Search results

From Kazakhstan Encyclopedia

  • | publisher=[[Radio Free Asia]] ...akistani Army]].<ref name="BBC">{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/3343241.stm|title=Chinese militant "shot dead"|publisher=BBC News|a
    27 KB (3,739 words) - 20:04, 27 April 2017
  • [[File:China-Xinjiang.png|thumb|200px|Xinjiang's location in the [[People's Republic of China]]]] ...ntier") when the region was reconquered by the Manchu-led [[Qing dynasty]] in 1759. Xinjiang is now a part of the [[People's Republic of China]], having
    347 KB (52,725 words) - 20:04, 27 April 2017
  • ...ears he spent in the [[United States]] [[Guantanamo Bay detention camp]]s, in [[Cuba]].<ref name=DoDList2> ...]] [[counter-terrorism]] analysts reports Mahmud was born on July 1, 1964, in [[Ghulja, China|Ghulja]], China.
    10 KB (1,286 words) - 20:04, 27 April 2017
  • ...lamic]] [[Minority group|minority]] which makes up the majority population in that region. The governments of China has claimed that his "activities" am ...unpo.org/content/view/10070/81/ |title=East Turkestan: Dolkun Isa Detained in South Korea| work=www.unpo.org| accessdate=2 October 2009}}</ref><ref>{{cit
    8 KB (1,106 words) - 20:04, 27 April 2017
  • |caption=Wu'erkaixi in Taipei, 2013 ...Uyghur]], he was born in Beijing on February 17, 1968 with ancestral roots in [[Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture]], [[Xinjiang]]. He achieved prominence
    14 KB (2,021 words) - 20:04, 27 April 2017
  • ...ong For My Mother)|language=Korean}}</ref> Anita's mother was born in 1944 in [[Tashkent]], [[Uzbek SSR]], [[Soviet Union]] and successfully graduated fr Tsoy's mother did everything she could to make her daughter educated in all kinds of arts [http://anitatsoy.ru]. Anita's favourite one became music
    17 KB (2,046 words) - 20:05, 27 April 2017
  • ...the [[List of countries by number of troops|fourth-largest standing army]] in the world. Kim's leadership is thought to have been even more authoritarian ...economic reforms, including the opening of the [[Kaesong Industrial Park]] in 2003.
    89 KB (12,836 words) - 20:05, 27 April 2017
  • ...Essays: Tatiana Gabroussenko, Soldiers on the Cultural Front: Developments in the Early Literary History of North Korean Literature and Literary Policy|p ...rated Korea]] when the [[Red Army]] [[Soviet invasion of Manchuria|entered in 1945]]. By that time, he had substantial experience with [[Soviet literatur
    37 KB (5,183 words) - 20:05, 27 April 2017
  • ...its economic bureau is in [[Turkey]] and its scientific bureau is situated in [[Pakistan]]. ...ual and fully sovereign member states. This makes ECO similar to [[ASEAN]] in that it is an organisation that has its own offices and bureaucracy for imp
    34 KB (4,200 words) - 20:07, 27 April 2017
  • ...usiness.org/data/exploreeconomies/kazakhstan |title=Ease of Doing Business in Kazakhstan |publisher=Doingbusiness.org |accessdate=2017-01-24 }}</ref> ...an financial crisis|August financial crisis]] in [[Russia]]. A bright spot in 1999 was the recovery of international [[petroleum]] prices, which, combine
    45 KB (6,206 words) - 20:07, 27 April 2017
  • ...n/|accessdate=5 August 2015|publisher=Russia Today}}</ref> It participated in the EAEU from the day of its establishment as an acceding state.<ref name=F ...Minister Vladimir Putin "A new integration project for Eurasia: The future in the making"|url=http://www.russianmission.eu/en/news/article-prime-minister
    141 KB (18,985 words) - 20:07, 27 April 2017
  • |caption = The Kazakhstan Air Force Antonov An-72 involved in the accident |type = Crashed on descent short of runway in bad weather
