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• Central Asia–Center gas pipeline system
  | length_km = 2000 </ref> The branches meet in western Kazakhstan. From there the pipelines run to north where they are c
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• Baikonur Cosmodrome
  ...Scientists (FAS)|accessdate=19 July 2014}}</ref> The spaceport is located in the [[Kazakh Steppe|desert steppe]] of [[Baikonur]], about {{convert|200|km ...m/science/air_space/1282666.html |accessdate=12 August 2009 |date=5 August 2000 |last=Wilson |first=Jim }}{{dead link|date=October 2016 |bot=InternetArchiv
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• Ruslan Baltiev
  | years3 = 2000 |clubs3 = [[FC Kyzylzhar|Kyzylzhar]] |caps3 = ...Tobol|Tobol]] to compete for the title and play in European competitions. In December 2009 Baltiev signed a 2-year contract with [[FC Zhemchuzhina-Sochi
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• Kazakhskaya Pravda
  ...Thinking on Integration and Nation Building|first=Pal|last=Kolsto|journal=Europe-Asia Studies|volume=50|date=January 1998|pages=51–69|issue=1|publisher=Ta ...riter of the paper, claimed that [[Uyghurs in Kazakhstan|Uyghur immigrants in Kazakhstan]] were separatists and terrorists; it drew severe criticism from
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• Irina Petrushova
  ...g government corruption, her life was threatened and her paper firebombed. In 2002, she was awarded a [[CPJ International Press Freedom Award]]. ...[Pravda]]''. Petrushov was known for his exposés of government corruption in [[Kazakhstan]], including a story which ended the career of Kazakh [[Politb
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• Sergei Lukyanenko
  | caption = Sergei Lukyanenko in 2011 ...rn 11 April 1968) is a [[science fiction]] and [[fantasy]] author, writing in [[Russian language|Russian]], and is one of the most popular contemporary [
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• Nowruz
  ...publisher= komunitetibektashi.org | url=http://www.komunitetibektashi.org/in.php?fq=brenda&gj=gj1&kid=1 ...arsi]]s)<ref name="www.iranicaonline.org">{{cite web|title=Nowruz observed in Indian subcontinent|url=http://www.iranicaonline.org/articles/nowruz-ii/|pu
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• A-Studio
  ...elody Records(1988-1993)<br>Soyuz Records (1994-1997)<br>ORT-Records (1998-2000)<br>NOX Music (2001-2004)<br>Ark Records (UK) (2004)<br>Veter Entertainment ...frontman Batyrkhan Shukenov (vocal and sax). The band was created in 1982 in [[Almaty]], then called Alma-Ata, hence called "Alma-Ata Studio". Later, th
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• Kazakhstan
  | 20.61% [[Russians in Kazakhstan|Russian]] |time_zone = [[Time in Kazakhstan|West{{\}}East]]
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• Alexander Vinokourov
  | proyears2 = 2000–2005 | proteam2 = {{ct|THR|2000}}
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• Sergey Kostyuk
  !colspan="2"|[[UEFA|Europe]] |[[Ukrainian Premier League 1999-2000|1999-00]]
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• Anatoly Khrapaty
  ...[[snatch (weightlifting)|snatch]], three in the [[clean and jerk]] and one in the total.<ref name=chid/><ref name=sr/> Kharpaty retired in 1998 to become a Kazakhstani national coach. He died at age 45, a few days
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• Vladislav Polyakov
  ...World Short Course Championships]] in [[Shanghai, China]]. While residing in the United States, Polyakov is a five-time [[Southeastern Conference|SEC]] ...akov almost gave up his sporting career before he decided to leave Eastern Europe: "At the time I left Russia I was sick mentally, I didn't want to go throug
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• Andrei Krukov
  ...surk/><ref name=poirk/> After retiring from competition, he began coaching in the United States. He is the coach of [[Luiz Manella]] and [[Isadora Willia ! 1999–2000
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• Women in Kazakhstan
