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  • * [[Dungan people|Dungan]] * [[Chinese people in Kazakhstan|Chinese]]
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  • | birth_place = [[Kara-Balta]], [[Kirghiz SSR]], [[Soviet Union]] ...brief career as a professional football player. Neustädter was born in [[Kara-Balta]], Kyrgyzstan. He is a son of a [[Volga Germans|Volga German]] father and a
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  • ...anguage has its speakers (mainly [[Kazakhs]]) spread over a vast territory from the [[Tian Shan]] to the western shore of [[Caspian Sea]]. Kazakh is the of ...shift-from-cyrillic/28425590.html|title=Kazakh President Orders Shift Away From Cyrillic Alphabet|website=RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty|access-date=2017-04-
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  • | clubs3 = [[FC Khimik Kara-Balta|Kara-Balta]] Kelm played with Kyrgyz [[FC Khimik Kara-Balta|FC Kara-Balta]] in 2016.<ref>[http://www.zerozero.pt/player.php?id=534145&epoca_id=0 Vikt
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  • ...88612</ref> Contemporary Kazakhs usually wear modern western clothing, but people are seen wearing traditional clothing for holidays and special occasions.<r ...om the root of a plant named ''Uiran Boyau,'' and orange dye is often made from the dried crusts of [[pomegranate]]s.
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  • | caption = Population of Kazakhstan (in millions) from 1950–2009. ...on estimate is 6.8% higher than the population reported in the last census from January 1999 (slightly less than 15 million). These estimates have been con
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  • |related = {{hlist|[[Kazakhs]]|[[Kyrgyz people|Kyrgyz]]|[[Nogais]]}} ...Britannica|accessdate=22 December 2014}}</ref> The name "Karakalpak" comes from two words: "qara" meaning black, and "[[qalpaq]]" meaning hat. The Karakalp
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  • ...zens of [[Uzbekistan]]|Demographics of Uzbekistan|a list of notable people from Uzbekistan|List of Uzbeks}} | image = File:Uzbek man from central Uzbekistan.jpg
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  • ...which is today considered a musical style of the [[Uyghur people|Uyghur]] people of northwest China. The Muqam of Xinjiang has been designated by [[UNESCO]] ...42), known as ''Makhdum-i ' Azam'' (the Great Master) came to [[Kashgar]] from [[Samarkand]] and was granted land there. His descendants, known as ''Makhd
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  • ...q'') was a ruler, with a title of [[Idikut]], of the [[Buddhist]] [[Uyghur people|Uyghur]] [[Kara-Khoja Kingdom]] (856-1389) in [[Beshbalik]] (near present-d ...ethnic groups, mostly of Mongolic, [[Turkic peoples|Turkic]] and [[Tibetan people|Tibetan]] origins.
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  • ...he [[Chigils]] and other tribes which founded the [[Kara-Khanid Khanate]]. From the seventh century until the [[Karakhanid]] period, the Yagma were recorde ...0-521-2-4304-1}}</ref> According to ''[[Hudud al-'alam]]'' "their king is from the family of the Toquz-Oghuz kings."<ref name="anthology"/>
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  • [[File:China-Xinjiang.png|thumb|200px|Xinjiang's location in the [[People's Republic of China]]]] ...y the Manchu-led [[Qing dynasty]] in 1759. Xinjiang is now a part of the [[People's Republic of China]], having been so since its founding year of 1949.
