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  • |subdivision_type = [[Countries of the world|Country]] ...f gold coins and jewelry. The source of such legends was perhaps confirmed by the archaeological finds of various coins and jewelry.
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  • ...estic and foreign policy of the state and represents Kazakhstan within the country and in international relations. The President is the symbol and guarantor o Legislative functions are performed by the Parliament of the Republic of Kazakhstan, which consists of two Chamber
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  • ...rkmenistan]], [[Uzbekistan]] and [[People's Republic of China|China]]. The country also borders on a significant part of the [[Caspian Sea]]. ...ulation|62nd largest]] population in the world, with a [[List of countries by population density|population density]] of less than 6 people per squa
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  • === Rivers === {{main|Rivers of Kazakhstan}}
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  • {{Infobox country .../02/weodata/weorept.aspx?pr.x=68&pr.y=12&sy=2014&ey=2021&scsm=1&ssd=1&sort=country&ds=.&br=1&c=916&s=NGDPD%2CNGDPDPC%2CPPPGDP%2CPPPPC&grp=0&a= |title=Kazakhst
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  • ...sturgeon)|Beluga]], [[Ossetra]] and [[Sevruga]] caviars). Depending on the country, ''caviar'' may also be used to describe the roe of other [[Fish (food)|fis ...Caviar is the eggs or roe of sturgeon preserved with salt. It is prepared by removing the egg masses from freshly caught fish and passing them carefully
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  • | alt=Poster shows a circle with Bond flanked by two women at the centre. Globs of fire and action shots from the film are b | caption = British cinema poster for ''The World Is Not Enough'', designed by Brian Bysouth
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  • |subdivision_type = Country ...97, the government relocated the capital to [[Astana]] in the north of the country.
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  • ...In addition, the World Bank’s Ease of Doing Business indicator shows the country to be relatively investor-friendly, ranking it in 10th position for investo ...e from [[Clean Technology Fund]](CTF), and the technical assistance funded by the Japanese government through the Japan-EBRD Cooperation Fund (JECF).<ref
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  • ...e=March 2017|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}: Distribution of population by nationality. Retrieved on 23 April 2009 </ref> ...oha.com/2015/04/uae-population-by-nationality |title=UAE´s population – by nationality |work=BQ Magazine |date=12 April 2015 |accessdate=12 July 2015
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  • ...State Statistics Committee of Ukraine: The distribution of the population by nationality and mother tongue]</ref> ...tem of government. In the 13th century, Kara-Khanid Khanate was destroyed by the Turkic [[Khwarazmian dynasty]], a vassal of the Qara Khitai.
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  • {{About|the East Slavic ethnic group, regardless of country of citizenship|all citizens of Russia, regardless of ethnicity|Citizenship ...y|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100111042053/http://belstat.gov.by/homep/en/census/2009/main.php |archivedate=11 January 2010}}</ref>{{Failed
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  • ...injiang]] (新疆, meaning "new frontier") when the region was reconquered by the Manchu-led [[Qing dynasty]] in 1759. Xinjiang is now a part of the [[Pe ...l map showing the separation of Dzungaria and the Tarim Basin (Taklamakan) by the Tien Shan Mountains]]
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  • |subdivision_type = Country ...126.</ref><ref>Bonavia, Judy. ''The Silk Road: Xi'an to Kashgar.'' Revised by Christopher Baumer (2004), pp. 306-319. Odyssey Publications. ISBN 962-217-
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  • ...being a collection of medieval notices of China. Issue 37 of Works issued by the Hakluyt Society ...of [[Kazakhstan]], including ''[[Semirechye|Jettisu]]'', the area of seven rivers.
