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  • ...=Sagdeyev, R. Z. |author2=Shtern, M. I. |title=The Conquest of Outer Space in the USSR 1974 |url=http://hdl.handle.net/2060/19770010175 |work=NASA |publi ...rin|Yuri Alexeevich Gagarin]] on 12 April 1961. Korolev's unexpected death in 1966 interrupted implementation of his plans for a Soviet manned Moon landi
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  • | caption = Sergei Lukyanenko in 2011 ...rn 11 April 1968) is a [[science fiction]] and [[fantasy]] author, writing in [[Russian language|Russian]], and is one of the most popular contemporary [
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  • ...Turkish '''Kopuz''', is an ancient [[fret]]less [[string instrument]] used in [[Central Asian music]], related to certain other [[Turkic peoples|Turkic]] ...middle string is the highest in pitch. Virtuosos frequently play the komuz in a variety of different positions; over the shoulder, between the knees and
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  • | 20.61% [[Russians in Kazakhstan|Russian]] |time_zone = [[Time in Kazakhstan|West{{\}}East]]
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  • ...lnik and stars [[Tadanobu Asano]], [[Sun Honglei]] and [[Chuluuny Khulan]] in the main roles. ''Mongol'' explores abduction, kinship and the repercussion ...illion in sales through international release for a combined $26.5 million in gross revenue. The film was a minor financial success after its theatrical
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  • | caption = Golovkin in 2015 ...weight title. After [[Canelo Álvarez]] vacated his WBC middleweight title in 2016, Golovkin was elevated to full champion and now holds world titles by
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  • ...= 2001–2002 | nationalteam1 = [[Ukraine national under-17 football team|Ukraine U17]] ...= 2003–2006 | nationalteam2 = [[Ukraine national under-21 football team|Ukraine U21]]
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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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  • | name = Evangelical Lutheran Church in Russia, Ukraine, Kazakhstan and Central Asia ...vice.jpg|thumb|Archbishop Dietrich Brauer giving the blessing at a service in Moscow Lutheran cathedral.]]
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  • ...e</ref> Kazakhstan has taken [[Uzbekistan]]'s place as the favored partner in [[Central Asia]] for both Russia and the United States.<ref name=FAVORITE>[ ...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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  • ...14865004.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0 | title=Vory v Zakone has hallowed place in Russian criminal lore. | work=[[International Herald Tribune]] | date=29 Ju ...[[Estonia]], [[Georgia (country)|Georgia]], [[Kyrgyzstan]], [[Russia]], [[Ukraine]] and [[Uzbekistan]] have long had criminals and bandits, during the disord
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  • [[File:Kazakhstan European 2016 Rus.png|thumb|European people in Kazakhstan, 2016.]] ...ethnic groups in [[Kazakhstan]]: ethnic [[Kazakhs]] (66.48%) and ethnic [[Russians]] (20.61%) with a wide array of other groups represented, including [[Ukrai
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  • ...nie/demografiya_2/current-data/demographic-situation/demographic-situation-in-2015/|archivedate=3 February 2016}}</ref> | region3 = {{flagcountry|Ukraine}}
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  • |region5={{flagcountry|Ukraine}} ...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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  • ...n census 2001|work=[[Ukrainian Census (2001)|State Statistics Committee of Ukraine]]|date=5 December 2001|accessdate=5 August 2007|deadurl=yes|archiveurl=http ...on-primary ancestry reports. "Ukrainians" being of partial descent figured in numbers.</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=2011 National Household Survey: Data ta
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  • ...e 1800s|Muslims in China that are sometimes still referred to by this name in Central Asian languages|Hui people}} |image = [[File:Dungan-Girls.JPG|250px]]<br/>Dungan girls in [[Shor-Tyube]], Kazakhstan
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  • | region2 = {{flagcountry|Ukraine}} ...s a related ethnic group also called ''Gagavuz'' (or ''[[Gajal]]'') living in the European part of northwestern [[Turkey]].
