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• Geography of Kazakhstan
  '''[[Kazakhstan]]''' is located in [[Central Asia]] and [[Eastern Europe]] at {{Coord|48|68|type:country_region:KZ|display=inline, title}}. With an [[Image:Astana-steppe-7748.jpg|thumb|left|In the [[steppe]]s of Central Asia ([[Aqmola Province]])]]
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• Astana
  |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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• Kassym-Jomart Tokayev
  == Career in Soviet Union == ...iplomatic Academy of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the USSR in Moscow in a training course for senior diplomats.
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• Aslan Maskhadov
  ...atchagaev|first1=Mairbek|last2=|first2=|year=2005|title=The role of Sufism in the Chechen resistance|journal=North Caucasus Analysis|volume=6|issue=16|pa ...ssian army. He was killed in Tolstoy-Yurt, a village in northern Chechnya, in March 2005.<ref>[http://lenta.ru/articles/2005/12/02/bunker/ Кавказ:
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• Akhmed Zakayev
  ...rt in the battles for [[Grozny]] and other military operations, as well as in high-level negotiations with the [[Russia]]n side.<ref>[http://www.theliber ...f> In 2003, judge [[Timothy Workman]] of [[Bow Street Magistrates' Court]] in central London rejected the [[extradition]] request due to lack of evidence
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• Alexander Mikaberidze
  ...e professor of history and social sciences at [[Louisiana State University in Shreveport]].<ref name="lsus"/>
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• Viktor Makarov
  ...v also holds a dual citizenship to compete internationally for [[Ukraine]] in shooting.<ref name=issf/> ...4.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1996/1996v3p2.pdf|format=[[PDF]]|work=[[Atlanta 1996]]|publisher=[[LA84 Foundation]]|page=116|accessdate=29 March 2015}}</ref>
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• Mayak
  ...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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• Ural Mountains in Nazi planning
  The [[Ural Mountains]] played a prominent role in [[Nazi Germany|Nazi]] planning. [[Adolf Hitler]] and the rest of the Nazi G {{Further|Boundaries between continents#Europe and Asia}}
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• Main Uralian Fault
  ...iddle of the [[Ural Mountains]] for over 2,000&nbsp;km. It separates both Europe from Asia and the three, or four, western megazones of the Urals from the t ...et al. Mountain building processes during continent–continent collision in the Uralides. ''Earth-Science Reviews'', Volume 89, Issues 3-4, August 2008
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• Altai Mountains
  ...Xiao'erjing]]: اَعَرتَىْ شًامَىْ) are a [[mountain range]] in [[Central Asia|Central]] and [[East Asia]], where [[Russia]], [[China]], [[ ...nese name, derived from the Mongol name ({{zh|c=金山|l=Gold Mountain}}). In [[Turkic languages|Turkic]] languages ''altin'' means gold and ''dag'' mean
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• Altaic languages
  ...h Asia|North]], [[Central Asia|Central]], and [[West Asia]], and [[Eastern Europe]] ...golian, and Tungusic are unrelated." Johanna Nichols, Linguistic Diversity in Space and Time (1992, Chicago), pg. 4.</ref><ref>"Careful examination indic
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• Macroolithus
  ...centric rings of paired eggs. There is evidence of blue-green pigmentation in its shell, which may have helped camouflage the nests. ...interpretations are merely based on artifacts of erosion and redeposition in the early [[Paleogene]].
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• Kairat Kelimbetov
  ...2011.jpg|thumb|right|Kairat Kelimbetov at the [[World Economic Forum]] on Europe and Central Asia 2011]] ...at 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/centralasia/2005/
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• Eurasian Land Bridge
  ...November 2007, about 1% of the $600 billion in goods shipped from Asia to Europe each year were delivered by inland transport routes.<ref>Berk.</ref> ...ormer [[Soviet Union]] use a wider [[rail gauge]] than most of the rest of Europe as well as China. Recently, however, the Trans-Siberian has regained ground
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• Silk Road
  | 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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• Almaz Sharman
  ...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]].
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• White-tailed eagle
  | image_caption = In captivity ...usin of the [[bald eagle]] and occupies the same [[ecological niche]], but in [[Eurasia]].