  {{Women in society sidebar}} ...khstan''' are women who live in or are from [[Kazakhstan]]. Their position in society has been and is influenced by a variety of factors, including local
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• Kanat Saudabayev
  ...ng chairmanship of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe in 2010. ...the Secretary of State represents his interests in international affairs, in relations with the Parliament of the Republic of Kazakhstan, state bodies,
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• Mukhtar Altynbayev
  ...ikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21]] [[fighter aircraft]] to [[North Korea]]. In March 2000 he became commander of Kazakhstan's Air Defense Force.<ref name=AIRCRAFT>[h * Medal "For Distinction in Military Service"
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• Strider (arcade game)
  ...''' <br> {{vgrelease|JP|February 24, 2000|NA|July 29, 2000|EU|December 15, 2000}}'''Virtual Console''' <br/> {{vgrelease|JP|November 15, 2011|NA|February 1 ...ack and slash]] [[Platform game|platformer]] set in a [[dystopian]] future in the year 2048 and features a wide range of settings that dramatically affec
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• 007: The World Is Not Enough (Nintendo 64)
  | series = ''[[James Bond in video games|James Bond]]'' | released = {{vgrelease|NA|October 17, 2000|EU|December 8, 2000}}
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• Indiana Jones and the Infernal Machine
  ...tp://www.lucasarts.com/companystore/cs-indyn64.htm |archivedate=5 December 2000}}</ref><ref name="ign64" />}}'''Game Boy Color'''<br>{{Vgrelease|NA|March 3 ...otagonist, the adventurer [[Indiana Jones]], against the [[Soviet Union]]. In a race for a mythological [[Babylon]]ian power source, he joins forces with
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• Borat Sagdiyev
  | image = [[File:Borat in Cologne.jpg|250px]] ...on Cohen as Borat Sagdiyev at the [[Germany|German]] premiere of ''Borat'' in 2006
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• Gornyak Rudny
  | dates4 = 1998-2000 | dates5 = 2000-2002
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• Denis Kolodin
  | years2 = 2000–2001 | clubs2 = [[FC Olimpia Volgograd|Olimpia Volgograd]]... ...ender (association football)|defender]] for [[FC Altai Semey|Altai Semey]] in the [[Kazakhstan First Division]].
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• Andrey Arshavin
  | caption = Arshavin in 2012 | youthyears1 = 1988–2000 |youthclubs1 = [[FC Zenit Saint Petersburg|Zenit Saint Petersburg]]
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• Branislav Mezei
  | career_start = 2000 ...Blues]] of the [[SM-liiga]]. Mezei was a first-round pick of the Islanders in the [[1999 NHL Entry Draft]], tenth overall.
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• Buzkashi
  ...[[Taliban]] regime. Traditionally, games could last for several days, but in its more regulated tournament version, it has a limited match time.{{citati [[Image:Afghan Game Buzkashi.jpg|thumb|right|450px|Game of buzkashi in [[Mazar-i-Sharif]], [[Afghanistan]]]]
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• Sport in Kazakhstan
  ...stan's city of [[Almaty]] submitted twice bid for the [[Winter Olympics]]: In [[2014 Winter Olympics|2014]] and again for the [[2022 Winter Olympics]]. [ ...), taking silver in the [[2011 World Championships in Athletics]] and Gold in the [[2012 Summer Olympics]].
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• Bahá'í Faith in Kazakhstan
  ...ion#Policy toward religions in practice|policy of oppression]] of religion in the former [[Soviet Union]]. Before that time, [[Kazakhstan]], as part of t |title=Religious Groups in Kazakhstan
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• History of the Jews in Central Asia
  ...n Central Asia''' dates back centuries, where [[Jews]] <nowiki/>have lived in countries including [[Kyrgyzstan]], [[Kazakhstan]], [[Mongolia]], [[Uzbekis ...which was then part of the [[Soviet Union]], and a small number still live in that country.
