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• Main Page
  ...legality. On the basis of the Encyclopedia was created the Kazakhstan Club of Encyclopedists, where anyone can join and help in filling this resource.. ...kyl-kobyz is an ancient Kazakh string instrument. It has two strings made of horsehair. The resonating cavity is usually covered with goat leather.
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• Turkistan (city)
  | image_caption = Mausoleum of [[Khwaja Ahmad Yasavi]] |subdivision_type = [[Countries of the world|Country]]
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• Jankent
  ...s]]. Archaeological research has provided information about the appearance of the town and confirmed the date, but also points to earlier origins. ...Modin, I.N. (2012). "Early medieval urbanization and state formation east of the Aral Sea: Fieldwork and international workshop 2011 in Kazakhstan". ''T
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• Alikhan Bukeikhanov
  |order = Prime Minister of ...{cite web|publisher=The School of Russian and Asian Studies|title=The rise of Alash Orda and Kazakh nationalism|author=David Galick|url=http://www.sras.o
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• Nowruz
  ...munitetibektashi.org">{{cite web | author= | title= The World Headquarters of the Bektashi Order&nbsp;– Tirana, Albania | publisher= komunitetibektashi ...sion.gov.iq/usan/en/articledisplay.aspx?gid=1&id=6168|publisher=[[Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Iraq)]]|access-date=18 April 2012}}</ref><br>
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• Outline of Kazakhstan
  part of the set of 700+ outlines listed at a special type of list article.
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• Kazakhstan
  {{For|the Kazakh television station of the same name|Kazakhstan (channel)}} |conventional_long_name = {{nowrap|Republic of Kazakhstan}}
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• Boortsog
  ...tsog are often decorated with a criss-cross pattern by pressing the bottom of a small strainer on the dough before it is fried. ...golians and other Turkic peoples sometimes dip boortsog in tea. In Central Asia, baursaki are often eaten alongside [[chorba]].<ref>Schreiber (2008), 104.<
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• Culture of Kazakhstan
  {{Culture of Kazakhstan}} ...ll-articulated [[culture]] based on the [[Nomad|nomadic]] pastoral economy of the inhabitants. [[Islam]] was introduced to Kazakhstan in the 7th to 12th
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• Kazakhstani tenge
  |inflation_rate = 5.950% p.a. (as of Feb. 01, 2012) |issuing_authority = The [[National Bank of Kazakhstan]]
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• Renewable energy in Kazakhstan
  ...ptedby Parliament by the end of 2014. In addition, the World Bank’s Ease of Doing Business indicator shows the country to be relatively investor-friend ...zakhstan is one of the most effective mechanisms to reduce harmful effects of the energy sector and to diversify the national power generation capacity.
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• Karachays
  The '''Karachays''' are a [[Turkic people]] of the [[North Caucasus]], mostly situated in the [[Russia]]n [[Karachay–Che ...[[Kipchaks]], and share their language with the [[Kumyks]] from [[Republic of Dagestan|Daghestan]]. In Turkic, "Karachay" means "Black River".
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• Alasha tribe
  ...97, members of the Bai-Uly tribe confederation numbered 600,000, or 16.2% of all Kazakhs. ...e Albani tribe. It has also been suggested that the Alasha are descendents of [[Alans]].
