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  • ...nships]]. [[Olga Rypakova]] is an athlete, specialized in [[triple jump]] (women's), taking silver in the [[2011 World Championships in Athletics]] and Gold ...ropean Cup (bandy)|European Cup]] in 1978. Bandy is developed in 10 of the country's 17 administrative divisions (8 of the 14 regions and 2 of the 3 cities wh
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  • ...ll as in countries where communism is [[Bans on Communist symbols|banned]] by the official law. ...lishment of a Socialist International. This was unveiled in 1914 and flown by the [[Irish Citizen Army]] during the 1916 [[Easter Rising]].
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  • ...rope]] treat the symbol very differently: some have passed laws banning it by claiming that it represents "a [[totalitarian]] ideology", but other countr ...tov, Mikhail (1996), ''The Russian Civil War (1) The Red Army''. Published by Men-At-Arms. ISBN 1-85532-608-6.</ref>
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  • }}</ref> By 1994 the National Spiritual Assembly of Kazakhstan was elected<ref name="st ...ounder of the Bahá'í Faith.<ref name="russia" /><ref name="statement" /> By the 1880s an organized community of Bahá'ís was established in [[Ashgabat
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  • ...f> Geographically speaking, Kazakhstan is the northernmost Muslim-majority country in the world. Kazakhs make up over half of the total population, and other ...mber, Carol R. and Melvin Ember. ''Encyclopedia of Sex and Gender: Men and Women in the World's Cultures'', pg. 572</ref>
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  • ...ain symbolic value in Kazakh culture. Kazakh culture is largely influenced by the Turkic [[Nomad|nomadic]] lifestyle. ...ignificance; the right side is generally reserved for men and the left for women. Yurts are also frequently used as a decorative motif in restaurants and ot
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  • Air Astana was described by the Centre for Asia Pacific Aviation in January 2012 as having "performed b ...ernational routes to [[Dubai]], [[Istanbul]], Moscow and Beijing, followed by [[Frankfurt]] and London.
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  • ...set the goal that its transition into the green economy will increase GDP by 3%, and create more than 500 thousand new jobs.<ref name=kz20501>{{cite web ...with investors to achieve its green goals by 2050 and cut carbon emissions by 40 percent in 2050 from 2012 levels.<ref name="PriceSet"/>
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  • ...bor]] in the construction and agricultural industries. Kazakhstani men and women are trafficked internally and to the U.A.E., [[Azerbaijan]], [[Turkey]], [[ ...reasing efforts to combat trafficking over the previous year, specifically by improving efforts to convict and sentence traffickers to time in prison. Th
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  • ...the position on the ranking, the bigger is the impact of terrorism in the country. Kazakhstan's 94th place puts it in a group of countries with the lowest im ...entral Asian Mujahedins members. Tashkent police found a mobile phone used by the terrorists at the site of one of the bombings. The police later found t
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  • | country = [[Russia]] ...n''''' is a 2000 documentary film on Russian [[criminal tattoos]] directed by [[Alix Lambert]].
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  • ...de man|vetted]] (literally "crowned", with respective rituals and tattoos) by consensus of several ''Vors''. Vor culture is inseparable from [[prison gan Although [[Armenia]], [[Chechnya]], [[Estonia]], [[Georgia (country)|Georgia]], [[Kyrgyzstan]], [[Russia]], [[Ukraine]] and [[Uzbekistan]] have
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  • ...ally decriminalized the practice in 1998, being the only [[Central Asia]]n country to do so.<ref>{{cite web|last=Saidazimova |first=Gulnoza |url=http://www.rf ...rous proposals in the recent years to legislate polygamous marriage in the country; the most recent attempt was in mid-2008.<ref>[http://www.rferl.org/content
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  • |country = [[Kazakhstan]] ...National Economy was transformed into the Kazakh State Economic University by the decision of the Government of the [[Kazakhstan|Republic of Kazakhstan]]
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  • {{Infobox country demographics | country = Kazakhstan
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  • ...0; among those, as many as 100,000 did not survive the first winter in the country.<ref>{{harvnb|Iglicka|1998|pp=998–999}}</ref> ...d from eastern Polish territories to Kazakhstan; 80 per cent of these were women and children, as the adult men of their community were typically absent due
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  • ...known as [[Karafuto Prefecture]]) in order to fill labour shortages caused by [[World War II]].<ref name=Byong>{{cite news|last=Ban|first=Byung-yool|titl ...a few (mainly those who have studied Standard Korean) refer to themselves by this name; instead, Koryo-saram has come to be the preferred term.<ref name
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  • ...t China in the 1800s|Muslims in China that are sometimes still referred to by this name in Central Asian languages|Hui people}} ...ral/nationality/ |title=About number and composition population of Ukraine by data All-Ukrainian census of the population 2001 |work=Ukraine Census 2001
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  • ...he [[sex chromosome]], Gagauzes are most proximal to Macedonians, followed by [[Greek Macedonia]]ns apart from [[Thessaloniki]], and others such as [[Bul ...azil]], [[Turkmenistan]], [[Belarus]], [[Estonia]], [[Latvia]], [[Georgia (country)|Georgia]], [[Turkey]],<ref>http://russia.rin.ru/guides_e/7369.html</ref> a
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  • ...e=March 2017|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}: Distribution of population by nationality. Retrieved on 23 April 2009 </ref> ...oha.com/2015/04/uae-population-by-nationality |title=UAE´s population – by nationality |work=BQ Magazine |date=12 April 2015 |accessdate=12 July 2015
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  • The largest group by far that the Russians have called "Tatars" are the [[Volga Tatars]], native ...tp://www.chinaknowledge.de/History/Altera/tatars.html Dada 韃靼 Tatars]" by Ulrich Theobald, chinaknowledge.de.</ref><!-- also written 達打, 達靼,
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  • ...pis-2010.ru/results_of_the_census/tab5.xls Russian Census 2010: Population by ethnicity] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120424000000/htt ...United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees |url=http://www.refworld.org/country,,,,AUT,,5139cf902,0.html |title=Continuing Human Rights Abuses Force Cheche
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  • ...State Statistics Committee of Ukraine: The distribution of the population by nationality and mother tongue]</ref> ...tem of government. In the 13th century, Kara-Khanid Khanate was destroyed by the Turkic [[Khwarazmian dynasty]], a vassal of the Qara Khitai.