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  • ...y. Traditionally, both languages are indicated by the term "Yellow Uygur", from the [[endonym]] of the Yugur. ...Uyghur, and its [[copula (linguistics)|copula]] ''dro'', which originated from Old Uyghur but substitute the Uyghur copulative personal suffixes.<ref>Chen
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  • ...i Tongjian]]'', vol. 53.</ref> was an [[Uyghur people|Uyghur]] [[khagan]] from 747 to 759 AD. His official titles were "''Ay Tengrida Qut Bolmish''" and " ...''Ghur'' ("the people"), i.e. " United people " or " free confederation of people (''Erkin Budun''), voluntarily bound into an alliance ".<ref>Element " Ghur
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  • Satuq was said to have come from [[Artux|Artush]], identified in the 10th century book ''[[Hudud al-'alam]]' ...100/mode/2up |year=1878 }}</ref> He was taught about Islam by Abu-an-Nasr from Bukhara. Nasr befriended the King of [[Kashgar]], Satuq's father (or step-
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  • |official_name = <!-- Official name in English if different from 'name' --> |subdivision_name = People's Republic of China
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  • |region1={{flagcountry|People's Republic of China}}<br/> <small>([[Xinjiang|Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Re ...arily in the [[Xinjiang|Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region]] in [[China|the People's Republic of China]], where they are one of 55 [[Ethnic minorities in Chin
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  • ...n''' ruled the state of [[Yarkent County|Yarkand]] (''mamlakati Yarkand'') from September, 1514, to July, 1533. He was born in 1487 in [[Moghulistan]] and ...s refer to this ruler as '''Abusaid'''.<ref>"The Journey of Benedict Goës from Agra to Cathay" - [[Henry Yule]]'s translation of the relevant chapters of
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  • ...urkestan Krai]], the [[Emirate of Bukhara]], and the [[Khanate of Khiva]]. From 1905, [[Pan-Turkism|Pan-Turkist]] ideologues like [[Ismail Gasprinski]] aim Chairmen of the Council of People's Commissars ("Turksovnarkom")
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  • ...r with [[Kyrgyzstan]]. It had a population of 330,100 (1999 Census), up 9% from 1989, making it one of the fastest-growing cities in the country, after [[A ...(1985). ''Journey to the West in the Great Tang Dynasty''. Xi'an: Shaanxi People's Press. p. 27</ref> The [[Talas alphabet]], a variant of the Turkic "runif
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  • ...rn part occupy southeast suburb of the West-Siberian lowland, to the south from it is situated Torgai plateau; in the west - wavy plain Zaural plateau and ...ments and 5 regional centers. Water delivery of other areas is carried out from local sources (deposits of underground waters). Karatomar water basins (und
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  • ...rincipality with a medina with the same name as the territory that existed from the late eleventh century. In 1097 a struggle between Kutb al-Din Muhammad, ...s population was decreased after gradual drying of the steppe and [[Kalmyk people|Kalmyk]] raids began in 1620. Some Salur and Ersari Turkmens left the regio
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  • ...]] that runs approximately from north to south through [[western Russia]], from the coast of the [[Arctic Ocean]] to the [[Ural River]] and northwestern [[ ...ooks?id=vAEzBgAAQBAJ Paul Dukes. A History of the Urals: Russia's Crucible from Early Empire to the Post-Soviet Era. Bloomsbury Publishing 2015, p 5.]</ref
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  • ...d the highest point is [[Mount Narodnaya]] (Гора Народная) or People's Mountain, at 1,894 m. * [[Mount Narodnaya]] or People's Mountain, 1894 m.