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  • | caption = Viktor Tsoi in 1986, photo by [[Igor Mukhin]] ...tml Relatives of Viktor Tsoi lived in Vladivostok in the area of the first Rivers] (translation).</ref>
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  • ...ttp://www.nationsonline.org/oneworld/countries_by_area.htm|title=Countries by Area|accessdate=26 August 2014|website=Nations Online Project}}</ref> ...kz.html|title=The World Factbook|publisher=}}</ref><ref>http://belstat.gov.by/ofitsialnaya-statistika/otrasli-statistiki/naselenie/demografiya_2/operativ
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  • ...ated in [[Karaganda Region|Karaganda region]] - more than 8.5 billion tons by the end of 2012. ...accumulated all over the country without controls. This is largely caused by the following factors:
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  • ...Railways provide 68% of all cargo and passenger traffic to over 57% of the country. There are {{convert|15,333|km|mi|abbr=on}} in common carrier service, excl ...sp;km between China and Europe. The Khorgos Gateway dry port is surrounded by Khorgos Eastern Gate SEZ that officially commenced operations in December 2
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  • <!-- *** Country etc. *** --> | country = [[Kyrgyzstan]]
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  • | subdivision_type1 = [[List of sovereign states|Country]] | subdivision_name1 = [[Kazakhstan]]<!-- the name of the country -->
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  • | subdivision_type1 = Country ...:su|su]]' literally means "clean/white water". The Aksu is one of the main rivers of the historic region of [[Zhetysu]].
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  • ...ther four Central Asian states, or about twice the size of [[Alaska]]. The country borders [[Turkmenistan]], [[Uzbekistan]], and [[Kyrgyzstan]] to the south; ...el, in the [[Mangystau]] province east of the [[Caspian Sea]]. Most of the country lies at between 200 and 300 meters above sea level, but Kazakhstan's Caspia
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  • |subdivision_type = [[Countries of the world|Country]] ...came obvious that the ancient settlement had been situated somewhere close by. Thus, archeological excavations in the southeastern suburbs of modern Talg
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  • |subdivision_type = [[Countries of the world|Country]] ...к}}). The former name is still commonly used in the Russian language, and by [[Russians in Kazakhstan]].<ref>https://lenta.ru/articles/2016/06/06/aktobe
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  • |subdivision_type = [[Countries of the world|Country]] ...toxic chemicals{{Citation needed|date=February 2008}} exposed to the wind by the retreating waters and, possibly, from [[chemical agents|chemical]] and
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  • | subdivision_type = [[Countries of the world|Country]] ...ative center of [[East Kazakhstan Region]] of [[Kazakhstan]]. It is served by [[Oskemen Airport]]. Population: {{Kz-census2009|303,720|punct=;}} {{Kz-cen
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  • <!-- *** Country etc. *** --> | country = [[Kyrgyzstan]]
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  • | subdivision_type = [[List of sovereign states|Country]] ...sis of which the same reserve is organized; the southern part is dominated by grasslands and shrublands.