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• Robert S. Wistrich
  ...obert_wistrich/ Robert Wistrich], Netherlands Institute for Advanced Study in the Humanities and Social Sciences website, accessed August 21, 2006.</ref> ...ion agreement between [[Joseph Stalin|Stalin]] and the [[Polish government-in-exile]].
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• Max Birbraer
  | draft_year = 2000 ...e hockey)|forward]] who is currently playing for the [[Swindon Wildcats ]] in the [[English Premier Ice Hockey League]] (EPIHL). Birbraer is Jewish.<ref
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• Islam in Kazakhstan
  ...2009-09-07.</ref> Islam first arrived on the southern edges of the region in the 8th century from Arabs. [[File:2-minaret mosque in Semey.jpg|thumb|250px| Mosque in Semey]]
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• Mustafa Shokay
  |image = Mustafa Shokay in youth (cropped).jpg |caption = Mustafa Shokay in his youth
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• Almaty
  ...lls of the [[Kok Tobe]]; [[Abay Opera House]]; [[Golden Warrior Monument]] in the [[Republic Square, Almaty|Republic Square]]; Entrance gate to the Park |pushpin_map_caption = Location in Kazakhstan
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• Kenges Rakishev
  ...ects in Turkey and China, has grown from its initial investment of $10K in 2000 to more than $500M today. He is the controlling shareholder of the largest ...rategy to apply his expertise and access to capital to seize opportunities in the [[Commonwealth of Independent States]] (CIS) countries by leveraging ad
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• Eurasian Bank
  ...> It was founded in 1994 as a closed joint-stock company, and reregistered in 2003 as a joint stock company due to joint stock company law changes.<ref>[ ...nted mid-tier bank in Kazakhstan, serving about 6% of the adult population in Kazakhstan, bringing to the market innovative products and offers, all the
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• List of airlines of Kazakhstan
  | [[Berkut Air]] ||[[File:Berkut Air Boeing 747-200F Willems.jpg|100px]]|| 2000 || BEC || || || | [[Aerotrans]] ||||2000|| ATG|| || ||
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• List of companies of Kazakhstan
  ...[[List of countries and outlying territories by land area|ninth largest]] in the world, with an area of {{convert|2,724,900|km²}}.<ref name="CIA">[http ...to declare independence following the [[dissolution of the Soviet Union]] in 1991. The current [[President of Kazakhstan|President]], [[Nursultan Nazarb
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• Atyrau Airways
  ...in the [[Commonwealth of Independent States|CIS]] and to destinations in [[Europe]] out of its base at [[Atyrau Airport]],<ref name="FI">{{cite news | title= ...rt/air-ban/doc/list_en.pdf |date=May 11, 2012 }}</ref> Shortly thereafter (in October), its [[Air Operator's Certificate|airline license]] was revoked.<r
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• Kazakhstani tenge
  ...ndependent countries, which had formerly been the main branches of Gosbank in the republics. ...consensus in respect to monetary and fiscal targets, a common institution in charge of implementing these targets, and some minimum of common legislatio
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• INOGATE
  ...ust 2013}} The coordinating INOGATE Technical Secretariat was discontinued in April 2016. ...), p. 208</ref> Following conferences in [[Baku]], Azerbaijan in 2004 and in [[Astana]], Kazakhstan, INOGATE evolved into a broader energy partnership b
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• Energy in Kazakhstan
  ...[[Electricity generation|electricity]] production, consumption and import in [[Kazakhstan]]. [[Energy policy of Kazakhstan]] describes the [[politics of ...nd coal, as well as being the largest producer and exporter of uranium ore in the world.