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• Karakalpaks
  {{for|the medieval border-guards of the [[Kievan Rus]]|Chorni Klobuky}} |flag=File:Flag of Karakalpakstan.svg
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• Chechens
  ...f name="census">[http://www.perepis2002.ru/index.html?id=17 Russian Census of 2002] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141006000000/http://w ...www.joshuaproject.net/people-profile.php?peo3=11317&rog3=KZ |title=Chechen of Kazakhstan Ethnic People Profile |publisher=Joshuaproject.net |date=1991-10
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• Oralman
  ...ianet.org}}</ref> ''Oralman'' usually come from the neighbouring countries of [[China]], [[Mongolia]], [[Uzbekistan]], [[Russia]], [[Kyrgyzstan]] and als ...|first=Vivian }}</ref> The government prefers to settle them in the north of the country, and offers them more benefits; however, returnees themselves p
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• History of Xinjiang
  [[File:Xinjiang Space View.jpg|thumb|400px|A satellite view of the Xinjiang region]] ...na-Xinjiang.png|thumb|200px|Xinjiang's location in the [[People's Republic of China]]]]
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• Hotan
  |subdivision_name = People's Republic of China |subdivision_type1 = [[Autonomous regions of China|Autonomous region]]
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• Afaqi Khoja revolts
  |image=Recapture of Kaschgar and capture of the rebel chief.jpg ...6<ref name="Thum2014">{{cite book|author=Rian Thum|title=The Sacred Routes of Uyghur History|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pP6EBAAAQBAJ&pg=PA233|
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• Cho Ki-chon
  | alt = Portrait of Cho | nickname = {{ubl|"Korea's Mayakovsky"|"Pushkin of Korea"}}
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• Eurasian Economic Union
  |image_flag = Flag of the Eurasian Economic Union.svg |image_symbol = Emblem of the Eurasian Economic Union.svg
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• Transport in Kazakhstan
  ...mi|abbr=on}}. The population density is low in Kazakhstan, and the centers of industry and agriculture are spread out and remote from world markets. Ther ...o the U.S., Kairat Umarov, Kazakhstan invested $18 billion in construction of airports, highways, and railroads in 2014.<ref name="cftni"/>
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• Dzungarian Gate
  | photo_caption = Satellite photograph of the Dzungarian Gate, the pale, [[fault-line]]d valley running between [[Lak | map_caption = The Dzungarian Gate in Kazakhstan on the border of China.
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• Saryesik-Atyrau Desert
  [[File:Balkhash labeled eng.jpg|thumbnail|Satellite image of Saryesik-Atyrau Desert]] ...tively ecologically healthy with little erosion. There are a great number of small lakes and ponds in the desert, as well as occasional grasslands, that
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• Barak Kol
  ...=1997 |title=Qaidu and the Rise of the Independent Mongol State in Central Asia |location=Surrey, England |publisher=Curzon Press |isbn=978-0-7007-0631-0}} It is part of the proposed Ulytau-Arganatinsk nature reserve. The nearest settlement is A
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• Sharyn Canyon
  |photo_caption = Sharyn Canyon, view down to Valley of Castles ...accessdate=23 November 2015|publisher=Official web site of the Government of Kazakastan}}</ref>
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• Kazakhstania
  ...illion km². The [[Junggar basin]] in [[Xinjiang]], [[China]] is also part of Kazakhstania, though sometimes referred to as the '''Junggar Block'''. ...[[Baltica]] collided in the [[Ural orogeny]], creating the basis for most of present-day [[Eurasia]].
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• Geography of Kazakhstan
  ...bined size of the other four Central Asian states, or about twice the size of [[Alaska]]. The country borders [[Turkmenistan]], [[Uzbekistan]], and [[Kyr [[Image:Kazakhstan 2001 CIA map.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Detailed map of Kazakhstan]]
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• Turkestan Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic
  |flag_p1 = Flag of Russia.svg |flag_s1 = Flag of Uzbek SSR 1925.gif
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• Central Asian northern desert
  ...s mammals and birds, there are a large number of reptiles and many species of invertebrate. Some protected areas are included in this [[ecoregion]] but o ...s, rocky deserts, and a small area of sandy desert in the southern portion of the region.