    6 KB (766 words) - 20:07, 27 April 2017
  • ...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
    25 KB (3,656 words) - 20:12, 27 April 2017
  • |image_caption = Statue of [[Nurken Abdirov]] in Karaganda |pushpin_map_caption =Location in Kazakhstan
    15 KB (2,065 words) - 20:13, 27 April 2017
  • ...ate=18 December 2011|accessdate=18 December 2011|title=Deadly riots spread in Kazakhstan oil region}}</ref> ...r 2011}}</ref> The massacre was a stark illustration of the [[Human rights in Kazakhstan|country's poor human rights record]] under [[President of Kazakh
    15 KB (2,031 words) - 20:14, 27 April 2017
  • [[File:Alibek.jpg|thumb|320px|right|<center>'''Ken Alibek''' in 2003.]] ...[[microbiologist]] and [[biological warfare]] (BW) expert. He rose rapidly in the ranks of the [[Soviet Army]] to become the First Deputy Director of [[B
    23 KB (3,257 words) - 20:16, 27 April 2017
  • 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}}
    16 KB (2,457 words) - 20:51, 27 April 2017
  • | header = Ural regions in [[Russia]] ...its western [[Volga]] and eastern [[Siberia]] neighbor regions. At points in time, parts of the Urals were considered a gateway to Siberia, if not Siber
    20 KB (2,958 words) - 20:51, 27 April 2017
  • |caption=The Aral Sea in 1989 (left) and 2014 (right) |location = [[Kazakhstan]] - [[Uzbekistan]],<br>[[Central Asia]]
    51 KB (7,714 words) - 20:53, 27 April 2017
  • ...sed on civil rights and freedom of speech which is an issue in Kazakhstan; in 2008 it reported 122 incidents of harassment and violence against journalis [[Category:Organizations based in Kazakhstan]]
    2 KB (321 words) - 20:57, 27 April 2017
  • | voting_system2 = proportional representation (In the Assembly) ...bent and the lack of genuine opposition limited voter choice. A restricted media environment stifled public debate and freedom of expression.<ref name="OSCE
    5 KB (603 words) - 20:57, 27 April 2017
  • A [[general election]] was held on September 19, 2004 in [[Kazakhstan]] to elect a new government to the [[Majilis]], the [[legislat * [[Media bias]] is an issue with election [[wikt:watchdog|watchdog]]s. The parties,
    1 KB (194 words) - 20:57, 27 April 2017
  • ...]. As of 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.</r ...ntil the early 1990s the railway served as the primary land bridge between Asia and Europe, until several factors caused the use of the railway for transco
    52 KB (7,418 words) - 20:57, 27 April 2017
  • ...f China]]. The Eurasian Land Bridge is the overland rail link between East Asia and Europe. ...ct route used to connect the two cities is not always specified in Chinese media reports, but appears to usually refer to the route which passes through [[K
    7 KB (948 words) - 20:57, 27 April 2017
  • ...ween 1943 and 1949. During 1949-1952 he took the equivalent party position in [[Krasnodarsky Krai]]. ...ain support of the incoming party leader, [[Leonid Brezhnev]], but failed. In 1966, while visiting [[Chile]], he fell ill with an unknown viral infection
    6 KB (804 words) - 20:58, 27 April 2017
  • |caption=Brezhnev in [[East Berlin]] in 1967 ...beginning of [[Era of Stagnation|an era of economic and social stagnation in the Soviet Union]].
    92 KB (13,313 words) - 20:58, 27 April 2017
  • This is a '''list of the bird species recorded in Kazakhstan'''. The avifauna of [[Kazakhstan]] include a total of 513 specie ...ecies counts found in each family account. Accidental species are included in the total species count for Kazakhstan.
