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• Joseph Werth
  ...kia, but also Nicaragua, Lebanon, India, Argentina, South Korea, and other countries. At least fourteen are from the United States. ...ons of Eastern and of Western Siberia, and the Apostolic Administration of Western Siberia was elevated in 2002 to the rank of a diocese, the Diocese of Trans
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• National Library of Kazakhstan
  ...These number about 25 thousand volumes in the Kazak, Russian, Oriental and Western European languages from the eleventh to the eighteenth and the first half o .... In this respect the Library of Congress, the Harvard University Library, countries such as India, Spain, Egypt, France, Great Britain, Norway, Austria, German
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• Central Asia–China gas pipeline
  ...t. At the same time China continued negotiations with other Central Asian countries. ...3 June 2010 China and Kazakhstan signed an agreement on a branch line from Western Kazakhstan.<ref name=cd140610>
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• Republic of Kazakhstan
  ...so has considerable reserves of oil and gas, which are concentrated in its western areas. Nowadays the country belongs to the group of the world’s leading o ...I century’s first decade. The country is in upper middle income group of countries as per World bank’s classification.
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• Abai Qunanbaiuli
  ...o a number of different philosophies, whether Russian, [[Western countries|Western]] or Asian. Abay Qunanbayuli steeped himself in the cultural and philosophi
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• Sergei Lukyanenko
  ...erature. Even fewer were commercially published in English, partly because Western publishers were apprehensive about the state of modern Russian [[copyright]
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• Nowruz
  | Countries = Iran, Afghanistan, Azerbaijan, India, Iraq, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Pak It has been celebrated for over 3,000 years in [[Western Asia]], [[Central Asia]], the [[Caucasus]], the [[Black Sea Basin]] and the
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• Kazakh TV
  ...ignal to 93 countries throughout [[North America]], [[Central America]], [[Western Europe]], [[Eastern Europe]], [[North Africa]], the [[Middle East]], [[Cent
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• Outline of Kazakhstan
  ...ww.stat.kz</ref> it has a territory of 2,727,300&nbsp;km² (greater than [[Western Europe]]). It is bordered by [[Russia]], [[Kyrgyzstan]], [[Turkmenistan]], ...ies by population|62nd largest]] population in the world, with a [[List of countries by population density|population density]] of less than 6&nbsp;people per s
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• Kazakhstan
  ...azakhstan is the world's largest [[landlocked country]], and the [[List of countries and outlying territories by land area|ninth largest]] in the world, with an ...kz|accessdate=1 June 2010}}</ref> Given its large land area, its [[List of countries by population density|population density]] is among the lowest, at less tha
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• List of Kazakhstani submissions for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film
  ...otion Picture Arts and Sciences has invited the film industries of various countries to submit their best film for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language F ...url=http://www.oscars.org/press/pressreleases/2011/20111013.html |title=63 Countries Vie for 2011 Foreign Language Film Oscar |accessdate=2011-10-14|work=oscars
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• Mongol (film)
  ...the Black Rat") with Temüjin ([[Tadanobu Asano]]) as a prisoner in the [[Western Xia|Tangut kingdom]]. He conveys his memories about his earlier life throug ...gdom, the film was released on 6 June 2008. In 2009, certain Asian Pacific countries such as Singapore and Malaysia saw release dates for the film.<ref name=Box
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• Evgeni Nabokov
  ...htm|archivedate=February 4, 2007}}</ref> Nabokov played all 5 games in the Western Conference Quarterfinals of the 2007 NHL playoffs, helping the Sharks defea ...4, during game six of the [[2008 NHL Playoffs]] [[Western Conference (NHL)|Western Conference]] Semi-Finals, Nabokov made what has been called one of the best
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• Women in Kazakhstan
  ...and economic changes and instability after independence, and new emerging Western values. ...fit organization Save the Children. The ranking places Kazakhstan ahead of countries such as the U.S. and Japan.<ref>{{cite web|title=Kazakhstan Ranks 30th amon
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• Manti (dumpling)
  ...roughout [[Russian cuisine|Russia]] and other [[Soviet cuisine|post-Soviet countries]], where the dish spread from the Central Asian republics.<ref name="SRAS"> ...ast]]. It is nowadays widespread throughout Russia and other [[post-Soviet countries]].
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• Kazakh alphabets
  ...ssia]], [[Turkmenistan]] and [[Uzbekistan]], as well as diasporas in other countries of the former USSR. It was introduced during the [[Russian Empire]] period ...tin alphabet in [[Germany]], the [[United States|US]] and in other Western countries. As with other Central Asian [[Turkic languages]], a [[latinisation (USSR)|
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• Borat Sagdiyev
  ...ouristic Guidings to Minor Nation of U.S. and A.'', with humour about both countries in a similar vein to the movie.<ref name="EW">{{cite news | url=http://www. ...of all kinds”, complained to [[HBO]] after Borat performed his [[country western]] song "[[In My Country There Is Problem]]". It called on people to "throw
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• Red star
  ...it by claiming that it represents "a [[totalitarian]] ideology", but other countries hold a very positive view of it as a symbol of [[antifascism]] and [[Resist ...metimes adopted the red star, as on the [[Estelada flag]] in the [[Catalan countries]].
