Search results

From Kazakhstan Encyclopedia

  • ...Scientists (FAS)|accessdate=19 July 2014}}</ref> The spaceport is located in the [[Kazakh Steppe|desert steppe]] of [[Baikonur]], about {{convert|200|km ...cosmodrome at the centre. It was originally built by the [[Soviet Union]] in the late 1950s as the base of operations for the [[Soviet space program]].
    39 KB (5,245 words) - 17:30, 26 April 2017
  • ...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
    23 KB (2,612 words) - 17:43, 26 April 2017
  • | 20.61% [[Russians in Kazakhstan|Russian]] |time_zone = [[Time in Kazakhstan|West{{\}}East]]
    135 KB (18,214 words) - 17:43, 26 April 2017
  • ...s aunts. Even though he eventually recovered, the lingering effects of his health scare stuck with him throughout childhood.<ref>{{cite web|author=Jason Brac Shumenov represented Kazakhstan in the [[Boxing at the 2004 Summer Olympics|2004 Summer Olympics]]. His result
    18 KB (2,357 words) - 17:46, 26 April 2017
  • {{Women in society sidebar}} ...khstan''' are women who live in or are from [[Kazakhstan]]. Their position in society has been and is influenced by a variety of factors, including local
    11 KB (1,455 words) - 17:54, 26 April 2017
  • ...mare's milk]]. The drink remains important to the peoples of the [[Central Asia]]n [[steppe]]s, of Huno-Bulgar, [[Turkic peoples|Turkic]] and Mongol origin ...milar to ''[[kefir]]'', but is produced from a liquid [[starter culture]], in contrast to the solid ''kefir'' "grains". Because mare's milk contains more
    17 KB (2,605 words) - 17:54, 26 April 2017
  • [[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,
    15 KB (2,415 words) - 17:54, 26 April 2017
  • {{about||the city in Iran|Shal|the village in Iran|Chal, Zanjan}} ...log.narod.ru/info/trkm-32.htm I.Barkhanov. Neutral Turkmenistan newspaper, in Russian, August 9, 2001].</ref>
    7 KB (1,024 words) - 17:54, 26 April 2017
  • ...d in [[South Asia]] by the Turkic invaders and conquerors from the Central Asia. ...onepage&q=Dastarkhan%20turkic&f=false ''Food Culture in Russia and Central Asia''] Greenwood Publishing Group, 1 jan. 2005 ISBN 978-0313327735 p 39</ref>
    4 KB (654 words) - 17:54, 26 April 2017
  • ...of 62.2 percent.<ref>{{cite web|title= About 10 million are Internet users in Kazakhstan |url=http://www.inform.kz/rus/article/2614489 |website=www.infor ...456,000 in 2008.5 Despite these increases, Internet usage is concentrated in urban centers, while outside those centers access remains beyond the reach
    20 KB (2,854 words) - 17:54, 26 April 2017
  • ...|[[Alexsandr Dyachenko]] gained a stage win as well as the overall victory in the [[2012 Tour of Turkey|Tour of Turkey]], after initial winner [[Ivailo G ...ey were automatically invited and obligated to send a squad to every event in the [[2012 UCI World Tour|UCI World Tour]].
    17 KB (2,108 words) - 19:46, 27 April 2017
  • ...ey were automatically invited and obligated to send a squad to every event in the [[2013 UCI World Tour|UCI World Tour]]. ...ws/guardini-joins-fuglsang-in-move-to-astana|title=Guardini joins Fuglsang in move to Astana|work=Cycling News|publisher=Future Publishing Limited|date=1
    14 KB (1,736 words) - 19:46, 27 April 2017
  • ...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
    31 KB (4,356 words) - 19:59, 27 April 2017
  • The Orders section may be omitted in favour of Template:Ordination for those '''Jan Paul Lenga''' (born March 28, 1950, in [[Horodok, Khmelnytskyi Oblast]], [[Ukraine]]) is a former Roman Catholic b
    5 KB (568 words) - 19:59, 27 April 2017
  • .../2008/108501.htm International Religious Freedom Report 2008] U.S. Embassy in Astana, Kazakhstan</ref><ref name=SECOND>[https://www.cia.gov/library/publi ...an|accessdate=15 November 2010}}</ref> There are two Baptist organizations in Kazakhstan: the Council of Churches of Evangelical Christians and Baptists,
    7 KB (983 words) - 20:00, 27 April 2017
  • ...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]]
    12 KB (1,713 words) - 20:00, 27 April 2017
  • ...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
    51 KB (7,152 words) - 20:00, 27 April 2017
  • ...all percentage of land is used for crops, with the percentage being higher in the north of the country. 70% of the agricultural land is permanent pasture ...ra. This continues to affect production today. [[Kazakh wine]] is produced in the mountains east of Almaty.
