschgar and capture of the rebel chief.jpg ...6<ref name="Thum2014">{{cite book|author=Rian Thum|title=The Sacred Routes of Uyghur History|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pP6EBAAAQBAJ&pg=PA233|
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• Cho Ki-chon
  | alt = Portrait of Cho | nickname = {{ubl|"Korea's Mayakovsky"|"Pushkin of Korea"}}
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• Eurasian Economic Union
  |image_flag = Flag of the Eurasian Economic Union.svg |image_symbol = Emblem of the Eurasian Economic Union.svg
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• Transport in Kazakhstan
  ...mi|abbr=on}}. The population density is low in Kazakhstan, and the centers of industry and agriculture are spread out and remote from world markets. Ther ...o the U.S., Kairat Umarov, Kazakhstan invested $18 billion in construction of airports, highways, and railroads in 2014.<ref name="cftni"/>
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• Dzungarian Gate
  | photo_caption = Satellite photograph of the Dzungarian Gate, the pale, [[fault-line]]d valley running between [[Lak | map_caption = The Dzungarian Gate in Kazakhstan on the border of China.
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• Saryesik-Atyrau Desert
  [[File:Balkhash labeled eng.jpg|thumbnail|Satellite image of Saryesik-Atyrau Desert]] ...tively ecologically healthy with little erosion. There are a great number of small lakes and ponds in the desert, as well as occasional grasslands, that
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• Barak Kol
  ...=1997 |title=Qaidu and the Rise of the Independent Mongol State in Central Asia |location=Surrey, England |publisher=Curzon Press |isbn=978-0-7007-0631-0}} It is part of the proposed Ulytau-Arganatinsk nature reserve. The nearest settlement is A
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• Sharyn Canyon
  |photo_caption = Sharyn Canyon, view down to Valley of Castles ...accessdate=23 November 2015|publisher=Official web site of the Government of Kazakastan}}</ref>
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• Kazakhstania
  ...illion km². The [[Junggar basin]] in [[Xinjiang]], [[China]] is also part of Kazakhstania, though sometimes referred to as the '''Junggar Block'''. ...[[Baltica]] collided in the [[Ural orogeny]], creating the basis for most of present-day [[Eurasia]].
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• Geography of Kazakhstan
  ...bined size of the other four Central Asian states, or about twice the size of [[Alaska]]. The country borders [[Turkmenistan]], [[Uzbekistan]], and [[Kyr [[Image:Kazakhstan 2001 CIA map.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Detailed map of Kazakhstan]]
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• Turkestan Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic
  |flag_p1 = Flag of Russia.svg |flag_s1 = Flag of Uzbek SSR 1925.gif
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• Central Asian northern desert
  ...s mammals and birds, there are a large number of reptiles and many species of invertebrate. Some protected areas are included in this [[ecoregion]] but o ...s, rocky deserts, and a small area of sandy desert in the southern portion of the region.
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• Kazakh semi-desert
  ..., and shrubs such as ''[[Artemisia (genus)|Artemisia]]'' species. A number of mammals and birds are found in this ecoregion but the habitat is threatened ...atures are around {{convert|10|°C|°F}}. The region's topography consists of vast, flat plains and [[Dry lake|salt flats]] broken by dissected plateaus
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• Shymkent
  | subdivision_type = [[Countries of the world|Country]] | subdivision_type1 = [[Regions of Kazakhstan|Region]]
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• Astana
  {{About|the capital of Kazakhstan}} |photo2b = Astana, capital of Kazakhstan 02.jpg
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• Atyrau
  ...nnects Europe and Asia during the evening; Stand marking the European side of the city; Orthodox Church; Isatay and Makhambet Monument; Manjali Mosque; [ | image_seal = Coat of arms of Atyrau.svg
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• Talgar
  |subdivision_type = [[Countries of the world|Country]] |subdivision_type1 = [[Regions of Kazakhstan|Region]]
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• Aktobe
  ...of the First President; Nur Ghasyr Mosque at night; Fountains in the Park of the First President; St. Nicolas Cathedral. |subdivision_type = [[Countries of the world|Country]]
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• Akmol
  |subdivision_type = [[Countries of the world|Country]] |subdivision_type1 = [[Regions of Kazakhstan|Region]]
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• Taraz
  |subdivision_type = [[Countries of the world|Country]] |subdivision_type1=[[Regions of Kazakhstan|Region]]
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• Karkaraly National Park
  ...The park headquarters are in the city of [[Karkaraly]], 244&nbsp;km east of [[Karaganda]]. ...ube, Ayushat, Tulkebai, Tonkurus and others. From 1910 to 1913, the House of the Forest Warden, the parks most famous building was constructed. It is k
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• Atyrau Region
  | image_shield = Coat of arms of Atyrau.svg | population_footnotes = <ref>Agency of statistics of the Republic of Kazakhstan: [http://www.stat.kz/digital/naselsenie/2012/2013/%D0%BC%D0%B0%D
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• Mangystau Region
  | map_caption = Map of Kazakhstan, location of Mangystau Province highlighted | subdivision_type = [[List of sovereign states|Country]]
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• Grigory Potanin
  ...rian-era]] explorer of [[Inner Asia]], and was the first to catalogue many of the area's native plants. On home soil, Potanin was an author and a politic ...to five years, and during those five years he wrote a book on the history of Siberia.<ref name = "ref1" />
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• Sayram (city)
  | subdivision_type = [[Countries of the world|Country]] | subdivision_type1 = [[Regions of Kazakhstan|Region]]
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• Ural Mountains
  ...proximately from north to south through [[western Russia]], from the coast of the [[Arctic Ocean]] to the [[Ural River]] and northwestern [[Kazakhstan]]. ...Island]] and the islands of [[Novaya Zemlya]] form a further continuation of the chain to the north into the Arctic Ocean.
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• Ural River
  ...nally considered part of the boundary between the continents of Europe and Asia. ...ing [[Tobol River]], through [[Magnitogorsk]], and around the southern end of the Urals, through [[Orsk]] where it turns west for about {{convert|300|km|
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• Ural Mountains in Nazi planning
  [[File:UralMountains1.png|thumb|upright|Map of the Ural mountains.]] ...zi German leadership made many references to them as a strategic objective of the Third Reich to follow a decisive victory on the [[Eastern Front (World
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• Main Uralian Fault
  ...volcanics as well as the sediments of the western continental margin zones of the Siberian craton ([[Angara Plate]]) on the north and the [[Kazakhstania| ...London, Memoirs'', 32, 83–95.</ref><ref>Victor N. Puchkov. The evolution of the Uralian orogen. ''Geological Society, London, Special Publications'', 2
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• Ural (region)
  | image1 = Map of Russia - Urals Federal District.svg ...Volga]] and eastern [[Siberia]] neighbor regions. At points in time, parts of the Urals were considered a gateway to Siberia, if not Siberia itself, or w
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• Tian Shan
  {{About|the mountain|district of Ürümqi|Tianshan District}} | designation1_date = [[List of World Heritage Sites by year of inscription#2013 (37th session)|2013]] <small>(37th [[World Heritage Commit
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• Altai Mountains
  |piccap=Map of the Altai mountain range ...99° E, where it gradually becomes lower and merges into the high plateau of the [[Gobi Desert]].
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