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• Bahá'í Faith in Kazakhstan
  Bahá'ís had managed to re-enter various countries of the [[Eastern Bloc]] throughout the 1950s,<ref name="russia" /> followin ...ple from Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, and Western Siberia.<ref>{{Cite web | title = The Almaty Regional Conference | work = R
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• History of the Jews in Central Asia
  ...entral Asia''' dates back centuries, where [[Jews]] <nowiki/>have lived in countries including [[Kyrgyzstan]], [[Kazakhstan]], [[Mongolia]], [[Uzbekistan]] and ...more than 20,000 Ashkenazi Jews fled to Kyrgyzstan from the Nazi-occupied western parts of the Soviet Union. The Jewish Theater Company of [[Warsaw]] with th
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• Anjelika Akbar
  ...[http://www.dunya.com/mobi/news_detail.php?id=174940 COMPOSER SYNTHESİZES WESTERN AND ORİENTAL MUSİC]. [[Dünya (newspaper, 1981)|Dünya]]</ref> Akbar bega ...in countless concerts in [[Russia]], [[France]], [[Germany]], the [[Baltic Countries]], [[Central Asia]], [[India]], [[Qatar]], [[Turkey]] and [[Northern Cyprus
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• Mukhtar Ablyazov
  ...the leader in the emerging markets, the fourth-largest bank among the CIS countries, and one of the three fastest-growing banks in the world. In 2007, ''Euromo During his time in London, Ablyazov was described as not fitting “the Western stereotype of the fabulously wealthy businessman from the old Soviet Union.
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• INOGATE
  ...[Black Sea|Black]] and [[Caspian Sea|Caspian]] seas and their neighbouring countries. The programme was operational from 1996 to 2016. ...stan, INOGATE evolved into a broader energy partnership between the EU and countries of the former Soviet Union, (excluding the Russian Federation and the Balti
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• Energy policy of Kazakhstan
  ...and the Ministry for Industry and New Technologies.<ref>http://www.eia.gov/countries/cab.cfm?fips=KZ</ref> ...o establish a low-enriched uranium fuel bank. The bank will be a place for countries to contribute uranium and disperse it to other nations safely for energy me
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• Roads in Kazakhstan
  ...dministrative, cultural and economic centers of Kazakhstan and neighboring countries as well as roads significance | {{Road marker-KZ|P|39}} || [[R39 highway (Kazakhstan)|P39]] || [[Kostanay]] Western Bypass || 21 km
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• Terrorism and counter-terrorism in Kazakhstan
  ...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|title=Global Terrorism ...n, an allegation the Kazakh government denied, cooperation between the two countries has been strong as both states face a common threat.<ref name=SOUTHALLEG>[h
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• Education in Kazakhstan
  ...will have three campuses of equal size and stature in each of the founding countries. The Kazakh campus is under construction in [[Tekeli, Kazakhstan|Tekeli]] i ...ter's degree — typically a two-year degree, roughly corresponding to the Western master's.
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• Almaty Management University
  ...nsultation of the enterprises, financed by the [[World Bank]]. Five of six western organizations participating in the tender (the [[European Foundation for Ma ...ategy and practice» with participation of more than 100 delegates from 15 countries, the Minister of Economy [[Umirzak Shukeyev]], an adviser of the [[Presiden
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• Bolashak
  ...article, however, that while they are sent overseas to learn new ideas and western values, they are often not given authority to implement positive changes. ...tly, young people of Kazakhstan are granted the opportunity to study in 32 countries at 630 leading universities overseas.
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• Sergey Malov
  ...folklore, history and ethnography of the Turkic peoples of the central and western [[China]], [[Mongolia]], [[Central Asia]] and [[Kazakhstan]], [[Siberia]] a
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• Belarusians
  ...ly 28, 2016}}</ref>–768,000<ref>{{cite web|url=https://joshuaproject.net/countries/US|title=Country: United States: Belarusians|work=Joshua Project|date=2016| ...ide, with overwhelming majority residing either in Belarus or the adjacent countries where they are an autochthonous minority.
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• Chinese people in Kazakhstan
  ...993.<ref>{{harvnb|Sadovskaya|2007|p=151}}</ref> The border between the two countries remained strictly controlled and highly militarised until the 1995 China– ...st were concentrated in Almaty, but more are spreading out to southern and western Kazakhstan as well. They are commonly employed in energy and construction c
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• Koryo-saram
  ...ed members of national diaspora played a more important role than in other countries.{{sfn|Lankov|2002|p=111}} ...ugh they soon ceased to wear [[traditional Korean clothing]], they adapted Western-style dress rather than the clothing worn by the Central Asian peoples.<ref
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• Volga Germans
  | regions = <!-- for e.g. a list of regions (countries), especially if regionN etc below not used --> ...to [[Kansas]], [[the Dakotas]], [[California]] and other states across the western United States, as well as to Canada and South America (mainly [[Argentina]]
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• Ukrainians
  ...splay.asp?AddButton=pages\P\O\PopulismWesternUkrainian.htm|title=Populism, Western Ukrainian|publisher=Encyclopediaofukraine.com|date=1993|accessdate=16 March ...ssdate=2 November 2012}}</ref> however the official data of the respective countries calculated together doesn't show more than 10 million. Ukrainians have one
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• Dungan people
  ...an. It is located 8&nbsp;km north from the city [[Tokmok|Tokmak]] in north-western Kyrgyzstan. This group numbered 3314 on arrival. Bai Yanhu's name in other ...and Chinese ({{zh|s=东干族|t=東干族|p=Dōnggānzú}}), as well as to Western European languages.