    11 KB (1,576 words) - 20:01, 27 April 2017
  • .../en.rian.ru/world/20061010/54690269.html Kazakh minister reports new cases in HIV transfusion scandal] RIA NOVOSTI</ref> ...ys through the (official) blood center. People trade in blood like they do in human organs."<ref name=BLOODTRADE/>
    9 KB (1,365 words) - 20:01, 27 April 2017
  • ...y of the Republic of Kazakhstan" were divided mail and telecommunications. In November 1995 the State -mail has become an independent economic entity, tr ...66 million tenge initial registered capital of the company was formed only in the form of buildings and equipment . The situation was aggravated by a sev
    3 KB (473 words) - 20:01, 27 April 2017
  • ...in the company, with Chevron and Lukoil owning 18% and 13.5% respectively. In September 2009 the KPO filed an arbitration case against Kazakhstan.<ref>{{ and [[KazMunayGas]] engaged in entrance into the project in 2010.<ref>{{cite web
    19 KB (2,578 words) - 20:02, 27 April 2017
  • ...n 1999." Elementary- and secondary-school teachers remain badly underpaid; in 1993 more than 30,000 teachers (or about one-seventh of the 1990 teaching s ...,500 preschools in Kazakhstan. In 1994 some 272,100 students were enrolled in the republic's sixty-one institutes of higher learning. Fifty-four percent
    19 KB (2,709 words) - 20:03, 27 April 2017
  • ...d Tekeli|the American university in Bishkek|American University of Central Asia}} |name = University of Central Asia
    16 KB (2,255 words) - 20:03, 27 April 2017
  • | caption = A portrait of Shoqan Walikhanov in his military uniform | birth_place = Kushmurun fort in [[Kostanay Province]]
    12 KB (1,768 words) - 20:03, 27 April 2017
  • | 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
    44 KB (4,671 words) - 20:04, 27 April 2017
  • ...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>
    49 KB (6,714 words) - 20:04, 27 April 2017
  • [[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
    347 KB (52,725 words) - 20:04, 27 April 2017
  • ...ears he spent in the [[United States]] [[Guantanamo Bay detention camp]]s, in [[Cuba]].<ref name=DoDList2> ...]] [[counter-terrorism]] analysts reports Mahmud was born on July 1, 1964, in [[Ghulja, China|Ghulja]], China.
    10 KB (1,286 words) - 20:04, 27 April 2017
  • ...the [[List of countries by number of troops|fourth-largest standing army]] in the world. Kim's leadership is thought to have been even more authoritarian ...economic reforms, including the opening of the [[Kaesong Industrial Park]] in 2003.
    89 KB (12,836 words) - 20:05, 27 April 2017
  • ...its economic bureau is in [[Turkey]] and its scientific bureau is situated in [[Pakistan]]. ...ual and fully sovereign member states. This makes ECO similar to [[ASEAN]] in that it is an organisation that has its own offices and bureaucracy for imp
    34 KB (4,200 words) - 20:07, 27 April 2017
  • ...usiness.org/data/exploreeconomies/kazakhstan |title=Ease of Doing Business in Kazakhstan |publisher=Doingbusiness.org |accessdate=2017-01-24 }}</ref> ...an financial crisis|August financial crisis]] in [[Russia]]. A bright spot in 1999 was the recovery of international [[petroleum]] prices, which, combine
    45 KB (6,206 words) - 20:07, 27 April 2017
  • == Main waste management sectors in [[Kazakhstan]] == Almost one third of industrial waste in the country is accumulated in [[Karaganda Region|Karaganda region]] - more than 8.5 billion tons by the e
    60 KB (8,584 words) - 20:07, 27 April 2017
  • |image_caption = Aralkum with the remaining areas of the Aral Sea in 2014 ...008 }}</ref> It lies to the south and east of what remains of the Aral Sea in [[Uzbekistan]] and [[Kazakhstan]].