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• Kashagan Field
  | discovery = 2000 ...an Sea close to [[Atyrau]] and is considered the world's largest discovery in the last 30&nbsp;years, combined with the [[Tengiz Field]].<ref name=johnst
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• European route E40
  | terminus_a = '''{{Highway E (Europe)|15}}''' [[Calais]] ([[France]]) ...Highway E (Europe)|123}}''' [[Tashkent]] (Uzbekistan) <br> '''{{Highway E (Europe)|125}}''' [[Almaty]] (Kazakhstan)
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• Human trafficking in Kazakhstan
  ...June 4, 2008). ''This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the [[public domain]].''</ref> ...e government also took steps to address government officials’ complicity in trafficking. Kazakhstan allocated nearly $35,000 for victim assistance duri
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• Terrorism and counter-terrorism in Kazakhstan
  ...e</ref> Kazakhstan has taken [[Uzbekistan]]'s place as the favored partner in [[Central Asia]] for both Russia and the United States.<ref name=FAVORITE>[ ...is the impact of terrorism in the country. Kazakhstan's 94th place puts it in a group of countries with the lowest impact of terrorism.<ref>{{cite web|ti
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• Education in Kazakhstan
  ...n 1999." Elementary- and secondary-school teachers remain badly underpaid; in 1993 more than 30,000 teachers (or about one-seventh of the 1990 teaching s ...,500 preschools in Kazakhstan. In 1994 some 272,100 students were enrolled in the republic's sixty-one institutes of higher learning. Fifty-four percent
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• Narxoz University
  ...1963. It focuses on teaching [[economics]] and offers over 20 specialties in the fields of economics, finance, management, marketing, law, international In 1963, the [[Almaty]] Institute of National Economy was founded in accordance with the [[Order of the Government of Russia|Decree of the Gover
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• Kazakh-British Technical University
  ...and educational institution located in [[Almaty]], [[Kazakhstan]]. Founded in 2001.<ref>{{cite web|title= Kazakh-British Technical University Home Page|u KBTU’s research in the main sectors of the Kazakhstani economy – oil and gas, information te
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• German Kim
  ...s a student of world history and [[German language]]; after his graduation in 1977, he found work as a teacher of German, which he continued until the mi ...in 1946-1966"; after graduation up until today, he has continued his work in the field of Koryo-saram studies.
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• Demographics of Kazakhstan
  | caption = Population of Kazakhstan (in millions) from 1950–2009. ...ccessdate=18 March 2015}}</ref> but it is not uncommon to use '''Kazakh''' in both senses.<ref name=FCO>[http://www.fco.gov.uk/en/travel-and-living-abroa
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• Belarusians
  ...nie/demografiya_2/current-data/demographic-situation/demographic-situation-in-2015/|archivedate=3 February 2016}}</ref> ...(3), Generation Status (4), Age Groups (10) and Sex (3) for the Population in Private Households of Canada, Provinces, Territories, Census Metropolitan A
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• Chinese people in Kazakhstan
  |group=Chinese people in Kazakhstan ...orces after [[Dungan revolt (1862–1877)|a failed 1862–1877 rebellion]] in [[northwest China]], or the Uyghur and [[Kazakh exodus from Xinjiang]] duri
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• Russians in Kazakhstan
  ...ap;"><!--If you swap out an image, change the "x##px" entry for EACH image in the row so that the width of the row lines up with the others-->[[ File:ENa ...www.cidcm.umd.edu/mar/assessment.asp?groupId=70501 Assessment for Russians in Kazakhstan]</ref> [[East Kazakhstan]]<ref>[http://www.turkishweekly.net/new
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• Ukrainians
  ...on-primary ancestry reports. "Ukrainians" being of partial descent figured in numbers.</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=2011 National Household Survey: Data ta ...o.php?conteudo=7|archivedate=2007-03-12 |title=People of Ukrainian descent in Brazil |publisher=Parana.pr.gov.br |date= |accessdate=2012-11-02}}</ref>