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• Mute swan
  .... It is recognisable by its pronounced knob atop the beak, which is larger in males. ...–49 |isbn=3-490-12518-5}}</ref> Both ''cygnus'' and ''olor'' mean "swan" in [[Latin]]; ''cygnus'' is a variant form of ''cycnus'', a borrowing from [[G
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• Montagu's harrier
  <!--This article is in Commonwealth English--> ...was introduced by the French naturalist [[Bernard Germain de Lacépède]] in 1799.<ref>{{ cite book | last=Lacépède | first=Bernard Germain de | autho
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• Dalmatian pelican
  ...family. It breeds from southeastern [[Europe]] to [[India]] and [[China]] in swamps and shallow lakes. The nest is a crude heap of vegetation. ...ving bird, rivaling those of the [[great albatross]]es (''Diomedea'' ssp., in particular the two largest species, the [[wandering albatross]] and [[south
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• Common vole
  The '''common vole''' (''Microtus arvalis'') is a [[Europe]]an [[mammal]]. ...crops (within secondary habitats) and here its reproduction is faster than in primary habitats.
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• European water vole
  | status_ref = <ref name="red-list-northern">{{IUCN2006|assessor=Amori|year=1996|id=2149|title=Arvicola terrestris|downloaded=12 May 2006}}</ref> ...ld, on average, water voles only live about five months. Maximum longevity in captivity is two and a half years.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mammal.org
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• Lesser noctule
  ...n north-west [[Africa]], the [[Canary Islands]] and [[Madeira]]. The form in the [[Azores]] is often considered to be a separate species - [[Azores noct ...us, but has also adapted to parkland and urban areas and frequently roosts in buildings.
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• Lesser white-toothed shrew
  ...ef name=iucn>{{IUCN2006 | assessor = Insectivore Specialist Group | year = 1996 | id = 29656 | title = Crocidura suaveolens | downloaded = 2006-05-12}} Dat ...er white-toothed shrew (''[[Crocidura shantungensis]]'') was once included in this species, but is now considered to be a separate species.
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• Mountain hare
  ...;<ref name=iucn>{{IUCN2008 | assessor = Lagomorph Specialist Group | year= 1996 | id = 11791 | title = Lepus timidus | downloaded = January 28, 2010}}</ref | image_caption = Mountain hare in its summer pelage
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• Turkmenian kulan
  ...ive to [[Central Asia]]. It was declared [[Endangered species|Endangered]] in 2016.<ref name=IUCN/> ...Israel]], where the subspecies are making hybrids with [[Persian onager]]s in the wild.
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• Eurasian pygmy shrew
  ...ef = <ref name= iucn>{{IUCN2006|assessor=Insectivore Specialist Group|year=1996|id=29667|title=Sorex minutus|downloaded=2006-05-12}}Database entry includes Active throughout the day and night, the Eurasian pygmy shrew lives in undergrowth and leaf litter and lives off small insects and invertebrates.<
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• Eurasian wolf
  | image_caption = Eurasian wolf at Polar Zoo in Bardu, Norway ...nd [[Thracians|Thracian]] cultures, whilst having an ambivalent reputation in early [[Germanic mythology|Germanic]] cultures.<ref name="boitani2005"/>
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• Galium trifidum
  ...Far East]], [[China]], [[Japan]], [[Kazakhstan]]), northern and eastern [[Europe]] ([[Scandinavia]], [[France]], [[Austria]], [[Poland]], [[Russia]], [[Ukra ...itory i–xvii, 1–669. NRC Research Press, Ottawa.</ref><ref>Voss, E. G. 1996. Michigan Flora, Part III: Dicots (Pyrolaceae-Compositae). Cranbrook Inst.
