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• Geography of Kazakhstan
  ...ther four Central Asian states, or about twice the size of [[Alaska]]. The country borders [[Turkmenistan]], [[Uzbekistan]], and [[Kyrgyzstan]] to the south; ...lowest elevations on Earth. The peak [[Khan Tengri]] in the [[Tian Shan]] Mountains (and on the border with [[Kyrgyzstan]] and [[China]]) is Kazakhstan highest
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• Shymkent
  | subdivision_type = [[Countries of the world|Country]] ...[[kumis]].<ref>Through Russian central Asia. By Stephen Graham. Published by The Macmillan Company, 1916</ref>
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• Talgar
  |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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• Esik
  |subdivision_type = [[Countries of the world|Country]] ...the [[Tian Shan]], 53&nbsp;km east of [[Almaty]] and 112&nbsp;km over the mountains from [[Issyk Kul Lake]]. Population: {{Kz-census2009|34,355|punct=;}} {{Kz-
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• Karkaraly
  |subdivision_type = [[Countries of the world|Country]] ...y district. Of these, the largest ethnic group is Kazakh (96.2%), followed by Russian (2.23%), and Ukrainian (0.49%).
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• Ridder, Kazakhstan
  |subdivision_type = [[Countries of the world|Country]] ...sus2009|50,500|punct=.}} The city is situated in the south-western [[Altai Mountains]] and north-eastern of the region's capital, [[Oskemen]], along the [[Ulba
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• Oskemen
  | 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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• East Kazakhstan Region
  | subdivision_type = [[List of sovereign states|Country]] ...d Mongolia do not share a common border, the two countries being separated by a small part of Russia and China.It also borders the Kazakh regions of [[Pa
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• Tarbagatay District
  |subdivision_type = [[Countries of the world|Country]] ...t ''tagh'' ~ ''taw'' ~ ''tay'' may be misinterpreted as meaning "mountain" by speakers of [[Turkic languages]], such as the Kazakh language.)
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• West Kazakhstan Region
  | subdivision_type = [[List of sovereign states|Country]] The region borders [[Russia]] and is near the [[Ural Mountains]]. The [[Ural River]] is the border between [[Asia]] and [[Europe]] and flo
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• Karkaraly National Park
  ...was cracked by granite. The area lifted and created the Kent and Karkaraly Mountains. The rocks and cliffs have been here ever since and for many thousands of y ...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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• Kyzylorda Region
  | subdivision_type = [[List of sovereign states|Country]] ...e east). The [[Syr Darya|Syr Darya River]], flowing from the [[Tian Shan]] mountains to the [[Aral Sea]], passes through Kyzylorda Region. The total area of the
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• Kostanay Region
  | subdivision_type = [[List of sovereign states|Country]] ...blast]], [[Chelyabinsk Oblast]], [[Kurgan Oblast]], and is near the [[Ural Mountains]]. It also touches four other Kazakh regions: [[Aktobe Region]] to the sout
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• Mangystau Region
  | subdivision_type = [[List of sovereign states|Country]] The region is located in the southwest of the country, and includes [[Mangyshlak Peninsula]]. It has much of Kazakhstan's [[Caspi
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• Talgar District
  |subdivision_type = [[Countries of the world|Country]] ...k]], 4,973&nbsp;m), an extension of the northern flanks of the [[Tien Shan Mountains]]. Population: {{Kz-population2013|184834|punct=;}} {{Kz-census2009|170,221
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• Kapchagay Reservoir
  ...tre long lake is formed by a dam on the [[Ili River]] which flows from the mountains in the east towards [[Lake Balkhash]] to the northwest. It is named after t ...ed by 39&nbsp;km³ to directly feed the Kapchagay Reservoir, and by 1987, Lake Balkash had reached its all-time low point in volume, dropping r
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• Khan Tengri
  | listing = [[List of countries by highest point|Country high point]]<br />[[Ultra prominent peak|Ultra]] Khan Tengri is the second-highest mountain in the Tian Shan, surpassed only by [[Jengish Chokusu]] (means "Victory peak", formerly known as [[Peak Pobeda]
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• Ural Mountains
  |name=The Ural Mountains |country=Russia
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• Virgin Komi Forests
  ...'' is a natural [[UNESCO]] [[World Heritage site]] in the Northern [[Ural Mountains]] of the [[Komi Republic]], [[Russia]]. At 32,800&nbsp;km² it is the large The Virgin Komi Forests belong to the [[Ural Mountains]] [[taiga]] [[ecoregion]]. Dominant tree species include [[Siberian Spruce]
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• Tura River
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• Ural Mountains in Nazi planning
  [[File:UralMountains1.png|thumb|upright|Map of the Ural mountains.]] The [[Ural Mountains]] played a prominent role in [[Nazi Germany|Nazi]] planning. [[Adolf Hitler
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• Mount Yamantau
  | range = [[Ural Mountains]] ...ng with [[Kosvinsky Mountain]] (600&nbsp;km to the north), it is suspected by the [[United States]] of being a large secret nuclear facility or bunker, o
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• Tian Shan
  | photo=West Tian Shan mountains.jpg | country=China| country1=Kazakhstan| country2=Kyrgyzstan |country3=Uzbekistan
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• Altai Mountains
  |pic=Altai Mountains.jpg ...is at 52° N and between 84° and 90° E (where it merges with the [[Sayan Mountains]] to the east), and extends southeast from there to about 45° N and 99° E
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• Govi-Altai Province
  | subdivision_type = Country ...]] (provinces) of [[Mongolia]]. The province is located in the west of the country and is home to Salkhin Sandag NGO, which works actively to protect its main