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• Kazakh semi-desert
  ..., and shrubs such as ''[[Artemisia (genus)|Artemisia]]'' species. A number of mammals and birds are found in this ecoregion but the habitat is threatened ...atures are around {{convert|10|°C|°F}}. The region's topography consists of vast, flat plains and [[Dry lake|salt flats]] broken by dissected plateaus
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• Shymkent
  | subdivision_type = [[Countries of the world|Country]] | subdivision_type1 = [[Regions of Kazakhstan|Region]]
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• Astana
  {{About|the capital of Kazakhstan}} |photo2b = Astana, capital of Kazakhstan 02.jpg
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• Atyrau
  ...nnects Europe and Asia during the evening; Stand marking the European side of the city; Orthodox Church; Isatay and Makhambet Monument; Manjali Mosque; [ | image_seal = Coat of arms of Atyrau.svg
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• Talgar
  |subdivision_type = [[Countries of the world|Country]] |subdivision_type1 = [[Regions of Kazakhstan|Region]]
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• Aktobe
  ...of the First President; Nur Ghasyr Mosque at night; Fountains in the Park of the First President; St. Nicolas Cathedral. |subdivision_type = [[Countries of the world|Country]]
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• Akmol
  |subdivision_type = [[Countries of the world|Country]] |subdivision_type1 = [[Regions of Kazakhstan|Region]]
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• Taraz
  |subdivision_type = [[Countries of the world|Country]] |subdivision_type1=[[Regions of Kazakhstan|Region]]
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• Karkaraly National Park
  ...The park headquarters are in the city of [[Karkaraly]], 244&nbsp;km east of [[Karaganda]]. ...ube, Ayushat, Tulkebai, Tonkurus and others. From 1910 to 1913, the House of the Forest Warden, the parks most famous building was constructed. It is k
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• Atyrau Region
  | image_shield = Coat of arms of Atyrau.svg | population_footnotes = <ref>Agency of statistics of the Republic of Kazakhstan: [http://www.stat.kz/digital/naselsenie/2012/2013/%D0%BC%D0%B0%D
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• Mangystau Region
  | map_caption = Map of Kazakhstan, location of Mangystau Province highlighted | subdivision_type = [[List of sovereign states|Country]]
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• Grigory Potanin
  ...rian-era]] explorer of [[Inner Asia]], and was the first to catalogue many of the area's native plants. On home soil, Potanin was an author and a politic ...to five years, and during those five years he wrote a book on the history of Siberia.<ref name = "ref1" />
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• Sayram (city)
  | subdivision_type = [[Countries of the world|Country]] | subdivision_type1 = [[Regions of Kazakhstan|Region]]
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• Ural Mountains
  ...proximately from north to south through [[western Russia]], from the coast of the [[Arctic Ocean]] to the [[Ural River]] and northwestern [[Kazakhstan]]. ...Island]] and the islands of [[Novaya Zemlya]] form a further continuation of the chain to the north into the Arctic Ocean.
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• Ural River
  ...nally considered part of the boundary between the continents of Europe and Asia. ...ing [[Tobol River]], through [[Magnitogorsk]], and around the southern end of the Urals, through [[Orsk]] where it turns west for about {{convert|300|km|
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• Ural Mountains in Nazi planning
  [[File:UralMountains1.png|thumb|upright|Map of the Ural mountains.]] ...zi German leadership made many references to them as a strategic objective of the Third Reich to follow a decisive victory on the [[Eastern Front (World
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• Main Uralian Fault
  ...volcanics as well as the sediments of the western continental margin zones of the Siberian craton ([[Angara Plate]]) on the north and the [[Kazakhstania| ...London, Memoirs'', 32, 83–95.</ref><ref>Victor N. Puchkov. The evolution of the Uralian orogen. ''Geological Society, London, Special Publications'', 2
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• Ural (region)
  | image1 = Map of Russia - Urals Federal District.svg ...Volga]] and eastern [[Siberia]] neighbor regions. At points in time, parts of the Urals were considered a gateway to Siberia, if not Siberia itself, or w
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• Tian Shan
  {{About|the mountain|district of Ürümqi|Tianshan District}} | designation1_date = [[List of World Heritage Sites by year of inscription#2013 (37th session)|2013]] <small>(37th [[World Heritage Commit
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• Altai Mountains
  |piccap=Map of the Altai mountain range ...99° E, where it gradually becomes lower and merges into the high plateau of the [[Gobi Desert]].