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  • ...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>
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  • | region3 = {{flag|Ukraine}} (including Crimea) ...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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  • ...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 ...sg.harvard.edu/publication/12785/chechens_in_the_middle_east.html Chechens in the Middle East: Between Original and Host Cultures], Event Report, Caspian
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  • | region4 = {{flag|Ukraine}} ...tion 2001|work=Ukraine Census 2001|publisher=State Statistics Committee of Ukraine|accessdate=27 September 2012}}</ref>
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  • ...= <ref>[http://www.stat.kz/news/Pages/pr_04_02_10.aspx Ethnic groups in Kazakhstan, official estimation 2010-01-01 based on National Census 2009]</ ...ame="USCB">{{cite web|title=PLACE OF BIRTH FOR THE FOREIGN-BORN POPULATION IN THE UNITED STATES, Universe: Foreign-born population excluding population b
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  • ...people|Kazakhs]] who have immigrated to Kazakhstan since its independence in 1991.<ref name="Kueppers">{{citation|url=http://www.eurasianet.org/departme ...here the Russian language is less important in everyday life, particularly in the south.<ref>{{citation|periodical=Reuters Alertnet|date=2003-09-03|acces
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  • | group= Russians <br> ''Русские'' ...M in Kazakhstan, 1 M in Belarus, 0.6 M Latvia, 0.6 M in Uzbekistan, 0.6 M in Kyrgyzstan. Up to 10 million [[Russian diaspora]] elsewhere (mostly America
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  • |region5={{flag|Turkey}} ([[Minorities_in_Turkey#Uyghurs|Uyghurs in Turkey]]) ...k Shichor|author2=East-West Center|title=Ethno-diplomacy, the Uyghur hitch in Sino-Turkish relations|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=IR4tAQAAIAAJ|y
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  • | caption = Viktor Tsoi in 1986, photo by [[Igor Mukhin]] ...et Union|Soviet]] musician, singer, and songwriter of [[Koreans|Korean]]-[[Russians|Russian]] origin, leader of the [[post-punk]] band [[Kino (band)|Kino]].
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  • |pushpin_map_caption = The location of Astana in Kazakhstan |established_date = in 1830 as Akmoly{{sfn|Pospelov|1993|pp=24–25}}
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  • Founded by a unit of the [[Siberian Cossacks]] headed by [[Fyodor Shubin]] in 1830 as Akmoly settlement. ...economic relations in Kazakhstan in the second half of the XIX century" /> In 1869, Akmolinsk external district and department were cancelled, and Akmoli
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  • ...morial; Park of the First President; Nur Ghasyr Mosque at night; Fountains in the Park of the First President; St. Nicolas Cathedral. |pushpin_map_caption =Location in Kazakhstan
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  • ...ame = Павлодар <!-- for cities whose native name is not in English --> |image_caption = Mashkhur Jusup Central Mosque in Pavlodar
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  • ...other hand, have achieved majority support for their assertion that 'ural' in Tatar means a belt, and recall that an earlier name for the range was 'ston ...ow]] captured Perm, Pechora and Yugra from the declining Novgorod Republic in 1472. With the excursions of 1483 and 1499–1500 across the Ural Moscow ma
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  • ...к», from Маяк 'lighthouse') is one of the biggest nuclear facilities in the Russian Federation, housing plutonium production reactors and a reproce ...hernobyl]] in Ukraine and [[Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster|Fukushima]] in Japan.<ref name=":0" />
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  • The [[Ural Mountains]] played a prominent role in [[Nazi Germany|Nazi]] planning. [[Adolf Hitler]] and the rest of the Nazi G In 1725 [[Philip Johan von Strahlenberg]] first used the [[Ural Mountains]] as
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  • |related = [[Swedes]], [[Russians]] ...v]].<ref>http://www.prvregion.narod.ru/data/hstpm/v_plen_u.htm Swedish POW in Ural mines</ref>
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  • |caption=The Aral Sea in 1989 (left) and 2014 (right) ...f 1853 published for the ''Journal of the [[Royal Geographical Society]]'' in London]]
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  • | designation1_free1value = [[List of World Heritage Sites in Asia|Asia-Pacific]] |piccap="Silk Road" in Traditional (top) and Simplified (bottom) Chinese characters
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  • |caption=Brezhnev in [[East Berlin]] in 1967 ...beginning of [[Era of Stagnation|an era of economic and social stagnation in the Soviet Union]].
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  • ...insect]]s, [[crayfish]] and [[amphibian]]s. The Russian desman often lives in small (usually not related) groups of two to five animals, and appears to h ...|cm|in|abbr=on}} long while the tail is {{convert|17|to|20|cm|in|abbr=on}} in length. Easily the largest species of mole, it weighs {{convert|400|to|520|
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  • ...right|300px|alt=World map, with Kazakhstan in green|Location of Kazakhstan in [[Central Asia]]]] ...stan. Modern ''[[Homo sapiens]]'' appeared from 40,000 to 12,000 years ago in southern, central, and eastern Kazakhstan. After the end of the [[last glac
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  • ...es such as the [[Khazar Correspondence]], according to which at some point in the 8th–9th centuries, the ruling elite of the Khazars was said by [[Juda ...ate it.<ref name=rubin /> Despite skepticism, he reformulated the concept in 2016 by developing a novel method of genetic analysis that uses the fringe
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  • ...72|pp=25–71|}}. This figure has been calculated on the basis of the data in both Herlihy and Russell's work.</ref> ...re-14th century}}{{History of Tatarstan}}{{History of Russia}}{{History of Ukraine}}
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