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  • {{Infobox song contest country ...g Contest]]. Kazakhstan won the contest in 2014 when they were represented by [[Zhanar Dugalova]] who sang "Izin korem".
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  • | Country = Kazakhstan ...|accessdate=29 May 2015|date=29 May 2015}}</ref> The winner was be decided by [[Televoting|SMS voting]]. Songs must be in the national language [[Kazakh
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  • |subdivision_type = Country ...97, the government relocated the capital to [[Astana]] in the north of the country.
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  • | country = [[Kazakhstan]] Tengiz is operated by [[Tengizchevroil]], a 40-year partnership planning to produce billions of b
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  • | birth_place = [[Tbilisi]], [[Georgia (country)|Georgia]] ...glarize them. In 1974, in [[Butyrka prison]] he was "crowned" i.e. awarded by criminal brotherhood the title of [[Thief in law|vor v zakone]] ([[thief in
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  • ...with respective rituals and tattoos) by consensus of several ''Vors''. Vor culture is inseparable from [[prison gang|prison organized crime]]: only repeatedly ...factor which controlled society. The criminal culture with its own slang, culture and laws became known as ''Vorovskoy Mir'' ({{lang-ru|воровской м
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  • ...which is a largely taboo subject in Georgia's ultra-conservative religious culture. ...isi]], [[Batumi]], [[Poti]], [[Kutaisi]] and [[Gori, Georgia|Gori]]. Upset by images of graphic prisoner abuse, protestors demanded justice and promised
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  • {{Infobox country languages | country = Kazakhstan
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  • | country = [[Kazakhstan]] ...gogical Institute. The University was granted a special status of national by the Presidential Decree from 5 July 2001, ''“considering the significant
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  • {{Infobox country demographics | country = Kazakhstan
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  • [[Kazakhstan]] is multiethnic country where the indigenous ethnic group - the [[Kazakhs]], comprise the majority ...ongol]] tribes united to establish the [[Kazakh Khanate]]. With a cohesive culture and a national identity, they constituted absolute majority on the land unt
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  • ...of the population. Today they live mostly in the northeastern part of the country between the cities of [[Astana]] and [[Oskemen]], the majority being urban ...e subject to imposed [[cultural assimilation]] into the [[Russians|Russian culture]]. The methods to achieve that goal included the prohibition of public use
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  • ...s|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160203093043/http://belstat.gov.by/en/ofitsialnaya-statistika/otrasli-statistiki/naselenie/demografiya_2/curre ...–768,000<ref>{{cite web|url=https://joshuaproject.net/countries/US|title=Country: United States: Belarusians|work=Joshua Project|date=2016|accessdate=23 May
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  • ...uent emigration to Russia and Ukraine, this number had declined to 796,000 by 1998 and 456,997 in the 2009 census.<ref name = "Coordinating">[http://www. ...ers of paramilitary Ukrainian peasant and [[Cossack]] bands, who were sent by the Russian government to Kazakhstan after their failed [[Koliyivschyna|upr
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  • ...zakhstan have either been assimilated into Kazakh society or have left the country.<ref>{{Harvnb|Akiner|1983|loc=381}}.</ref> ...of Meskhetian Turks were formed in Kazakhstan and they were not permitted by the Georgian government of [[Zviad Gamsakhurdia]] to return to their homela
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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> ...igration procedures, allowing any ethnic Pole from abroad to settle in the country upon receiving an invitation from a company or association.<ref>{{harvnb|Gr
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  • ...Horde as a result of his decision. The Russians conquered the Middle Horde by 1798, but the Great Horde managed to remain independent until the 1820s, wh By 1917 there were close to a million Russians in Kazakhstan, about 30% of the
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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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  • ...s|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110706163803/http://belstat.gov.by/homep/en/census/2009/main.php|archivedate=6 July 2011}}</ref> ...sis/e/bevoe/bevoetab10.htm|title=Foreign population on 31 December 2004 by country of origin|date=24 January 2006|accessdate=5 August 2007|work=Federal Statis
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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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  • The following table shows the number of Armenians in each Central Asian country according to Soviet censuses from 1926 to 1989, and censuses taken place af | align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"|'''Country'''
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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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  • ...pis-2010.ru/results_of_the_census/tab5.xls Russian Census 2010: Population by ethnicity] {{ru icon}}</ref> ...eral/nationality/|title=About number and composition population of Ukraine by data All-Ukrainian census of the population 2001|work=Ukraine Census 2001|p
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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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  • '''Uyghurs in Kazakhstan''' form [[Kazakhstan|the country]]'s 7th-largest ethnic group, according to the 1999 census.<ref name="Censu ...rnment closed the Xinjiang&ndash;Kazakh SSR border, both to prevent flight by ethnic minorities, and to prevent the penetration of Soviet secret agents i
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  • ....<ref name="Kueppers">{{citation|url=http://www.eurasianet.org/departments/culture/articles/eav042203.shtml |title= Ethnic Kazakhs Find Titular Homeland to be ...=Vivian }}</ref> The government prefers to settle them in the north of the country, and offers them more benefits; however, returnees themselves prefer region
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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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  • ...a picture of medieval Europe at the close of the Crusading period, painted by a keenly intelligent, broadminded and statesmanlike observer. His travels o ...agha, but the Ilkhanate ruler died before their arrival, and was succeeded by his son, [[Arghun Khan]].