    6 KB (901 words) - 20:09, 27 April 2017
  • '''[[Kazakhstan]]''' is located in [[Central Asia]] and [[Eastern Europe]] at {{Coord|48|68|type:country_region:KZ|display=in [[Image:Astana-steppe-7748.jpg|thumb|left|In the [[steppe]]s of Central Asia ([[Aqmola Province]])]]
    12 KB (1,775 words) - 20:10, 27 April 2017
  • |pushpin_map_caption = The location of Astana in Kazakhstan |established_date = in 1830 as Akmoly{{sfn|Pospelov|1993|pp=24–25}}
    56 KB (7,650 words) - 20:10, 27 April 2017
  • ...{Citation |publisher = UNESCO |title = History of Civilizations of Central Asia |volume=6 |publication-date = 2005 |location=Paris }}</ref> * 1918 - Soviets in power; city becomes part of the [[Turkestan Autonomous Soviet Socialist Rep
    12 KB (1,400 words) - 20:10, 27 April 2017
  • | pushpin_map_caption = Location in Kazakhstan ...raining colleges, secondary schools and kindergartens. There are 27 public health facilities, a theater, amusement parks, libraries, a city cinema, stadium,
    6 KB (569 words) - 20:12, 27 April 2017
  • |pushpin_map_caption =Location in Kazakhstan ...and '''Fort-Perovsky''' (Russian: Форт-Перовский), is a city in south central [[Kazakhstan]], capital of [[Kyzylorda Region]] and former ca
    13 KB (1,707 words) - 20:13, 27 April 2017
  • {{about|the city in [[Kazakhstan]]|other uses|Aral (disambiguation)}} |pushpin_map_caption =Location in Kazakhstan
    10 KB (1,475 words) - 20:13, 27 April 2017
  • |pushpin_map_caption =Location in Kazakhstan ...20px|New bridge in Semey.<ref>[http://wikimapia.org/148785/ The New bridge in Semey on Wikimapia]</ref>]]
    14 KB (1,896 words) - 20:13, 27 April 2017
  • [[File:Alibek.jpg|thumb|320px|right|<center>'''Ken Alibek''' in 2003.]] ...[[microbiologist]] and [[biological warfare]] (BW) expert. He rose rapidly in the ranks of the [[Soviet Army]] to become the First Deputy Director of [[B
    23 KB (3,257 words) - 20:16, 27 April 2017
  • |caption=The Aral Sea in 1989 (left) and 2014 (right) |location = [[Kazakhstan]] - [[Uzbekistan]],<br>[[Central Asia]]
    51 KB (7,714 words) - 20:53, 27 April 2017
  • ...n, P. P. (1988). Disiccation of the Aral Sea: A Water Management Disaster in the Soviet Union. Science. 241(4870), 1172 & 1175.</ref> ...full effects could take a generation to fully materialize and patterns of health problems to show up.
    8 KB (1,138 words) - 20:53, 27 April 2017
  • ....org/newsline/2003/09/5-NOT/not-190903.asp?po=y |title=Government pressure in run-up to Kazakh Council Elections |accessdate=2006-10-06 |deadurl=bot: unk In 1998 he was elected President of the [[Union of Industrialists and Entrepre
    3 KB (444 words) - 20:56, 27 April 2017
  • ...he 18,000 km<sup>2</sup> expanse of the Semipalatinsk Test Site (indicated in red), attached to [[Kurchatov, Kazakhstan|Kurchatov]] (along the [[Irtysh r ...he [[Soviet Union]]'s [[nuclear weapons]]. It is located on the [[steppe]] in northeast [[Kazakhstan]] (then the [[Kazakh SSR]]), south of the valley of
    18 KB (2,559 words) - 20:58, 27 April 2017
  • |caption=Brezhnev in [[East Berlin]] in 1967 ...beginning of [[Era of Stagnation|an era of economic and social stagnation in the Soviet Union]].
    92 KB (13,313 words) - 20:58, 27 April 2017
  • ...a citizen of the United States, Sharman has more than 30 years experience in biomedical and clinical science, and healthcare management. ...1981, and Kulziya Askarova, medical doctor and radiologist. He was raised in the [[Almaty]], [[Kazakhstan]].
    12 KB (1,711 words) - 20:58, 27 April 2017
  • ...orm]] [[fish]] family '''Channidae''', native to parts of [[Africa]] and [[Asia]]. These elongated, [[predatory fish]] are distinguished by their long [[d ...axon|extant]] [[genera]] are ''[[Channa]]'' in Asia and ''[[Parachanna]]'' in Africa, consisting of about 35 species.
    21 KB (2,972 words) - 21:00, 27 April 2017
  • The Healthcare system in [[Kazakhstan]] is a post-Soviet healthcare system under reform. Life expectancy at birth in Kazakhstan is 148th in the world, below most developed nations and some developing nations. It is
    7 KB (929 words) - 21:01, 27 April 2017
  • ...s|accessdate=23 November 2014}}</ref> [[Abortion]]s are available to women in [[Kazakhstan]] within the first 28 weeks of [[Fertilisation|conception]].<r ...e former [[Soviet Union|USSR]] and has not been updated since independence in 1992.<ref name=UN />
    775 B (108 words) - 21:01, 27 April 2017

View (previous 50 | next 50) (20 | 50 | 100 | 250 | 500)