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• Kazakhs
  ...hina|People's Republic of China]], where the Arabic script is used, and in western parts of [[Mongolia]] ([[Bayan-Ölgii]] and [[Khovd Province|Khovd]] provin ...mtDNA)|K]] (2.6%), [[Haplogroup U (mtDNA)|U5]] (3%), and others (12.2%) of western Eurasian origin (41%). An analysis of ancient Kazakhs found that East Asian
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• Tatars
  ...unted messenger"). From the beginning, the extra ''r'' was present in the Western forms, and according to the [[Oxford English Dictionary]] this was most lik ...of the [[Mongol Empire]], the Tatars became especially identified with the western part of the empire, known as the [[Golden Horde]].<ref name="BritannicaTata
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• Chechens
  ...Chechen War|Chechen War]]s, especially in the wave of emigration to the [[Western world|West]] after 2002.<ref>Chechnya's Exodus to Europe, ''North Caucasus ...casus was divided by these two powers, with the [[Ottomans]] prevailing in Western [[Georgia (country)|Georgia]], while [[Safavid Persia|Persia]] kept the bul
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• Uzbeks
  ...followed. In the 12th century, Transoxania was conquered by Qara Khitai (Western Liao), a sinicized [[Khitan people|Khitan]] dynasty, they brought to Centra ...ernal contribution could have had a great genetic impact. In contrast, the western regions were more densely inhabited, and it is likely that the existing pop
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• Uyghurs in Kazakhstan
  ...hur migration to [[Western Europe]] and [[North America]]; most Uyghurs in countries like Norway and Canada come from Central Asia rather than China.<ref name="
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• Russians
  ...stan. Up to 10 million [[Russian diaspora]] elsewhere (mostly Americas and Western Europe).</ref> |ref26 =<ref>{{cite web|url=http://joshuaproject.net/countries/VE|title=Country - Venezuela :: Joshua Project Joshua Project|work=Joshua P
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• History of Xinjiang
  ...g (Sixteen Kingdoms)|Later Liang]], and [[Western Liang (Sixteen Kingdoms)|Western Liang]]), [[Turkic Khaganate]], [[Tang dynasty]], [[Tibetan Empire]], [[Uyg In ancient China, the area was known as "Xiyu" or "[[Western Regions]]", a name that became prevalent in [[Chinese classic texts|Chinese
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• Abu Bakker Qassim
  '''Abu Bakker Qassim''' is a [[Uyghur people|Uyghur]] from [[China]]'s western frontier, [[Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region]] who was held in the [[Unite ...uld be a violation of US law prohibiting the deportation of individuals to countries where they would likely be tortured. The U.S. refused to admit them to the
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• Hotan
  ...tern [[Xinjiang]], an [[Autonomous regions of China|autonomous region]] in western China. The city proper of Hotan broke off from the larger [[Hotan County]] ...the mummies found in the Tarim basin showed that they were an admixture of Western Europeans and East Asian.<ref>{{cite journal |author1=Chunxiang Li |author2
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• Uyghurs
  ...ily practice Islam, and are a physically diverse ethnic group ranging from Western Eurasian ([[Europeans]], [[Middle Eastern]]) to a more [[East Asian]] appea ...t [[diaspora|diasporic]] communities of Uyghurs exist in the Central Asian countries of [[Kazakhstan]], [[Kyrgyzstan]], and [[Uzbekistan]], and in [[Turkey]].<r
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• Sultan Said Khan
  ...d''), with its capital at Yarkand, which embraced all the settled lands of Western [[Kashgaria]], still nomad Moghulistan which embraced the nomad lands north ...ique and highly effective penitentiary system, that had no analog in other countries. After discovering, by occasion, 29 large bowls, filled with gold sand and
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• Yury Zuev
  ...ngrad State University]] to major in the historical studies of the Eastern countries, successfully learning [[Classical Chinese]], [[Middle Chinese]], and [[mod ...t and medieval periods, ethnical composition and movement of tribes in the Western Turkic [[Kaganate]], pre-[[Mongols|Mongolian]] period (10th–12th centurie
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• Mineral industry of Kazakhstan
  ...ectors of the country. [[Kazakhstan]] ranks second to [[Russia]] among the countries of the [[Commonwealth of Independent States|CIS]] in its quantity of minera ...he enterprise. Despite being open to foreign investment and even listed on Western stock exchanges, the ownership structure of some major mineral producing en
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• Economy of Kazakhstan
  ...the [[Caspian Pipeline Consortium]] agreement to build a new pipeline from western Kazakhstan's [[Tengiz Field]] to the [[Black Sea]] increases prospects for ...iled its Global Competitiveness Ranking ranking Kazakhstan 50th out of 144 countries.<ref name=wef1>{{cite web|title=Kazakhstan beats Belgium and France in gove
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• Eurasian Economic Union
  ...web|url=http://www.nationsonline.org/oneworld/countries_by_area.htm|title=Countries by Area|accessdate=26 August 2014|website=Nations Online Project}}</ref> ...|title=Member States of the EEU|url=http://www.eaeunion.org/?lang=en#about-countries|publisher=Eurasian Commission|accessdate=5 August 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite n
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• Waste management in Kazakhstan
  ...olygon (SNTP)]] was established on August 21, 1947. Covering three oblasts-Western Kazakhstan, Karaganda and Pavlodar, [[Semipalatinsk Test Site|SNTP]] occupi Three test sites were operating on the borders of Western Kazakhstan and Atyrau oblasts in the Naryn area: Azgir nuclear testing site
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• Transport in Kazakhstan
  === Railway links with adjacent countries === In 2009, the country began the construction of the "Western Europe - Western China" highway, which will be completed {{clarify |date=June 2016 |reason=H
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• Dzungarian Gate
  ...en noted as a convenient pass suitable for riders on horseback between the western [[Eurasian steppe]] and lands further east, and for its fierce and almost c ..."/><ref>"If, as some scholars suggest, the Issedones were the Wusun of the western Gobi, the Arimaspi the Huiung-nu of Mongolia, and the Hyperboreans the Chin
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• Beyneu
  |subdivision_type = [[Countries of the world|Country]] ...he administrative center of [[Beyneu District]] in [[Mangystau Region]] in western [[Kazakhstan]].