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• Dzungaria
  [[File:Tianshan tianchi.jpg|thumb|[[Heaven Lake of Tian Shan]]]] ...aphical region]] in [[northwest China]] corresponding to the northern half of [[Xinjiang]], also known as '''Beijiang''' ({{zh |c = 北疆 |p = Běijiān
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• Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture
  <!--See the Table at Infobox Settlement for all fields and descriptions of usage--> ...tlement_type =<small>[[Sub-provincial city in the People's Republic of China#Sub-provincial autonomous prefecture|Sub-Provincial Autonomous Prefec
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• Irtysh River
  ...]] in [[Russia]], [[China]], and [[Kazakhstan]]. It is the chief tributary of the [[Ob River]]. ...he [[Altai Mountains|Mongolian Altai]] in [[Dzungaria]] (the northern part of [[Xinjiang]], China) close to the border with [[Mongolia]].
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• Vozrozhdeniya Island
  |location = Central Asia |population as of = 1980s
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• Syr Darya
  | source = Confluence of [[Naryn River|Naryn]] and [[Kara Darya]] ...|title=Cooperative Management of Transboundary Water Resources in Central Asia |author=Daene C. McKinney |publisher=Ce.utexas.edu |accessdate=2014-02-07}}
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• Ayaguz River
  [[File:Lakebalkhashbasinmap.png|thumb|Map of the [[Lake Balkhash]] [[drainage basin]] (Ayaugz is spelled Ayakoz with two ...iver''', also spelled '''Ayoguz''', is a river in [[Kazakhstan]]. The city of [[Ayagoz]] in Eastern Kazakhstan is located on its bank. There no longer mu
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• Lake Balkhash
  |caption_bathymetry = Map of the Lake Balkhash drainage basin ...(meteorology)|precipitation]], largely vernal snowmelt, from the mountains of China's [[Xinjiang]] region.
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• Caspian Sea
  |islands = [[:Category:Islands of the Caspian Sea|26+]] |islands_category = Islands of the Caspian Sea
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• Aral Sea
  |location = [[Kazakhstan]] - [[Uzbekistan]],<br>[[Central Asia]] ....jpg|thumb|right|The map of 'Aral' Sea of 1853 published for the ''Journal of the [[Royal Geographical Society]]'' in London]]
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• Kazakh Steppe
  [[Image:AltynEmeil.jpg|thumb|300px|right|The steppes of Eastern Kazakhstan in Altyn Emeil National Park]] ...]] and to the west of the [[Emin Valley steppe]], with which it forms part of the [[Eurasian steppe]]. Before the mid-nineteenth century it was called th
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• Central Asian Orogenic Belt
  ...a record of geodynamic processes during one of the most important episodes of [[continent]]al growth in [[Phanerozoic]] time. ...uratia]] in southern Siberia south of [[Lake Baikal]], and in the Far East of China and Russia.
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• Wildlife of Kazakhstan
  [[Image:Altynemel dune.jpg|thumb|[[Sand dune]]s in the valley of the [[Ili River]], [[Altyn-Emel National Park]].]] ...d=UxWZ-OmTqVoC&lpg=PA636&ots=RCsYKk2xt4&pg=PA83#v=onepage&f=true ''Mammals of the Soviet Union. Vol III: Carnivores (Feloidea).''] Smithsonian Institutio
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• Eurasian Land Bridge
  ...]. 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 ...e former [[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
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• New Eurasian Land Bridge
  ...way]] at [[Alataw Pass]], where the Chinese rail system connects with that of [[Kazakhstan]] at [[Dostyk]]. From Kazakhstan, rail links extend into Russ ...f China]]. The Eurasian Land Bridge is the overland rail link between East Asia and Europe.
