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• Baikonur Cosmodrome
  ...Gagarin's Start]]" [[Soyuz (rocket family)|Soyuz]] [[launch pad]] prior to the rollout of [[Soyuz TMA-13]], 10 October 2008 ...he spaceport is managed jointly by the [[Roscosmos State Corporation]] and the [[Russian Aerospace Forces]].
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• Alikhan Bukeikhanov
  |caption = Alikhan Bukeikhanov in 1906. ...]].<ref>{{cite web|publisher=The School of Russian and Asian Studies|title=The rise of Alash Orda and Kazakh nationalism|author=David Galick|url=http://ww
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• Kui (instrumental musical composition)
  ...y with the plucked Dombyra of the Kazakhs and [[Komuz]] of the Kyrgyzs. In the 20th century, Kazakh Soviet musicians experimented with chorus performance ==Kui in Kazakh culture performed with dombyra==
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• Kazakhstan
  {{For|the Kazakh television station of the same name|Kazakhstan (channel)}} ...sruptive and POV issues. Feel free to reduce, but I don't see an end, thus the long term protection.|small=yes}}
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• Kumis
  ...y made from [[mare's milk]]. The drink remains important to the peoples of the [[Central Asia]]n [[steppe]]s, of Huno-Bulgar, [[Turkic peoples|Turkic]] an ...fir]]'', but is produced from a liquid [[starter culture]], in contrast to the solid ''kefir'' "grains". Because mare's milk contains more sugars than [[c
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• Valeri Polyakov
  ...tion|Russian Federation]], [[Order of Lenin]], [[Legion of Honour|Order of the Legion of Honour]], [[Order of Parasat]] ....com/2009/03/31/science/space/31mars.html|accessdate=15 May 2010|newspaper=The New York Times|date=30 March 2009}}</ref> His combined space experience is
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• Freedom of religion in Kazakhstan
  ...hout government interference. Local officials attempt on occasion to limit the practice of religion by some nontraditional groups; however, higher-level o ...vement, a registered group, suffered the demolition of 25 homes as part of the [[Karasai]] local government's campaign to seize title to its land based on
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• Bahá'í Faith in Kazakhstan
  ...s community after Islam and Christianity, although only a minor percent of the national whole.<ref name="census">{{cite web |title=Religious Groups in Kazakhstan
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• Robert S. Wistrich
  .... According to [[Indiana University]], Wistrich was "a leading scholar of the [[history of antisemitism]]."<ref> ...0 [http://newswise.com/articles/indiana-university-to-launch-institute-for-the-study-of-contemporary-antisemitism]</ref>
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• Balkhashtsvetmet
  ...ang = <!-- Use ISO 639-1 code, e.g. "fr" for French. For multiple names in different languages, use {{lang|[code]|[name]}}. --> ...terprise)|combine]] located on the northern coast of the [[Lake Balkhash]] in [[Balkhash (city)|Balkhash]], [[Kazakhstan]].
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• Kashagan Field
  ...red the world's largest discovery in the last 30&nbsp;years, combined with the [[Tengiz Field]].<ref name=johnston> |year= 2003
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• Tengiz Field
  | location_map_text = Location of the Tengiz Field on the coast of Caspian Sea ...hwestern [[Kazakhstan]]'s low-lying wetlands along the northeast shores of the [[Caspian Sea]]. It covers a {{convert|2500|km2|mi2|abbr=on}} project licen
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• Almaty Management University
  ...адемия бизнеса, МАБ}}) is a higher educational institution in [[Almaty]], Kazakhstan, providing preparation of specialists of economic fi ...hool of Managers, in 1996 it became the International Academy of Business. In 2014 it adopted its current name.