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• Beyneu District
  |subdivision_type = [[Countries of the world|Country]] ...is a [[Districts of Kazakhstan|district]] of [[Mangystau Region]] in south-western [[Kazakhstan]]. The administrative center of the district is the [[Village#
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• Karakiya District
  |subdivision_type = [[Countries of the world|Country]] ...is a [[Districts of Kazakhstan|district]] of [[Mangystau Region]] in south-western [[Kazakhstan]]. The administrative center of the district is the [[Village#
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• Mangystau District
  |subdivision_type = [[Countries of the world|Country]] ...is a [[Districts of Kazakhstan|district]] of [[Mangystau Region]] in south-western [[Kazakhstan]]. The administrative center of the district is the [[Village#
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• Tupkaragan District
  |subdivision_type = [[Countries of the world|Country]] ...is a [[Districts of Kazakhstan|district]] of [[Mangystau Region]] in south-western [[Kazakhstan]]. The administrative center of the district is the town of [[
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• Akzhaik District
  |subdivision_type = [[Countries of the world|Country]] ...is a [[Districts of Kazakhstan|district]] of [[West Kazakhstan Region]] in western [[Kazakhstan]]. The administrative center of the district is the [[Village#
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• Borili District
  |subdivision_type = [[Countries of the world|Country]] ...is a [[Districts of Kazakhstan|district]] of [[West Kazakhstan Region]] in western [[Kazakhstan]]. The administrative center of the district is the town of [[
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• Shyngyrlau District
  |subdivision_type = [[Countries of the world|Country]] ...is a [[Districts of Kazakhstan|district]] of [[West Kazakhstan Region]] in western [[Kazakhstan]]. The administrative center of the district is the [[Village#
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• Zhanakala District
  |subdivision_type = [[Countries of the world|Country]] ...is a [[Districts of Kazakhstan|district]] of [[West Kazakhstan Region]] in western [[Kazakhstan]]. The administrative center of the district is the [[Village#
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• Zhanybek District
  |subdivision_type = [[Countries of the world|Country]] ...is a [[Districts of Kazakhstan|district]] of [[West Kazakhstan Region]] in western [[Kazakhstan]]. The administrative center of the district is the [[Village#
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• Karatobe District
  |subdivision_type = [[Countries of the world|Country]] ...is a [[Districts of Kazakhstan|district]] of [[West Kazakhstan Region]] in western [[Kazakhstan]]. The administrative center of the district is the [[Village#
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• Kaztal District
  |subdivision_type = [[Countries of the world|Country]] ...is a [[Districts of Kazakhstan|district]] of [[West Kazakhstan Region]] in western [[Kazakhstan]]. The administrative center of the district is the [[Village#
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• Syrym District
  |subdivision_type = [[Countries of the world|Country]] ...is a [[Districts of Kazakhstan|district]] of [[West Kazakhstan Region]] in western [[Kazakhstan]]. The administrative center of the district is the [[Village#
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• Bokey Orda District
  |subdivision_type = [[Countries of the world|Country]] ...is a [[Districts of Kazakhstan|district]] of [[West Kazakhstan Region]] in western [[Kazakhstan]]. The administrative center of the district is the [[Village#
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• Zelenov District
  |subdivision_type = [[Countries of the world|Country]] ...is a [[Districts of Kazakhstan|district]] of [[West Kazakhstan Region]] in western [[Kazakhstan]]. The administrative center of the district is the [[Village#
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• Munaily District
  |subdivision_type = [[Countries of the world|Country]] ...is a [[Districts of Kazakhstan|district]] of [[Mangystau Region]] in south-western [[Kazakhstan]]. The administrative center of the district is [[Village#Cent
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• Chapaev, Kazakhstan
  |subdivision_type = [[Countries of the world|Country]] ...n: Чапаев) is a [[Village#Central and Eastern Europe|selo]] in north-western [[Kazakhstan]]. It is the seat of [[Akzhaik District]] in [[West Kazakhstan
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• Karatobe
  |subdivision_type = [[Countries of the world|Country]] ...аратобе) is a [[Village#Central and Eastern Europe|selo]] in north-western [[Kazakhstan]]. It is the administrative center of [[Karatobe District]] in
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• Aksay, West Kazakhstan Region