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  • |11=[[Dzungar people|Zunghar]] Although geographically, historically, and ethnically distinct from the [[Turkic languages|Turkic]]-speaking [[Tarim Basin]] area, the [[Qing d
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  • |settlement_type =<small>[[Sub-provincial city in the People's Republic of China#Sub-provincial autonomous prefecture|Sub-Provincial Aut |subdivision_name = People's Republic of China
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  • From its origins as the ''Kara-Irtysh'' (Black Irtysh) in the [[Mongolia]]n Alta ...rs, especially in Russia and Kazakhstan, to the upper course of the river, from its source entering Lake Zaysan. The term '''White Irtysh''', in opposition
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  • ...ing the [[Eastern world|East]] and [[Western culture|West]] and stretching from the Korean peninsula<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.miho.or.jp/english/membe While the term is of modern coinage, the Silk Road derives its name from the lucrative trade in [[silk]] (and horses) carried out along its length,
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  • ...of [[Abul Khair Khan]] the Kazakhs won major victories over the [[Dzungar people|Dzungar]] at the [[Bulanty River]] (1726) and at the [[Battle of Anrakay]] ...Federative Republic) (April 30, 1918 &ndash; October 27, 1924) was created from the [[Turkestan Krai]] of [[Imperial Russia]]. Its capital was [[Tashkent]]
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  • ...urs]], [[Karluks|Qarluqs]] and local [[Turkic peoples|Turkic]] and [[Tajik people|Tajik]] peoples submitted to the Mongolians. The Uyghur state of [[Gaochan ...0–20), and [[Küchlüg]], a fugitive [[Naimans|Naiman]] prince in flight from [[Genghis Khan]]’s [[Mongols]]. Kuchlug was given shelter by the Qara Khi
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  • The '''Mongol conquest of [[Khwarezmid Empire|Khwarezmia]]''' from 1219 to 1221<ref>[http://www.ucalgary.ca/applied_history/tutor/islam/mongol ...Life and Legacy'', p. 120.</ref> The Mongols' original unification of all "people in felt tents", unifying the [[nomad]]ic tribes in Mongolia and then the Tu
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  • ...', meaning '''Oguz Land''', '''Oguz Country''', 750–1055) was a [[Turkic people|Turkic]] state, founded by [[Oghuz Turks|Oguz Turks]] in 766, located geogr ...ürkic Kaganate ([[Western Turkic Kaganate]])". Zuev Yu.A., ''Horse Tamgas from Vassal Princedoms'', p. 134</ref>
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  • ...tau Mountains and central Kazakhstan. Modern ''[[Homo sapiens]]'' appeared from 40,000 to 12,000 years ago in southern, central, and eastern Kazakhstan. Af ...populations in and out of the [[steppe belt]]. The dry period which lasted from the end of the second millennium to the beginning of the 1st millennium BCE
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  • ...ocated some 50&nbsp;km east from [[Bishkek]], and 8&nbsp;km west southwest from [[Tokmok]], in the [[Chui River]] valley, present-day [[Kyrgyzstan]]. ...he [[Silk Road]] in the 5th or 6th centuries. The name of the city derives from that of the [[Chui River|Suyab River]],<ref name=Suyab>Xue (1998), p. 136-1
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  • |status = [[Sinicization|Sinicized]] [[Khitan people|Khitan]] empire<br />in [[Central Asia]] ...who led the remnants of the [[Liao dynasty]] to Central Asia after fleeing from the [[Jin dynasty (1115–1234)|Jurchen]] conquest of their homeland in the
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  • ...akastan]]. Not to be confused with the [[Sakha]], the endonym of the Yakut people of Siberia. For other uses, see [[Saka (disambiguation)]].}} ...ticular branch of the "[[Sarmatians|Scytho-Sarmatian family]]" originating from nomadic Iranian peoples of the northwestern steppe in [[Eurasia]].<ref name
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  • | People | [[Cumans]], [[Persian people|Persians]], [[Turkmens]]
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  • ...[Khanate of Kokand|Kokand]] <br> [[Turkmens|Turkmen]] tribes <br> [[Kyrgyz people|Kyrgyz]] tribes <br> [[File:Flag of Afghanistan pre-1901.svg|border|23px]] ...forts along the northern border of Kyrgyzstan. 1864-1868 they moved south from Kyrgyzstan, captured Tashkent and Samarkand and dominated the Khanates of K
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  • ...ute [[Muslims]] in the [[Hami Oases]]. But his action was opposed by local people and he was later defeated by the Mongols under [[Jebe]]. ...at ''[[khatun]]'' ("queen") [[Töregene Khatun|Töregene]] might have been from this tribe. [[Hulegu]] had a Naiman general, [[Ketbuqa]], who died in the [
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