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  • {{About|the East Slavic ethnic group, regardless of country of citizenship|all citizens of Russia, regardless of ethnicity|Citizenship ...y|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100111042053/http://belstat.gov.by/homep/en/census/2009/main.php |archivedate=11 January 2010}}</ref>{{Failed
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  • ...injiang]] (新疆, meaning "new frontier") when the region was reconquered by the Manchu-led [[Qing dynasty]] in 1759. Xinjiang is now a part of the [[Pe ...l map showing the separation of Dzungaria and the Tarim Basin (Taklamakan) by the Tien Shan Mountains]]
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  • {{Infobox Former Country |country = China
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  • |subdivision_type = Country ...126.</ref><ref>Bonavia, Judy. ''The Silk Road: Xi'an to Kashgar.'' Revised by Christopher Baumer (2004), pp. 306-319. Odyssey Publications. ISBN 962-217-
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  • ''Uyghur'' is often pronounced {{IPAc-en|ˈ|w|iː|g|ər}} by English speakers, though an acceptable English pronunciation closer to the ...tory because the sound shift ð/ḏ > y did not appear to have taken place by this time.{{sfn|Golden|1992|p=155}} The etymology therefore cannot be accur
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  • | country = {{URS}} ...er Olympics|1976 Montreal]] | [[Gymnastics at the 1976 Summer Olympics – Women's artistic team all-around|Team]] }}
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  • ...Commander]] of the [[Korean People's Army]] (KPA), the [[List of countries by number of troops|fourth-largest standing army]] in the world. Kim's leaders ...s country in [[state terrorism]] and strengthened the role of the military by his ''[[Songun]]'', or "military-first", politics. Kim's rule also saw tent
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  • | caption = Pervak at the [[2014 US Open – Women's Singles Qualifying|2014 US Open Qualifying]] | country = {{flag|Russia}} (2005–2011, 2013-present) <br/> {{flag|Ka
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  • |country = Kazakhstan ...}$128 billion (nominal, 2016)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://data.worldbank.org/country/kazakhstan#up|title=The World Bank}}</ref>
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  • ...tical reforms to position [[Kazakhstan]] among the top 30 global economies by 2050.<ref>{{cite web|title=Kazakhstan 2050 Strategy Leads to Government Res ....<ref>{{cite web|title=Kazakhstan Overview|url=http://www.worldbank.org/en/country/kazakhstan/overview|website=www.worldbank.org}}</ref>
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  • | 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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  • |country={{KAZ}} ...2014 Asian Games|2014 Incheon]] | [[Gymnastics at the 2014 Asian Games – Women's rhythmic team|Team]] }}
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  • | country = {{RUS}} | AustralianOpenresult = 2R ([[2011 Australian Open – Women's Singles|2011]])
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  • | subdivision_type = [[Countries of the world|Country]] ...of a copper factory - [[BGMC]], was transformed into the city of Balkhash by decision of the Central Executive Committee of the Kazakh SSR. In this way,
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  • |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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  • | country = {{MedalSport | Women's [[freestyle wrestling]]}}
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  • |country={{RUS}} ...nko started gymnastics in 1987 at age 9. During his career, he was coached by Valery Alfosov at [[Dynamo Sports Club|Dynamo Moscow]].
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  • |subdivision_type = [[Countries of the world|Country]] ...]], [[Volga Germans|German]] and [[Tatar]] minorities. The city is served by [[Pavlodar Airport]].
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  • ...mbers = 154 members<br>Senate: 47 (40 elected and 7 appointment by the president)<br>Mazhilis: 107 (98 seats from party lists & 9 from the [[A ...-876e08101e1c.html Kazakhstan: Presidential adviser spells out advances by women] RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty</ref>
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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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  • ...20px|link=Hero of Socialist Labour]]<br>([[Awards and decorations received by Leonid Brezhnev|Full list of awards and decorations]]) ...n of the Soviet military during this time. His tenure as leader was marked by the beginning of [[Era of Stagnation|an era of economic and social stagnati
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  • ...f/OD22/OD22.pdf Multinational study of the anemia prevalence.]</ref> among women and children implemented under his leadership has led to improved anemia co ...istan]] and [[Turkmenistan]]. In 2004 – 2006 Almaz Sharman was [[USAID]] Country Office Coordinator for Kazakhstan; he served as a primary liaison official
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  • ...rmances of swimmers from [[Kazakhstan]], which are recognised and ratified by the [[Swimming Federation of the Republic of Kazakhstan]]. |country =
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  • ...links_s|accessdate=23 November 2014}}</ref> [[Abortion]]s are available to women in [[Kazakhstan]] within the first 28 weeks of [[Fertilisation|conception]] [[Category:Abortion by country|Kazakhstan]]
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  • ...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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  • ...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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  • ...n eastern Kazakhstan, which makes it one of the westernmost points reached by a Chinese army. The better-known [[Battle of Talas]] in AD 751 was fought i ...tish Social Biology Council|page=39}}</ref> Zhizhi was wounded in the nose by an arrow.
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