  |subdivision_type = [[Countries of the world|Country]] '''Aksay''' ({{lang-kz|Ақсай}}) is a town in north-western [[Kazakhstan]]. It is the administrative center of [[Borili District]] in [
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• Shyngyrlau
  |subdivision_type = [[Countries of the world|Country]] ...гирлау}}) is a [[Village#Central and Eastern Europe|selo]] in north-western [[Kazakhstan]]. It is the administrative center of [[Shyngyrlau District]]
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• Zhanybek
  |subdivision_type = [[Countries of the world|Country]] ...ибек}}) is a [[Village#Central and Eastern Europe|selo]] in far north-western [[Kazakhstan]] on the border with [[Astrakhan Oblast]], [[Russia]]. It is t
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• Fyodorovka, West Kazakhstan Region
  |subdivision_type = [[Countries of the world|Country]] ...доровка) is a [[Village#Central and Eastern Europe|selo]] in north-western [[Kazakhstan]]. It is the administrative center of [[Terekti District]] in
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• Zhympity
  |subdivision_type = [[Countries of the world|Country]] ...Жымпиты) is a [[Village#Central and Eastern Europe|selo]] in north-western [[Kazakhstan]]. It is the administrative center of [[Syrym District]] in [[
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• Kaztal
  |subdivision_type = [[Countries of the world|Country]] ...таловка ) is a [[Village#Central and Eastern Europe|selo]] in north-western [[Kazakhstan]]. It is the administrative center of [[Kaztal District]] in [
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• Peremyotnoye
  |subdivision_type = [[Countries of the world|Country]] ...ётное) is a [[Village#Central and Eastern Europe|selo]] in far north-western [[Kazakhstan]]. It is the administrative center of [[Zelenov District]] in
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• Saykyn
  |subdivision_type = [[Countries of the world|Country]] ...ru|Сайхин}}) is a [[Village#Central and Western Europe|selo]] in far western [[Kazakhstan]] on the border with [[Russia]]. It is the administrative cent
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• Zhanakala
  |subdivision_type = [[Countries of the world|Country]] ...ангала}}) is a [[Village#Central and Eastern Europe|selo]] in north-western [[Kazakhstan]]. It is the seat of [[Zhanakala District]] in [[West Kazakhst
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• Zerendi
  |subdivision_type = [[Countries of the world|Country]] ...major part of Zerenda Lake coastline belongs to private owners, especially western coastline. There are several resort centers there: Zeren, Kharagahjly, Kaza
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• Shetpe
  |subdivision_type = [[Countries of the world|Country]] ...administrative center of [[Mangystau District]] in [[Mangystau Region]] in western [[Kazakhstan]]. Population: {{Kz-census2009|12,223|punct=;}} {{Kz-census199
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• Emil River
  ...ion with the [[Saur Mountains|Saur]]. The two Emils flow in the west-south-western direction, eventually joining together, across [[Dörbiljin County]] (which ...khstan, and is a subject of interaction between the authorities of the two countries.<ref>[http://www.centrasia.ru/newsA.php?st=1046167800 Казахстан и
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• Terekti District
  |subdivision_type = [[Countries of the world|Country]] ...is a [[Districts of Kazakhstan|district]] of [[West Kazakhstan Region]] in western [[Kazakhstan]]. The administrative center of the district is the [[Village#
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• Talgar
  |subdivision_type = [[Countries of the world|Country]] '''Talgar mountains''' is an informal name for a north-western part of Zailiisky Alatau adjacent to the town. The Talgar mountains are a p
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• Dostyk
  ...nion and the [[People's Republic of China|PRC]] to connect Kazakhstan with Western China by rail was achieved in 1954. On the Soviet side, the railway reache The railway networks of the two countries use different gauges (China, like most of Europe, uses the [[standard gauge
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• Aktobe
  |subdivision_type = [[Countries of the world|Country]] Aktobe Region is located in Western Kazakhstan, and is the second largest region by area in Kazakhstan. The cit
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• Akkol
  |subdivision_type = [[Countries of the world|Country]] ...uses, though there are also many five-storey buildings in the town. On the western side Akkol is sheltered by a pine-covered volcano named in Russian Kalancha
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• Aktau
  |subdivision_type = [[Countries of the world|Country]] ...y from other parts of Kazakhstan. The city has variety of local hotels and western chains of [[Renaissance Hotels|Renaissance]] and [[Holiday Inn]].