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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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  • ...or ''Xīlǎgǔr''. During the [[Qing dynasty]], the Yugur were also called by a term that included "fān", the Classical Chinese term for Tibetic ethnic ...ctised [[Manichaeism]] and [[Buddhism]] in numerous temples throughout the country.
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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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  • ...nt2=[[Khoja (Turkestan)|Aq Taghlik Khojas]] (Afaqi Khojas)<br/>''Supported by'':<br/>[[Kokand Khanate]] ...4"/><br/>[[Khoja Kichik Khan]]<br/>[[Khoja Tawakkul Khan]]<br/>''Supported by'':<br/>Muhammad Ali Khan
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  • | caption = Viktor Tsoi in 1986, photo by [[Igor Mukhin]] ...eceived little or no funding and were not given any exposure by the media. By this time Tsoi had begun to perform the songs he wrote at parties.
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  • ...ent to communist values.{{sfn|Gabroussenko|2005|p=56}} After a remark made by [[Kim Jong-il]] on his 2001 visit to Russia, [[North Korean media]] has ref ...]] when the [[Red Army]] [[Soviet invasion of Manchuria|entered in 1945]]. By that time, he had substantial experience with [[Soviet literature]] and lit
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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 = Country ...blishment to the exploitation of a complex-ore deposit, discovered in 1791 by a local inhabitant, G. G. Zyrianov. Zyrianovsk has a lead combinat (divisio
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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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  • |subdivision_type = Country ...–010015<ref>{{cite web|url=http://postalcodedb.com/AlphabeticSearch.aspx?country=Kazakhstan&city=Astana |title=Postal Code for Astana, Kazakhstan |accessdat
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  • | country = [[Kazakhstan]] | suffragans = <!-- List most senior first (usually reckoned by date of consecration); use | suffragan = for one -->
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  • ...ash;in the late 1980s he founded one of the first cooperative banks in the country. By 2007, Russneft was in the top-10 for Russian oil companies, with oil produc
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  • |subdivision_type = [[Countries of the world|Country]] ...к}}). The former name is still commonly used in the Russian language, and by [[Russians in Kazakhstan]].<ref>https://lenta.ru/articles/2016/06/06/aktobe
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  • |subdivision_type = Country ...ge=Russian|accessdate=17 December 2011}}</ref> It is completely surrounded by the territory of [[Karakiya District]], but administratively does not belon
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  • |subdivision_type = [[List of sovereign states|Country]] ...In 1853, during the [[Russian conquest of Turkestan]], the fort was taken by Russian troops under General [[Vasily Perovsky]].<ref name="Pospelov" /> Th
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  • | subdivision_type = [[Countries of the world|Country]] Kostanay was founded by Russian settlers in 1879 and named Nikolaevsk, in honor of [[Tsar Nicholas
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  • |subdivision_type = [[Countries of the world|Country]] ...water, food, goods, tools etc. - the result of numerous mistakes committed by the administration. Clashes took their toll. Workers: 16 fatalities, 27 wou
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  • |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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