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• Almaty International School
  | enrollment = 549 (as of June 2016) | directors of instruction = Dr. Sam Thomas & Mr. Scott Roley
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• Mirjaqip Dulatuli
  | image = Stamps of Kazakhstan, 2010-29.jpg ...ac.jp/sympo/98summer/pdf/uyama.pdf]</ref> A common English transliteration of his name (through the Russian) is ''Mir Yakub Dulatov''.
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• Alikhan Bukeikhanov
  |order = Prime Minister of ...kyrauyn Volost, [[Karkaraly|Karkaralinsky Uyezd]], [[Semipalatinsk Oblast, Russia|Semipalatinsk Oblast]], [[Russian Empire]]
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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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• Kazakh wine
  [[File:Kazakhstan-CIA WFB Map.png|right|thumb|350px|Location of Kazakhstan]] ...ealth, the country is an enthusiastic consumer of wine but must import 80% of the 30 m bottles it drinks.<ref name="Reuters"/>
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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. ...eaten as a dessert, with sugar, butter, or [[honey]]. They may be thought of as cookies or biscuits, and since they are fried, they are sometimes compar
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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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• Kurmangazy oil field
  ...he [[Buzachi Peninsula]]. It is expected to be the third largest oil field of Kazakhstan.<ref name=silkroad> The oil field has estimated reserves of {{convert|7|to|10|Goilbbl|e9m3|abbr=off}}.<ref name=silkroad/>
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• Al-Farabi Kazakh National University
  ...rabi| Eastern philosopher and scholar]] [[al-Farabi]], it is country's one of the largest universities. ...including 400 doctors of science, professors and more than 800 candidates of science and associate professors. Like other universities founded under the
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• Karachays
  |region1 = {{flag|Russia}} ...re a [[Turkic people]] of the [[North Caucasus]], mostly situated in the [[Russia]]n [[Karachay–Cherkessia|Karachay–Cherkess Republic]].
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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
  |region1={{flag|Russia}} ...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
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• Oralman
  ...m the neighbouring countries of [[China]], [[Mongolia]], [[Uzbekistan]], [[Russia]], [[Kyrgyzstan]] and also from countries with notable Kazakh minorities: ...|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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• 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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• Yuliy Kim
  | citizenship = {{Flag|Soviet Union}} (1936–1991) → {{Flag|Russia}} (1991–present), {{Flag|Israel}} (1998–present) | awards = [[Medal Defender of a Free Russia]]
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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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• Geography of Kazakhstan
  ...[[Uzbekistan]], and [[Kyrgyzstan]] to the south; [[Russia]] to the north; Russia and the [[Caspian Sea]] to the west; and China's [[Xinjiang|Xinjiang Uygur [[Image:Kazakhstan 2001 CIA map.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Detailed map of Kazakhstan]]
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• Western Siberia
  ...a's area is located within the [[West Siberian Plain]]. The largest rivers of the region is the [[Irtysh River|Irtysh]] and the [[Ob River|Obi]].<ref>{{c The most populous city of Western Siberia is the city of [[Novosibirsk]]. Other major cities include:
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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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• Jezkazgan
  |subdivision_type = [[Countries of the world|Country]] |subdivision_type1 = [[Regions of Kazakhstan|Region]]
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• Taskala
  |subdivision_type = [[Countries of the world|Country]] |subdivision_type1 = [[Regions of Kazakhstan|Region]]
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• West Kazakhstan Region
  | image_skyline = Steppe of western Kazakhstan in the early spring.jpg | image_shield = Coat of Arms Batys Oblysy.png
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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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• Karaganda Region
  |settlement_type = [[Regions of Kazakhstan|Region]] |image_shield = Coat of Arms of Karagandy Province.svg
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• Kostanay Region
  | image_caption = The old building of the region library, Kostanay | map_caption = Map of Kazakhstan, location of Kostanay Province highlighted
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• Aktobe Region
  | image_shield = Aktyubinsk-obl-coat-of-arms.png | map_caption = Map of Kazakhstan, location of Aktobe Province highlighted
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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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• Pavlodar
  |image_flag = Flag of Pavlodar.svg |image_shield = Coat of arms of Pavlodar.svg
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• Ural Mountains
  |country=Russia |map=Russia
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• Pechora-Ilych Nature Reserve
  ...Russia]]. It currently occupies 7,213 square kilometers and forms the core of the [[World Heritage Site]] [[Virgin Komi Forests]]. ...and its [[tributary]] the [[Ilych River|Ilych]], from whose names the name of the reserve is derived.