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• Kazakhs
  ...e value was preserved at 0.104% level it would be no less than 1.4 million in 2008</ref> ...the CIA estimate of the share of Kazakhs (3%), the total Kazakh population in Uzbekistan would be 0.8 million</ref>
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• Tatars
  ...Mongolian plateau]] in the 12th century CE. The name "Tatar" first appears in written form on the [[Kul Tigin]] monument as 𐱃𐱃𐰺 (''TaTaR''). His The [[Mongol Empire]], established under [[Genghis Khan]] in 1206, [[wikt:subjugation|subjugated]] the Tatars. Under the leadership of G
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• Chechens
  ...cessdate=2014-02-04}}</ref> to 2 million<ref>http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-27599836</ref> ...902,0.html |title=Continuing Human Rights Abuses Force Chechens to Flee to Europe |publisher=Refworld |date= |accessdate=2014-02-04}}</ref><br>25,000<ref nam
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• Uyghurs in Kazakhstan
  |group = Uyghurs in Kazakhstan |related = [[Chinese people in Kazakhstan]]
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• Zhuz
  ...уз.svg|thumb|right|Approximate areas occupied by the three Kazakh hordes in the early 20th century; red represents the Senioren zhuz, orange represents ...on)|hundred]]") is one of the three main territorial and tribal divisions in the [[Desht-i Kypchak|Kypchak Plain]] area that covers much of the contempo
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• Russians
  ...to 10 million [[Russian diaspora]] elsewhere (mostly Americas and Western Europe).</ref> ...w.gks.ru/free_doc/new_site/population/demo/per-itog/tab5.xls Ethnic groups in Russia], 2010 census, Rosstat. Retrieved 15 February 2012 {{ru icon}}</ref>
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• History of Xinjiang
  [[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
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• Western Yugur language
  ...lang|ybe|''yoɣïr lar''}}<ref>{{cite thesis |last=Roos |first=Marti |date=2000 |type=PhD |publisher=University of Leiden |title=The Western Yugur (Yellow ...s|Northeastern Turkic languages]], but it is not closer to any one of them in particular. Neither Western nor Eastern Yugur are [[Mutual intelligibility|
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• Uyghurs
  |region5={{flag|Turkey}} ([[Minorities_in_Turkey#Uyghurs|Uyghurs in Turkey]]) ...k Shichor|author2=East-West Center|title=Ethno-diplomacy, the Uyghur hitch in Sino-Turkish relations|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=IR4tAQAAIAAJ|y
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• Kim Jong-il
  ...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.
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• Ilyas Akhmadov
  ...n minister]] of the [[Chechen Republic of Ichkeria]]. He currently resides in the [[United States]], where he was granted [[political asylum]]. ...alin|Stalin]]'s government in 1944. The Akhmadovs returned to [[Chechnya]] in 1962.
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• Economy of Kazakhstan
  ...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
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• Eurasian Economic Union
  |established_date2 = {{nowrap|10 October 2000}} ...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
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• Emba River
  ...t is sometimes regarded as a definition for the natural [[boundary between Europe and Asia]], and was first proposed as such by [[Philip Johan von Strahlenbe ...Emba is a snow-fed river. It freezes over in winter, a process that begins in November and lasts until March.<ref name=Emba>{{cite book|last=Zonn,|first=
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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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• Akhmad Kadyrov
  ...= http://www.rferl.org/content/article/1079237.html|newspaper=[[Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty]]|author=Liz Fuller|author2= Aslan Doukaev| date=December 200 ...epublic]] from 5 October 2003, acting as head of administration since July 2000.