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• Aral, Kazakhstan
  |subdivision_type = [[Countries of the world|Country]] ...aljsk'') {{coord|display=title|46|47|N|61|40|E|}} is a small city in south-western [[Kazakhstan]], located in the ''[[oblast]]'' (region) of [[Kyzylorda Regio
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• Karkaraly
  |subdivision_type = [[Countries of the world|Country]] ...ve that the settlement had numerous commercial and political contacts with western Siberia, Central Asia, Xinjiang and Iran.[http://www.discovery-kazakhstan.c
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• Taraz
  |subdivision_type = [[Countries of the world|Country]] ...highly suspect strand of Soviet historiography --> Taraz was joined to the Western Turk Khanate. It felt, like other cities of the region, the influence of So
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• Ridder, Kazakhstan
  |subdivision_type = [[Countries of the world|Country]] ...imately {{Kz-census2009|50,500|punct=.}} The city is situated in the south-western [[Altai Mountains]] and north-eastern of the region's capital, [[Oskemen]],
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• Oskemen
  | subdivision_type = [[Countries of the world|Country]] ...y kilometers as a consequence of which a few drinking water intakes in the Western part of the city are closed or to be closed.
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• Taskala
  |subdivision_type = [[Countries of the world|Country]] ...аскала}}) is a [[Village#Central and Eastern Europe|selo]] in north-western [[Kazakhstan]] on the border with [[Russia]]. It is the administrative cent
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• Sayram (city)
  | subdivision_type = [[Countries of the world|Country]] In the 7th century, the Western Turkic Confederation consisted of five Tu-lu and five Nu-shih-pi tribes, kn
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• Aksu, Kazakhstan
  |subdivision_type = [[Countries of the world|Country]] ...n memory of [[Yermak Timofeyevich]], the 16th-century Russian conqueror of Western [[Siberia]]. Both the Voskresensk Wharf and the Glinka village became parts
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• Akhmed Zakayev
  ...s-Martan Front]]. In February 1996, Zakayev became commander of the entire Western Group of Defense of Ichkeria. In August 1996, his forces took part in the [ ...abroad and became President Maskhadov's most prominent representative in [[Western Europe]], while [[Ilyas Akhmadov]] was the Chechen emissary to the [[United
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• Ural Mountains
  ...a [[mountain range]] that runs approximately from north to south through [[western Russia]], from the coast of the [[Arctic Ocean]] to the [[Ural River]] and ...to the Ural Mountains.<ref name=bse/><ref>*{{cite book|title=The Urals and Western Siberia in the Bronze and Iron Ages|publisher=Cambridge University Press|ye
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• Black-throated accentor
  ...ring in [[Afghanistan]] and neighboring countries. It is a rare vagrant in western [[Europe]].
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• Khüiten Peak
  | listing = [[List of countries by highest point|Country high point]]<br />[[Ultra prominent peak|Ultra]] ...国界西段的协定] (Agreement between the PRC and RF in regard to the western section of the China-Russia border), 1994-09-03 {{zh icon}}</ref><ref name=
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• Tavan Bogd
  ...] of Mongolia; its northern slopes are in Russia's [[Altai Republic]], and western, in China's [[Burqin County]]. ...lia, and the Government of the People's Republic of China, describing the western junction point of the borders of the three states. Signed in Beijing, June
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• Ili River
  ...ribes of ''Yaghma'', ''Tokhsi'' and ''Chiglig'' live on its banks. Turkish countries regard the river as their Jayhoun ([[Amu Darya]]) .<ref>Mahmud Kashgari, '' ...reaty|Ili River treaty]] of 638 AD, which formalized the division of the [[Western Turkic Kaganate]] (552–638 AD) into the [[Nushibi]] and the [[Dulo clan|D
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• Lake Balkhash
  ...hors=etal}}</ref> The eastern part is on average 1.7 times deeper than the western section. The largest city near the lake is also named [[Balkhash (city)|Bal ...drography|hydrographically]] divides it into two very different parts. The western part, which comprises 58% of the total lake area and 46% of its volume,<ref
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• Caspian Sea
  ...northeast coast, while the [[Greater Caucasus|Caucasus mountains]] hug the western shore. The [[biomes]] to both the north and east are characterized by cold, ...ence for [[Lower Palaeolithic]] human occupation south of the Caspian from western Alburz. These are Ganj Par and [[Darband Cave]] sites.