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• Gurvan Saikhan Mountains
  | name = Gurvansaikhan Mountains <!-- *** Country *** -->
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• Khüiten Peak
  | listing = [[List of countries by highest point|Country high point]]<br />[[Ultra prominent peak|Ultra]] | range = [[Tavan Bogd]]<br /> Mongol-[[Altai Mountains]]
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• Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture
  |subdivision_type = Country ...oundary is {{convert|2,000|km|abbr=on}}, generally located between [[Altai Mountains]] and the main range of [[Tian Shan]], occupying most of the [[Dzungarian B
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• Irtysh River
  | source1_location = [[Altay Mountains]] The river's source lies in the [[Altai Mountains|Mongolian Altai]] in [[Dzungaria]] (the northern part of [[Xinjiang]], Chin
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• Ili River
  ...s. The Ili River drains the basin between the Tian Shan and the [[Borohoro Mountains]] to the north. ...north by the Borohoro Mountains, and from the [[Tarim Basin]] in the south by the main range of the [[Tian Shan]]. This region was the stronghold of the
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• Syr Darya
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• Terekty River
  ...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 ...topographic maps, the Terekty rises in the Kertau or Barlik (巴尔鲁克) Mountains at around {{coord|45|46|00|N|82|47|00|E|display=inline|region:CN-62_type:la
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• Caspian Sea
  |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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• Silk Road UNESCO World Heritage Sites
  ...t [[Silk Road]] and historical sites along route that have been designated by the [[UNESCO]] as [[World Heritage Site]]s. ...l (China)|Grand Canal]].<ref name=GaoMeiXJB/> The original sites proposed by China was substantially revised for this application.<ref name=GaoMeiXJB/>
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• Silk Road
  ...<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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• Semipalatinsk Test Site
  |country=[[Kazakhstan]] ...vironment. The full impact of radiation exposure was hidden for many years by Soviet authorities and has only come to light since the test site closed in
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• White-tailed eagle
  .../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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• Saiga antelope
  ...rea of the [[Eurasian steppe]] zone from the foothills of the [[Carpathian Mountains]] and [[Caucasus]] into [[Dzungaria]] and [[Mongolia]]. ...= 688}}</ref> This species was first [[scientific description|described]] by Swedish zoologist [[Carl Linnaeus]] in the [[12th edition of Systema Natura
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• Eurasian wolf
  ...American wolves have been recorded to respond to European-style howls made by biologists.<ref name="zimen1981">Zimen, E. (1981), ''The Wolf: His Place in ...s a Carnivore", in ''Wolves: Behavior, Ecology, and Conservation'', edited by L. David Mech and Luigi Boitani, pp. 104-130, Chicago: University Press</re
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• Iris willmottiana
  It was collected from [[Bukhara|Bokhara]] in Eastern [[Turkestan]] in 1899, by a plant collector on behalf of the Van Tubergen nurseries in [[Haarlem]], t ''Iris willmottiana'' is now an accepted name by the [[Royal Horticultural Society|RHS]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Iris willmott
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• Soviet Central Asia
  ...tral Asia''' refers to the section of [[Central Asia]] formerly controlled by the [[Soviet Union]], as well as the time period of Soviet administration ( ...city to the Young Bukharans. As Russian sources report, the emir responded by murdering the Bolshevik delegation, along with several hundred Russian inha
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• Kazakh Khanate
  {{Infobox Former Country |country =
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• Mongol conquest of Khwarezmia
  ...[[Mongol Empire]] gained a border with the [[Khwarezmid Empire]], governed by [[Shah]] [[Muhammad II of Khwarezm|Ala ad-Din Muhammad]]. The Shah had only ...from Genghis' grandson, [[Hulegu Khan|Hulegu]]. At the time, this attempt by the Caliph involved the Shah's ongoing claim to be named sultan of Khwarezm
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• Oghuz Yabgu State
  {{Infobox Former Country |country = Turkistan
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• History of Kazakhstan
  [[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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• Kangar union
  {{Infobox Former Country |capital = located in Ulutau mountains
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• Wusun
  ...the Wusun are last mentioned by the Chinese as having settled the [[Pamir Mountains]] in the 5th century AD. They possibly became subsumed into the later [[Hep ...Indo-European languages]]. However, the latter hypothesis is not supported by [[Edwin G. Pulleyblank]].<ref>Edwin G. Pulleyblank, “Why Tocharians?”,
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• Sasanian Empire
  {{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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• Russian conquest of Central Asia
  ...kmenistan]] in the southwest. Before the Russians came the north was held by the Kazakh steppe nomads and their ancestors while the south was approximat ...enistan were taken. In 1885 expansion south toward Afghanistan was blocked by the British. In 1893-95 they occupied the high Pamirs in the southeast.
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• Treaty of Saint Petersburg (1881)
  ...of the [[Ili River|Ili]] Basin region, also known as [[Zhetysu]] occupied by Russia in 1871 during the [[Dungan Revolt (1862–77)|Dungan Revolt]] up to ...The Kulja territory is north of the Tien Shan and south of the [[Borohoro Mountains]]. It is the upper valley of the [[Ili River]] which flows into [[Lake Balk
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