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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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• Ken Alibek
  [[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
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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/> ...ntieth-place tie with four other shooters, all hailed from Eastern Europe, in the [[Shooting at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Men's 50 metre pistol|free p
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• Lavr Kornilov
  | caption = General Lavr Kornilov in 1916 ...oday best remembered for the [[Kornilov Affair]], an unsuccessful endeavor in August/September 1917 that purported to strengthen [[Alexander Kerensky]]'s
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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 River
  ...s conventionally considered part of the boundary between the continents of Europe and Asia. The Ural River arises near Mount Kruglaya in the Ural Mountains, flows south parallel and west of the north-flowing [[To
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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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• Ural (region)
  | 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
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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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• Seima-Turbino phenomenon
  ...cavated around 1914, and the Turbino cemetery in [[Perm]], first excavated in 1924.<ref>A Dictionary of Archaeology, edited by Ian Shaw, Robert Jameson, The [[Altai Mountains]] in what is now southern [[Russia]] and central [[Mongolia]] have been identifi
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• Caspian Sea
  ...is in an [[endorheic basin]] (a basin without outflows) located between [[Europe]] and [[Asia]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Caspian Sea|url=http://www.sheppardsof ...ains]] and to the west of the vast steppe of [[Central Asia]]. The sea bed in the southern part reaches as low as 1023 m below sea level, which is the se
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• Aral Sea
  |caption=The Aral Sea in 1989 (left) and 2014 (right) ...f 1853 published for the ''Journal of the [[Royal Geographical Society]]'' in London]]
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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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• 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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• New Eurasian Land Bridge
  .... The Eurasian Land Bridge is the overland rail link between East Asia and Europe. ...}}. The exact route used to connect the two cities is not always specified in Chinese media reports, but appears to usually refer to the route which pass
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• Tourism in Kazakhstan
  [[File:Mausoleum of Khoja Ahmed Yasawi in Hazrat-e Turkestan, Kazakhstan.jpg|thumb|right|300px|View of [[Mausoleum of ...s $3.08 billion or 1.6 percent of total GDP. The WEF ranks Kazakhstan 81st in its 2017 report, which four positions higher compared to the previous perio
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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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• Nurtai Abykayev
  | publisher = [[Embassy of Kazakhstan in Moscow]] ...cb384f.html Kazakhstan: Abikaev Is Suddenly The Number-Two Man] Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty</ref><ref name=time>[http://www.time.com/time/magazine/articl
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• Leonid Brezhnev
  |caption=Brezhnev in [[East Berlin]] in 1967 ...beginning of [[Era of Stagnation|an era of economic and social stagnation in the Soviet Union]].
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• List of birds of Kazakhstan
  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.
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• Greater flamingo
  ...a]], on the [[Indian subcontinent]], in the [[Middle East]] and southern [[Europe]]. ...}. The largest male flamingos have been recorded at up to {{convert|187|cm|in|abbr=on}} tall and {{convert|4.5|kg|lb|abbr=on}}.<ref>{{cite web |title=Gre
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• Red-footed falcon
  ...nderer to western Europe, and in August 2004 a red-footed falcon was found in [[North America]] for the first time on the island of [[Martha's Vineyard]] ...–|34|cm|in|abbr=on}} in length with a wingspan of {{convert|65|–|75|cm|in|abbr=on}}. The average mass is {{convert|155|g|oz|abbr=on}}.<ref name=Wasse
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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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• Caspian gull
  ...|abbr=on}} and the [[Tarsus (skeleton)|tarsus]] is {{convert|5.8|to|7.7|cm|in|abbr=on}}.<ref name=Olsen/> The Caspian gull has a long, slender bill, acce ...ll numbers are now seen regularly in [[Great Britain|Britain]], especially in [[South-east England]], [[East Anglia]] and the [[English Midlands|Midlands
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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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• Bank vole
  ...around {{Convert|100|mm|in}} in length. The bank vole is found in western Europe and northern Asia. It is native to Great Britain but not to Ireland, where ...and low branches of trees although not as versatile as a mouse. It breeds in shallow burrows, the female rearing about four litters of pups during the s
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• Brandt's bat
  '''Brandt's bat''' (''Myotis brandtii'') is a species of [[vesper bat]] in the family [[Vespertilionidae]]. It is found throughout most of Europe and parts of Asia. It is known for its extreme [[life expectancy]] relative
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