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• Aral Sea
  ...ht|Map: lake boundaries about 1960 with present-day political boundaries - countries with any land draining into the lake are in yellow]] ...disappeared and the southwestern lake had retreated to a thin strip at the western edge of the former southern sea; in subsequent years, occasional water flow
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• Bukey Horde
  ...d into the administration of the [[Russian Empire]]. It was located in the western part of modern-day [[Kazakhstan]]. The land spread on 71,000 square kilomet ...from the [[Junior jüz]] to reside permanently in the "Inner Side", as the western side of the Ural was known. After the death of Bukey Sultan, Shygai Khan be
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• Eurasian Land Bridge
  ...ental Bridge''. In addition to Kazakhstan, the railways connect with other countries in Central Asia and the Middle East, including [[Iran]]. With the October 2 .... By making further transfers, passengers and freight can eventually reach Western European seaports.<ref>Ōtsuka, pp. 48–49.</ref> The Trans-Siberian also
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• New Eurasian Land Bridge
  [[File:Western-most end of Northern Xinjiang Railway.jpg|200 px|thumb|right|Terminus of th ...er and again at the Belarus-Poland border where the standard gauge used in western Europe begins. This is done with truck-mounted cranes.<ref name=NYT72013 />
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• Silk Road UNESCO World Heritage Sites
  ...agreed to make a joint application in 2010.<ref name=GaoMeiXJB/> The six countries formed a coordinating committee in 2009 to prepare for the joint-applicatio ...n Ningbo City, Zhejiang Province and Quanzhou City, Fujian Province - from Western-Han Dynasty to Qing Dynasty"] 2008-03-28</ref> On May 2, 2008, [[Iran]] su
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• Silk Road
  ...regions of the Asian continent connecting the [[Eastern world|East]] and [[Western culture|West]] and stretching from the Korean peninsula<ref>{{Cite web|url= ...ingdom (Korea),<ref name=":3">{{Cite web|url=http://en.unesco.org/silkroad/countries-alongside-silk-road-routes/republic-korea|title=Republic of Korea {{!}} Sil
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• Leonid Brezhnev
  ...of the USSR, Brezhnev pushed for détente between the Eastern and Western countries. At the same time he presided over the [[Warsaw Pact invasion of Czechoslov ...(as seen above) much lower than the official figures, and lower than some Western estimates. His estimates was widely publicised by conservative [[think tank
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• White-tailed eagle
  ...disjunct resident populations occur in southwesternmost [[Greenland]] and western [[Iceland]]. The former has been proposed as a distinct [[subspecies]], ''g ...f Europe underwent dramatic declines and became extinct in many regions of western, central and southern Europe. [[File:White tailed Eagle from Bridgwater Bay
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• Red-footed falcon
  ...igration|migratory]], wintering in [[Africa]]. It is a regular wanderer to western Europe, and in August 2004 a red-footed falcon was found in [[North America ...d to human settlements. Similar patterns were reported from other European countries. The reasons of rookery declines can be attributed to a large-scale persecu
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• Mute swan
  ...rst1=D. W. |last2=Perrins |first2=C. M. |date=1998 |title=The Birds of the Western Palearctic |edition=Concise |publisher=Oxford University Press |location=Ox ...ook |editor-last=Cramp |editor-first=S. |date=1977 |title=The Birds of the Western Palearctic |publisher=Oxford University Press |location=Oxford |isbn=0-19-8
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• Caspian gull
  ...a]] and [[Persian Gulf]] while others disperse into [[Western Europe]], in countries such as [[Sweden]], Norway and Denmark or the Benelux and even North of Fra
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• Montagu's harrier
  ...[[cereal]] crops such as [[wheat]], [[barley]], [[oats]] and [[colza]]. In western Europe, up to 70% of the population breeds in artificial habitats.{{Citatio ...ange extends as far east as the [[Ural Mountains|Ural]]s, whereas the most western population is that of [[Portugal]]. Breeding also occurs in northern [[Afri
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• Dalmatian pelican
  ...It is dispersive in [[Europe]], based on feeding opportunities, with most western birds staying through the winter in the [[Mediterranean]] region. In the [[ ...endangered east Asian population of Dalmatian Pelican Pelecanus crispus in western Mongolia |journal=BirdingASIA |volume=7 |pages=68–74 |deadurl=yes |archiv
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• Nathusius's pipistrelle
  Nathusius' pipistrelle occurs from [[Western Europe]] eastward as far as the [[Ural Mountains]], [[Turkey]] and the [[Ca ...tment]] of timber in buildings. However, it is a protected species in many countries and breeds successfully in [[nest box|bat boxes]].
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• Saiga antelope
  ...h century. The Mongolian subspecies (''S. t. mongolica'') is found only in western Mongolia.<ref>{{cite web|title=Saiga/mongolian Saiga (''Saiga tatarica'')| The Mongolian saiga (''S. t. mongolica'') is found in a small area in western Mongolia around the [[Sharga Nature Reserve|Sharga]] and [[Mankhan Nature R
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• Turkmenian kulan
  ...and northern [[Afghanistan]], the [[Transcaspian Oblast]] and [[West China|western China]] to southern [[Siberia]]. It used to live in [[Saryesik-Atyrau Deser ...ntroduced in other protected areas in Turkmenistan and other Central Asian countries that was built purposely for the kulans, such as the [[Gaplaňgyr Nature Re
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• Eurasian wolf
  .../stream/catalogueofmam00brit#page/312/mode/2up Catalogue of the mammals of Western Europe (Europe exclusive of Russia) in the collection of the British museum ...aving been compared by [[Theodore Roosevelt]] to the large wolves of north-western [[Montana]] and [[Washington (U.S. state)|Washington]].<ref>{{cite book |ur
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• Saiga Antelope Memorandum of Understanding
  ...onservation action for the Saiga antelope in the range States and in those countries which import Saiga products, such as the species’ horn. It has three main ...teurellosis, a disease affecting the lungs, within a 4,500 hectare area of western Kazakhstan.<ref>http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/kazakhstan/7
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• Iris loczyi
  It is found in the western Asia countries of [[Afghanistan]] and [[Iran]].<ref name=efloras/><ref name=alpine/><ref n In the middle Asian countries of [[Kazakhstan]], [[Tajikistan]], [[Mongolia]],<ref name=grin/> and [[Tibe
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• Iris songarica
  It is found in the western Asian countries of [[Afghanistan]], [[Pakistan]] and [[Iran]].<ref name=rangelands/><ref na In the middle Asian countries of (the former [[Soviet Union]] republics of), it is found in [[Kazakhstan]
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• Iris tenuifolia
  It is found in the western Asian countries of [[Afghanistan]] and [[Pakistan]].<ref name=efloras/><ref name=swewe/><re In the middle Asian countries of (the former [[Soviet Union]] republics of); [[Kazakhstan]], [[Uzbekistan
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• Iris spuria
  Within temperate Asia, it is found in the Western Asia regions of [[Afghanistan]], [[Iran]] and [[Turkey]].<ref name=stolley/ ...s generally listed as of 'Least Concern' on 26 April 2013 in most European countries. But it is listed as rare or endangered in some.
