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  • ...d a son Arghynbay Bi, who had a son Sylanbay famous in his time for untold wealth. Nurpeis born after him was a district hakim. Nurpeis had three sons Karim, ...the world has learned the national Kazakh literature and they were prized by the world's outstanding writers. A Frenchman Louis Aragon, [[Yury Kazakov|R
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  • ...w.iranicaonline.org|access-date=29 December 2013}}</ref><br>{{flag|Iraq}} (by [[Kurds]] and [[Iraqi Turkmens|Turkmens]])<ref name=IMFA>{{cite web|title=2 ...ch, 2008. "The traditional Nowrouz/Nowrooz celebrations, mainly celebrated by the Kurdish population in the Kurdistan Region in Iraq, and other parts of
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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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  • ...sity Press 2006 ISBN 0-19-860990-6</ref> Buoyed by its mineral wealth, the country is an enthusiastic consumer of wine but must import 80% of the 30 m bottles ...rgyzstan]] border. Vines were believed to have been introduced to the area by traders from the [[Xinjiang]] province of China and the [[Fergana Province|
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  • ...he [[flag of the Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic]]. The flag was designed by [[Shaken Niyazbekov]]. The color choices had preserved the Soviet era flag ...sky]] as well as water; the sun, a source of life and energy, exemplifies wealth and plenitude; the sun's rays are shaped like grain, which is the basis of
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  • ...association of the main sports teams in Astana supported by the Sovereign Wealth Fund [[Samruk-Kazyna]].<ref name="Astana Presidential Sports Club">{{cite w ...na Presidential Sports Club]], the organization supported by the Sovereign Wealth Fund [[Samruk-Kazyna]] to combine the main sports teams in Astana.<ref name
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  • ...manage Kazakhstan's natural resources, and has immense influence over the country's [[hydrocarbon]] industry.<ref name=oil>[http://oilandglory.com/2007_08_01 ...ctor/banksandfinance/8446134/Timur-Kulibayev-to-head-80bn-Kazakh-Sovereign-wealth-fund.html|accessdate=3 October 2015|work=[[The Daily Telegraph]]|date=12 Ap
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  • ...e of property, BC Astana for the year 2012 |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |website=BC Astana |access-date=26 June 2015}}</ref> ..." - is return big basketball to Kazakhstan |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |date=13 June 2011 |website=[[VTB United League]] |access-date=19
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  • | parent = Sovereign Wealth Fund Samruk Kazyna (51%).<br/>Other Shareholder: BAE Systems PLC (49%) ...ernational Airport]]. It is a joint venture between Kazakhstan's sovereign wealth fund Samruk-Kazyna (51%), and [[BAE Systems]] PLC (49%).<ref>{{cite news|ti
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  • ...Consultation--Staff Report; Supplement; and Public Information Notice; IMF Country Report 11/150; June 1, 2011 |format=PDF |date= |accessdate=2014-02-02}}</re ...eated in October 2008 with the merger of two funds, "Samruk" and "Kazyna", by decree of the president of Kazakhstan, [[Nursultan Nazarbayev]].
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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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  • |subdivision_type = Country ...–010015<ref>{{cite web|url=http://postalcodedb.com/AlphabeticSearch.aspx?country=Kazakhstan&city=Astana |title=Postal Code for Astana, Kazakhstan |accessdat
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  • |subdivision_type = [[Countries of the world|Country]] ...[[Baikonur]], the Soviet Union's premier "space city". Arkalyk is served by [[Arkalyk Airport]].
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  • ...1.2 to 2 million years ago, when the ancient Paleozoic shield was cracked by granite. The area lifted and created the Kent and Karkaraly Mountains. The ...nding the lake. The lake is small- only .14ha. The lake is only accessible by foot and generally takes 4 hours round-trip. This trail takes you through p
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  • ...The massacre was a stark illustration of the [[Human rights in Kazakhstan|country's poor human rights record]] under [[President of Kazakhstan|President]] [[ ...what they saw as a stranglehold on collective bargaining and labor rights by the government.”<ref name="rferl.org"/> In mid-December, some workers in
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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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  • ...05 at that time a Minister Kelimbetov announced that Kazakhstan's GDP grew by 9.1% in the last year.<ref name=GDP>[http://www.rferl.org/reports/centralas ...d enterprises. As a deputy Prime Minister of Kazakhstan he represented the country during the creation of Eurasian Economic Union and oversaw macroeconomic po
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  • ...<ref name="ball 2016 p156"/> The first book entitled ''The Silk Road'' was by Swedish geographer [[Sven Hedin]] in 1938.<ref name="ball 2016 p156"/> The ...], which at sea was conducted mostly through India and on land was handled by numerous intermediaries such as the [[Sogdia]]ns.<ref>[[Warwick Ball]] (201
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  • ...ers and Sons, Translated from the Russian, with the approval of the author by Eugene Schuyler, Ph.D. |volume= |edition= |publisher= Leypoldt & Holt |p ...Governor of Pennsylvania who knew nothing of Russia. Curtin was impressed by Schuyler and appointed him as the secretary of the American legation in [[S
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  • ...[[Mongol Empire]] gained a border with the [[Khwarezmid Empire]], governed by [[Shah]] [[Muhammad II of Khwarezm|Ala ad-Din Muhammad]]. The Shah had only ...of war as he was engaged in war with the Jin Dynasty and was gaining much wealth from trading with the Khwarezmid Empire.{{Citation needed|date=June 2009}}
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  • [[Kazakhstan]], the largest country of the [[Eurasian Steppe]], has been a historical "crossroads" and home to ...l period]] (12,500 to 5,000 years ago), human settlement spread across the country and led to the extinction of the [[mammoth]] and the [[woolly rhinoceros]].
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  • {{Infobox Former Country ...inistration, until the late 3rd-century) spoken in the north and east, and by the [[seven Parthian clans]]){{sfn|Daryaee|2008|pp=99-100}}
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  • {{Infobox Former Country |country =
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  • ...en Charters") was the set of [[law]]s introduced in the [[Kazakh Khanate]] by [[Kazakh Khanate#Tauke Khan (1680–1718)|Tauke Khan]] c. 1680-1718. <ref>{ ...tence to those who would start an uprising (To save the consistency of the country)
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  • | condition_effective = Ratification by at least 55 States to the Convention | condition_effective = ratification by 144 (3/4 of 192 Parties) required
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  • |country = the Soviet Union ...the [[Russian Social Democratic Labour Party]]), a revolutionary group led by [[Vladimir Lenin]] which seized power in the aftermath of the [[October Rev
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