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• Soviet Union referendum, 1991
  ...t Socialist Republics as a renewed federation of equal sovereign republics in which the rights and freedom of an individual of any nationality will be fu ...N1>[[Dieter Nohlen]], Florian Grotz & Christof Hartmann (2001) ''Elections in Asia: A data handbook, Volume I'', p492 ISBN 0-19-924958-X</ref> </blockquo
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• Kazakhstani legislative election, 1995
  ...ef>[[Dieter Nohlen]], Florian Grotz & Christof Hartmann (2001) ''Elections in Asia: A data handbook, Volume I'', p416 ISBN 0-19-924958-X</ref> Voter turn In March 1994, the first post-independence general [[Kazakhstan legislative el
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• Jeltoqsan
  | caption = A depiction of the Jeltoqsan events on Republic Square in Almaty ...db=all "Nationalist riots in Kazakhstan: Violent nationalist riots erupted in Alma-Ata, the capital of Kazakhstan, on 17 and 18 December 1986"], Informaw
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• Mongol conquest of Khwarezmia
  ...y all of [[Asia]] (as well as [[Mongol invasion of Europe|parts of Eastern Europe]]) save for [[Japan]], the [[Mamluk Sultanate (Cairo)|Mamluk Sultanate of E ...ess than a year later, when a Mongol caravan and its envoys were massacred in the Khwarezmian city of [[Otrar]].
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• Sasanian Empire
  ...|year=1997|publisher=[[Eisenbrauns]]|isbn=978-1-57506-020-0|page=284|quote=In the Middle Persian period (Parthian and Sasanian Empires), Aramaic was the ...an language|Parthian]] (administration, until the late 3rd-century) spoken in the north and east, and by the [[seven Parthian clans]]){{sfn|Daryaee|2008|
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• Treaty of Saint Petersburg (1881)
  ...Ili River|Ili]] Basin region, also known as [[Zhetysu]] occupied by Russia in 1871 during the [[Dungan Revolt (1862–77)|Dungan Revolt]] up to 1881.<ref ...ate unless Chung Hao was released and this was backed by the other powers. In August 1880 Chung Hao was released and negotiations resumed. The Treaty of
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• Pax Khazarica
  ...trans-[[Eurasia]]n [[trade route]]s facilitated travel and trade between [[Europe]] and [[Asia]] by such groups as the [[Radhanites]] and the early [[Rus' (p The originator of the term is unknown but it was in use by scholars as early as the nineteenth century.
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• Levedi
  ...(Lewedi) was recorded in a Hungarian charter, issued in 1138.{{sfn|Kristó|1996|p=112}} ...he Megyer tribe, but his theory has not been widely accepted.{{sfn|Kristó|1996|p=9}}
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• Khazars
  *[[Judaism]]<ref>{{Harvnb|Wexler|1996|p=50}}</ref> ...72|pp=25–71|}}. This figure has been calculated on the basis of the data in both Herlihy and Russell's work.</ref>
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• Politics of Kazakhstan
  ...ve power]] is exercised by the government. [[Legislative power]] is vested in both the [[Forms of government|government]] and the two chambers of parliam ...isters in the Cabinet. [[Bakhytzhan Sagintayev]] became the Prime Minister in September 2016.
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• Senate of Kazakhstan
  ...lamentiniñ Senatı'') is the upper house of two [[bicameralism|chambers]] in [[Kazakhstan]]'s [[legislature]], known as [[Parliament of Kazakhstan|the P ...nd 2014 and those appointed by the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan in 2011 and 2013 continue to hold office.<ref>http://www.parlam.kz/en/senate/h
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• Foreign relations of Kazakhstan
  ...sia and Belarus, transformed into the [[Eurasian Economic Community]] then in 2015 into the [[Eurasian Economic Union]]. President Nazarbayev has priorit ...n&id=132061</ref> Kazakhstan has called for “intra-regional integration in Central Asia” and international integration of the region.<ref name=TW1>{
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• Conference on Interaction and Confidence-Building Measures in Asia
  |name = Conference on Interaction and Confidence-Building Measures in Asia (CICA) ...king_name = the Conference on Interaction and Confidence-Building Measures in Asia
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• Communist Party of the Soviet Union
  ...transl|ru|''Kommunisticheskaya partiya Sovetskogo Soyuza''}}), abbreviated in English as '''CPSU''',{{efn|Sometimes referred to as the Soviet Communist P ...rty]]), a revolutionary group led by [[Vladimir Lenin]] which seized power in the aftermath of the [[October Revolution]] of 1917. The party was dissolve
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