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  • |country=Russia ...Sigismund von Herberstein]], in the 16th century Russians called the range by a variety of names derived from the Russian words for rock (stone) and belt
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  • <!-- *** Country etc. *** --> | country = [[Russia]]
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  • ...hern tip of the [[Greek peninsula]], and was then "brought into confusion" by the expanding borders of the [[Roman Empire]]. He stated that if Germany wo ...p into several harmless "peasant republics" after Germany had occupied the country's European parts.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Kroener|first1=Bernhard R.|last2=M
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  • | country=China| country1=Kazakhstan| country2=Kyrgyzstan |country3=Uzbekistan | designation1_date = [[List of World Heritage Sites by year of inscription#2013 (37th session)|2013]] <small>(37th [[World Heritag
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  • ...China]], [[Mongolia]], and [[Kazakhstan]] come together, and are where the rivers [[Irtysh]] and [[Ob River|Ob]] have their headwaters. The northwest end of ...the great [[plateau]] of Mongolia, the transition being effected gradually by means of several minor plateaus, such as [[Ukok plateau|Ukok]] (2,380 m) wi
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  • ...ke Zaysan]] in [[Kazakhstan]], meeting the [[Ishim River|Ishim]] and Tobol rivers before merging with the [[Ob River|Ob]] near [[Khanty-Mansiysk]] in western ...'' (''Kara-Irtysh'' in Kazakh, or ''Cherny Irtysh'' in Russian) is applied by some authors, especially in Russia and Kazakhstan, to the upper course of t
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  • {{about|the former island|the album by [[folk metal]] band [[Arkona (band)|Arkona]]|Vozrozhdeniye}} |country = [[Kazakhstan]]<br/>[[Uzbekistan]]
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  • ...er reversal''' was an ambitious project to divert the flow of the Northern rivers in the [[Soviet Union]], which "uselessly" drain into the [[Arctic Ocean]], [[File:Rs-map.png|thumb|350px|Map of [[Russia]] showing rivers that could be redirected from the [[Arctic]]]]
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  • | source1_location = [[Tekes River|Tekes]] and [[Kunges River|Kunges]] rivers ...from the [[Tekes River|Tekes]] and [[Kunges River|Kunges]] (or [[Künes]]) rivers. The Ili River drains the basin between the Tian Shan and the [[Borohoro Mo
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  • '''Rivers of [[Kazakhstan]]''' include: {{Asia topic|List of rivers of}}
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  • ...untainous terrain of the southern part of [[Xinjiang]]'s [[Yumin County]]; by the time it crosses the [[China–Kazakhstan border]] and enters a flat des ...юля 2003 года, N 469]. ("On the ratification of the Protocol agreed by the Government of the Republic of Kazakhstan and the Government of the Peop
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  • |country = Russia ...ia and [[Kostanay province|Kostanay oblast]], Kazakhstan. The verse formed by the confluence of [[Karatalas-Verse]] and [[archagly-Ayat river|archagly-Ay
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  • ...t important drainage system is known as [[Zhetysu|Yedisu]], meaning "seven rivers" in [[Turkic language]]s. Below is the list of more important lakes. Some o [[Category:Lists of lakes by country|Kazakhstan]]
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  • |caption = The Caspian Sea as captured by the [[Moderate-Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer|MODIS]] on the orbiting ...h century the Caspian Sea was still not well explored and mapped. 1570 map by [[Fernão Vaz Dourado]].]]
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  • Partly because of the country's enormous semi-arid [[steppe]], the Soviet government used [[Kazakhstan]] ...tremes, and agricultural soil has been damaged by salt deposits and eroded by wind. Desertification has eliminated substantial tracts of agricultural lan
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  • ...ellariids are the main group of medium-sized "true petrels", characterised by united nostrils with medium septum and a long outer functional primary. ...y they inhabit dense vegetation in damp environments near lakes, swamps or rivers. In general they are shy and secretive birds, making them difficult to obse
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  • .../16108941 }}</ref> The [[genus]] ''[[Haliaeetus]]'' was introduced in 1809 by the French naturalist [[Marie Jules César Savigny]] in the ''[[Description ...s, the latter likely around the same size as the record-sized deer carried by bald eagles in North America.<ref name=RaptorsWorld/>
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  • | image = ComputerHotline - Pelecanus crispus (by) (1).jpg ...oth weigh on average around {{convert|10|kg|lb|abbr=on}}, followed closely by great white pelicans and the [[whooper swan]]s (''Cygnus cygnus'').<ref nam
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  • ...ed on 11 January 2008</ref> The species' numbers have been greatly reduced by [[overfishing]] and [[poaching]], prompting many governments to enact restr Like most sturgeons, the beluga is [[anadromous]], migrating upstream in rivers to [[spawn (biology)|spawn]].
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  • ...els by English-speaking people may not be known as barbels in their native country, although the root of the word may be similar. For instance, the Mediterra ...lbanicus''; the Iberian barbel is found in Spain and Portugal and is eaten by many European duck species
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