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• Aksu-Zhabagly Nature Reserve
  ...ksu, and the mountain chain Zhabagly which is located in the northern part of the area. == Geography ==
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• Silk Road
  {{About|the series of trade routes|other uses|Silk Road (disambiguation)}} | map_alt = Map of Eurasia with drawn lines for overland and maritime routes
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• Mukhamedzhan Tynyshpaev
  ...ion = [[Turkology|turkologist]], [[Politics|political activist]], member of [[Alash Orda]] | spouse = Gulbakhram Shalymbekova (d. 1923 of [[cholera]]), Aziza Shalymbekova, Amina Tynyshpaeva
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• Orazak Ismagulov
  ...opological development from the ancient to the modern times in the Central Asia. ...taly, Ismagulov headed an international project for problems of adaptation of high-mountain [[Kazakhstan]] and [[Kyrgyzstan]] populations in respect to e
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• Pontic–Caspian steppe
  ...|Palearctic]] temperate grasslands, savannas, and shrublands [[ecoregion]] of the [[temperate grasslands, savannas, and shrublands]] [[biome]]. ...uer lands in the settled regions of [[Europe]] and in western and southern Asia.
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• Saiga antelope
  | image = The book of antelopes (1894) Saiga tatarica.png | range_map_caption = Reconstructed range (white) and current distribution of the two subspecies ''Saiga tatarica tatarica'' (green) and ''S. t. mongolic
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• Myrmica salina
  |image = Specimen of a M. salina worker.jpg ...date=2011|publisher=Soil Organisms & Section Pterygota, Senckenberg Museum of Natural History|pages=171 - 172|url=http://antcat.s3.amazonaws.com/5275/sei
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• Malus sieversii
  ...ersion=2.3|criteria-version=2.3|assessor= Participants of the FFI/IUCN SSC Central Asian regional tree Red Listing workshop, Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan (11–13 July ...t has recently been shown to be the primary ancestor of most [[cultivar]]s of the domesticated [[apple]] (''[[Malus pumila]]''). It was first described (
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• Soviet Union referendum, 1991
  | image = State Emblem of the Soviet Union.svg ...equal sovereign republics in which the rights and freedom of an individual of any nationality will be fully guaranteed?
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• Zhetysu
  [[File:Renat map.jpg|thumb|A map of the [[Zunghar Khanate]] by a [[Johan Gustaf Renat|Swedish officer]] in capt ...ame of a part of [[Central Asia]], corresponding to the South-Eastern part of modern [[Kazakhstan]]. It owes its name, meaning "seven rivers" (literally
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• Wusun
  ...''Wusun''' ({{zh|c=烏孫|p=Wūsūn|w=Wū-sūn|l=grandchildren/descendents of the [[Corvus (genus)|crow/raven]]}}) were an [[Proto-Indo-Europeans|Indo-Eu ...the Ili Valley and settled the area. They subsequently became close allies of the [[Han dynasty]] and a powerful force in the region for several centurie
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• Syr-Darya Oblast
  [[Image:Ilin 186x Karta Syr Darinskoj oblast 72.jpg|right|300px|thumb|Map of the Syr-Darya Oblast in 1872]] ...1867–1897) was one of the [[oblasts]] of the [[Russian Empire]] was part of [[Russian Turkistan]]. Its center was [[Tashkent]].
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• Sasanian Empire
  |event_start = [[Battle of Hormozdgān]] ...t1 = [[Byzantine–Sasanian War of 602–628|Climactic Roman–Persian War of 602-628]]
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• Russian conquest of Central Asia
  |conflict = Russian conquest of Central Asia |place = [[Central Asia]]
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• Khazars
  *Kingdom of Khazaria |continent = Asia
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• Sighnaq
  ...between [[Isfijab]] and [[Jand (Transoxania)|Jand]]. The name means 'place of refuge', a name that is found also in other regions, especially in [[Transc ...k along the [[Orenburg]]-[[Tashkent]] railway, was identified as the ruins of Sighnaq.
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• Erlan Idrissov
  |office = [[Ministers of Foreign Affairs (Kazakhstan)|Minister of Foreign Affairs]] ...fairs of the Russian Federation|Russian Diplomatic Academy of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs]]
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• Kyoto Protocol
  | parties = [[List of parties to the Kyoto Protocol|192]]<ref>http://unfccc.int/kyoto_protocol/st | depositor =[[Secretary-General of the United Nations]]
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