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• Soviet Union referendum, 1991
  A boycott campaign reduced the ''Against'' votes in [[Western Ukraine]].<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=F_QMCypjpXwC&pg=PA128&dq= ...ting here was considerably less than 50% of the franchised voters of these countries, but this information was not included in the official statement of the Cen
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• Elections in Kazakhstan
  ...elections held in Kazakhstan have been considered free or fair by Western countries or international observers<ref name="theguardian.com">[https://www.theguard ...elections held in Kazakhstan have been considered free or fair by Western countries or international observers.<ref name="theguardian.com"/> The 1999 President
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• Eugene Schuyler
  ....<ref>In that capacity he signed the first consular conventions with these countries as well as the first treaty of commerce and navigation with Serbia. See {{ [[Category:Western writers about Russia]]
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• Kazakh Khanate
  ...oks.google.com/books?id=Nq18znjAE5YC&pg=PA139]</ref> [[Central Asia]], and Western Siberia ([[Bashkortostan]]) during the Kazakh Khanate.<ref name="google2">[ ...0nomadic%20peoples%20were%20the%20Kazakhs%20and%20the&f=false Middle East, western Asia, and northern Africa. By Ali Aldosari]</ref>
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• History of Kazakhstan
  ...ribes and [[Eastern Turkic Khaganate]] (under the Göktürks). In 659, the Western Turkic Khaganate was superseded by the [[Kangar Union]]. Towards the end o ...t at roughly the same time. In turn the [[Cuman people|Cumans]] controlled western Kazakhstan from around the 12th century until the 1220s. The large central
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• Kangar union
  |s1 = Western Turkic Khaganate |s3 = Western Kangar State
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• Western Turkic Khaganate
  |conventional_long_name = Onoq ("Ten Arrows")<br> Western Turkic Khaganate |common_name = Western Turkic Khaganate
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• Treaty of Saint Petersburg (1881)
  .... During the [[Dungan Revolt (1862-77)]] China lost control of much of its western territory and power passed to various factions. In 1871 Russia occupied the ...o provided (Article 8) for minor adjustments of the border between the two countries in the area east of [[Lake Zaysan]] (where today [[East Kazakhstan Province
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• Khazar hypothesis of Ashkenazi ancestry
  ...major proportion of [[Ashkenazi Jews|Ashkenazim]], was first proposed to a Western public by [[Ernest Renan]] in 1883.<ref>{{harvnb|Barkun|1997|p=137}}: Ernes ...onsiderable importance regarding the origin of those Jews who dwell in the countries along the Danube and southern Russia. These regions enclose great masses of
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• Khazars
  ...one of the foremost trading emporia of the medieval world, commanding the western marches of the [[Silk Road]] and playing a key commercial role as a crossro ...rly as the 4th century CE and are recorded by [[Priscus]] to reside in the Western Eurasian steppelands as early as 463.<ref>{{harvnb|Golden|2007a|p=14}}</ref
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• President of Kazakhstan
  ...khstan have been considered free or fair by [[Western Hemisphere|western]] countries or international observers<ref>[https://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/mar/ ...n-president-election-turnout/|website=rt.com}}</ref> 858 observers from 19 countries were present at the polling stations during the election.<ref name=rt1/>
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• Erlan Idrissov
  The appointment is widely viewed by western analysts as a sign of Nazarbayev’s intent to [http://www.eurasianet.org/n ...a 30-day trial period to strengthen trade, business, and tourism for both countries.<ref>http://www.kazinform.kz/eng/article/2593119</ref> While visiting Argen
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• Kyoto Protocol
  ...cap that allows their emissions to expand above their base year levels or countries that have not ratified the Kyoto Protocol}} ...ibilities: it puts the obligation to reduce current emissions on developed countries on the basis that they are historically responsible for the current levels
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• Foreign relations of Kazakhstan
  ..., including the United States, Canada, Mexico, Brazil, Venezuela and other countries.<ref>{{Cite web|title = Kazakhstan Increases Crime Fighting Cooperation wit ...an international issue since much of the crop ends up being sold in other countries, particularly in other member-states of [[Commonwealth of Independent State
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• Communist Party of the Soviet Union
  ...actively sought to form "collective security" alliances with Anti-fascist western powers such as France and Britain. Unable to do so, the USSR eventually sig ...ineffective in responding to the growing criticism of the Soviet Union by Western leaders, most prominently by US Presidents [[Jimmy Carter]] and [[Ronald Re
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• Wiet thuisbezord
  ...at deal of THC. THC is your illegal substance in several states as well as countries since it causes your addictive high and contains a strong psychoactive effe ...e state of california, Hawaii, Illinois, latest Hampshire, Rhode area plus western Virginia your perform toxicology tests in motorists associated with fatal c
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