    50 KB (5,879 words) - 21:00, 27 April 2017
  • ...entific specific name implies, this wader has a grey back, face and breast in all [[plumage]]s; a white [[supercilium]] may appear more or less distinct. ...Given the numerous [[basal (evolution)|basal]] fossils of the group found in [[Eurasia]] it is likely that the Terek sandpiper lineage originated there,
    10 KB (1,353 words) - 21:00, 27 April 2017
  • | image_caption = A Bactrian camel in the [[Shanghai Zoo]] ...side has only one hump.</ref> Its population of two million exists mainly in the [[Domestication|domesticated]] form.<ref name=EDGE>{{cite web| url= htt
    23 KB (3,382 words) - 21:00, 27 April 2017
  • ...mental plant in [[temperateness|temperate]] regions and hybridized for use in the garden. It has several [[subspecies]]; ''[[Iris spuria subsp. carthalin ...er= botany.cz |accessdate=27 February 2015}}</ref> that is about 2&nbsp;cm in diameter,<ref name=isles>A. R. Clapham, T. G. Tutin and D. M. Moore {{Googl
    37 KB (5,367 words) - 21:01, 27 April 2017
  • ...e:KazakhBallotBox.jpg|thumb|200px|Ballot boxes, Kazakh flag and state seal in an Astana polling place before the 2007 legislative elections.]] '''Elections in Kazakhstan''' are held on a national level to elect a [[President of Kazakh
    12 KB (1,644 words) - 21:01, 27 April 2017
  • ...[[Dieter Nohlen]], Florian Grotz & Christof Hartmann (2001) ''Elections in Asia: A data handbook, Volume I'', p420 ISBN 0-19-924958-X</ref> ...tested on a party basis and opposition candidates were given access to the media.
    5 KB (584 words) - 21:01, 27 April 2017
  • ...he [[Mazhilis]]. However, the [[Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe]] (OSCE) stated that the election "did not meet fundamental principl ...on was overturned on 10 January 2012.<ref>[http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-16492780 Kazakhstan riot town Zhanaozen can go to the polls] BBC News, 10 J
    6 KB (708 words) - 21:01, 27 April 2017
  • ..., 20 August 2007</ref><ref name=Maria>[http://news.independent.co.uk/world/asia/article2878772.ece Kazakh poll gives all seats to Nazarbayev] Reuters, 20 A ...changes, 98 deputies were elected by party lists, an increase from just 10 in the previous parliament. The remaining nine seats were reserved for members
    3 KB (428 words) - 21:01, 27 April 2017
  • ...c projection).svg|thumb|300px|Middle Asia|alt=Middle Asia is not a Central Asia]] [[File:Central Asia borders4.png|thumb|250px|Map of '''Central Asia''' showing three sets of possible [[Eurasia]]n boundaries for the region]]
    47 KB (6,893 words) - 22:29, 27 April 2017
  • |region = Central Asia |<!-- only fill in the start/end event entry if a specific article exists. Don't just say "abo
    28 KB (4,170 words) - 22:29, 27 April 2017
  • ...|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|
    153 KB (23,195 words) - 22:30, 27 April 2017
  • ...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
    15 KB (2,198 words) - 22:30, 27 April 2017
  • |continent = Asia ...72|pp=25–71|}}. This figure has been calculated on the basis of the data in both Herlihy and Russell's work.</ref>
    176 KB (25,696 words) - 22:30, 27 April 2017
  • ...ef><ref>{{cite book|last1=Unesco|title=History of Civilizations of Central Asia, Volym 4|pages=74|url=https://books.google.se/books?id=9yTFnuWQKvkC&pg=PA74 ...an]]: ''Найман/Naiman, "eight"'') is the name of a tribe originating in [[Mongolia]].
    13 KB (2,109 words) - 22:30, 27 April 2017
  • ...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.
    10 KB (1,344 words) - 22:30, 27 April 2017
  • ...енұлы'''}}) served as the Minister of Culture, Information, and Sport in the [[Government of Kazakhstan]] until [[List of Presidents of Kazakhstan|P ..._uuid=4e612cca-6707-11da-a650-0000779e2340,print=yes.html Election history in Kazakhstan leaves opposition with little hope] Financial Times</ref>
    8 KB (1,122 words) - 22:30, 27 April 2017
  • ...ut binding targets}} {{legend|#EEEE00|Annex B parties with binding targets in the first period but which withdrew from the Protocol}} {{legend|orange|Sig | date_expiration = in force<br>(first commitment period expired 31 December 2012)<ref>http://unfc
    151 KB (20,978 words) - 22:36, 27 April 2017
  • ...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
    113 KB (16,449 words) - 22:38, 27 April 2017

View (previous 50 | next 50) (20 | 50 | 100 | 250 | 500)