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• Virgin Komi Forests
  | State Party = [[Image:Flag of Russia.svg|22px]] [[Russian Federation]] | Region = [[List of World Heritage Sites in Europe|Europe and North America]]
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• Yugyd Va National Park
  | map = Russia | location = [[Komi Republic]], Russia
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• Ural River
  | basin_countries = [[Kazakhstan]], [[Russia]] ...r is conventionally considered part of the boundary between the continents of Europe and Asia.
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• Tura River
  | country = [[Russia]] <!-- *** Geography *** -->
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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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• Pay-Khoy Ridge
  ...-rus|хребет Пай-Хой}}) is a mountain range at the northern end of the [[Ural Mountains]]. It lies within the [[Nenets Autonomous Okrug]]. ==Geography==
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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)
  | header = Ural regions in [[Russia]] | image1 = Map of Russia - Urals Federal District.svg
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• Timanide Orogen
  ...District|relief=1|float=right|width=300|caption=Selection of [[outcrop]]s of the Timanide Orogen.|places= {{Location map~|Russia Northwestern Federal District|lat=70.483611 |long=29.540556 |label=[[Varang
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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
  ...book|author=David Brophy|title=Uyghur Nation: Reform and Revolution on the Russia-China Frontier|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=84bPCwAAQBAJ&pg=PT319& [[File:Tianshan tianchi.jpg|thumb|[[Heaven Lake of Tian Shan]]]]
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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
  | basin_countries = [[Mongolia]], [[China]], [[Kazakhstan]], [[Russia]] ...]] in [[Russia]], [[China]], and [[Kazakhstan]]. It is the chief tributary of the [[Ob River]].
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• Katun Nature Reserve
  | map = Russia | map_caption = Location of Reserve
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• Salair Ridge
  ...aphy of South-Central Siberia]]. Its main ridge is nearly parallel to that of [[Kuznetsk Alatau]]. The ridge is some 300 kilometres in length and 15-40 k ...ers include the [[Berd River|Berd']] ({{lang-ru|Бердь}}, see the city of [[Berdsk]]), [[Suenga River]] ({{lang-ru|Суенга}}) and [[Chumysh (riv
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• Ukok Plateau
  [[Image:Mummy of the Ukok Princess.jpg|thumb|200px|Mummy of the [[Siberian Ice Maiden]]]] ...vironment.org/article.php?list=type&type=83 |title=Altai: Saving the Pearl of Siberia
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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
  |basin_countries = [[Azerbaijan]], [[Iran]], [[Kazakhstan]], [[Russia]], [[Turkmenistan]] |islands = [[:Category:Islands of the Caspian Sea|26+]]
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• Aral Sea
  ....jpg|thumb|right|The map of 'Aral' Sea of 1853 published for the ''Journal of the [[Royal Geographical Society]]'' in London]] ...rg/fileadmin/DAM/env/water/blanks/assessment/aral.pdf|title=DRAINAGE BASIN OF THE ARAL SEA AND OTHER TRANSBOUNDARY SURFACE WATERS IN CENTRAL ASIA|website
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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. ...outhern Siberia south of [[Lake Baikal]], and in the Far East of China and Russia.
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• Eurasian Land Bridge
  ...e, running through China and [[Kazakhstan]]. As of November 2007, about 1% of the $600 billion in goods shipped from Asia to Europe each year were delive ...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
  ...of [[Kazakhstan]] at [[Dostyk]]. From Kazakhstan, rail links extend into Russia.]] ...[Eurasian Land Bridge]] rail links running through the [[People's Republic of China]]. The Eurasian Land Bridge is the overland rail link between East As
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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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• Pontic–Caspian steppe
  ...|Palearctic]] temperate grasslands, savannas, and shrublands [[ecoregion]] of the [[temperate grasslands, savannas, and shrublands]] [[biome]]. ...ic horsemen, many of which went on to conquer 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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• 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 * Establishment of [[Russian Turkestan]]
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• Khazars
  *Kingdom of Khazaria |image_p2 = <span style="margin-left: 3px;>[[File:The Monogram of Kubrat.png|26px|link=Old Great Bulgaria]]</span>
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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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