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• Oralman
  ...07-09-19 |periodical= Eurasianet.org}}</ref> ''Oralman'' usually come from the neighbouring countries of [[China]], [[Mongolia]], [[Uzbekistan]], [[Russia ...003-09-03|accessdate=2010-06-08|title=Special report on ethnic Kazakhs and the struggle to return - Continued|url=http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?repo
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• Islam Akhun
  ...BLER4 AKV1 FP508 FIG71.jpg|thumb|right|Islam Akhun, photographed by Stein in 1901.]] ...ast=Hopkirk|first=Peter|authorlink = Peter Hopkirk|title=Foreign Devils on the Silk Road|year=1980|isbn=0-87023-435-8|pages=47}}</ref>
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• History of Xinjiang
  [[File:Xinjiang Space View.jpg|thumb|400px|A satellite view of the Xinjiang region]] [[File:China-Xinjiang.png|thumb|200px|Xinjiang's location in the [[People's Republic of China]]]]
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• Economic Cooperation Organization
  |map_caption = Member states of the ECO ...= "Sustainable socioeconomic development for the people of the region"
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• Eurasian Economic Union
  |linking_name = the Eurasian Union |image_flag = Flag of the Eurasian Economic Union.svg
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• Nurlan Nigmatulin
  ...airman of the [[Mazhilis]] of the [[Parliament of Kazakhstan|Parliament of the Republic of Kazakhstan]] |office2=Head of the Executive Office of the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan
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• Mayak
  [[File:Satellite image map of Mayak.jpg|thumb|250px|Satellite image/map of the Mayak nuclear facility.]] ...{cite journal| url=http://www.nrpa.no/dav/1fbb52ea04.pdf | title=Review of the current status and operations at Mayak Production Association | publisher=[
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• Dzungaria
  ...ite book|author=David Brophy|title=Uyghur Nation: Reform and Revolution on the Russia-China Frontier|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=84bPCwAAQBAJ&pg ...state led by the native [[Oirats]] in the 18th century which was based in the area.
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• Caspian Depression
  ...)|flatland]] region encompassing the northern part of the [[Caspian Sea]], the largest enclosed [[body of water]] on [[Earth]].<ref>{{cite web |publisher=Caspian Environment Programme
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• Northern river reversal
  ...e Aral Sea basin). The plan would involve other canals (not shown) to take the water further south.]] ...n]], which "uselessly" drain into the [[Arctic Ocean]], southwards towards the populated agricultural areas of [[Central Asia]], which lack water.<ref nam
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• Lake Balkhash
  |caption_bathymetry = Map of the Lake Balkhash drainage basin ...precipitation (meteorology)|precipitation]], largely vernal snowmelt, from the mountains of China's [[Xinjiang]] region.
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• North Aral Sea
  | inflow = [[Syr Darya]]<br>(previously also the [[Amu Darya]]) ...rt|3300|km2|mi2|-1|abbr=on}} (2008)<br>{{Convert|2550|km2|mi2|0|abbr=on}} (2003)
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• Caspian Sea
  ...ometer|MODIS]] on the orbiting [[Terra (satellite)|Terra satellite]], June 2003 |islands = [[:Category:Islands of the Caspian Sea|26+]]
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• Aral Sea
  |caption=The Aral Sea in 1989 (left) and 2014 (right) |inflow = North: [[Syr Darya]]<br>South: [[groundwater]] only<br>(previously the [[Amu Darya]])
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• Public health problems in the Aral Sea region
  ...P. P. (1988). Disiccation of the Aral Sea: A Water Management Disaster in the Soviet Union. Science. 241(4870), 1172 & 1175.</ref> ...t extent of these problems can be sourced to this environmental situation. The full effects could take a generation to fully materialize and patterns of h
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• Epoch of Extreme Inundations
  ...Moscow. Russia. 2002. ISBN 5-89118-268-8</ref> Catastrophic events during the epoch are theorized to have influenced prehistoric human life. ...uman life was studied. The investigation aimed to comprehensively describe the period.
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• Baku–Tbilisi–Ceyhan pipeline
  ...e [[Druzhba pipeline]]. The first oil that was pumped from the Baku end of the pipeline reached Ceyhan on 28 May 2006.<!-- please don't change to 2005; 20 ...Soviet Union inspired a search for new routes. Russia first insisted that the new pipeline should pass through its territory, then declined to participat
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• Ramsar, Mazandaran
  {{about||the administrative subdivision|Ramsar County|the wetland preservation organization|Ramsar Convention}} {{redirect|Sakht Sar|the administrative subdivision|Sakht Sar Rural District}}
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• Sumqayit
  ...ve Power. Resume |accessdate=2010-12-29}}</ref> Two settlements are within the city administration: [[Corat|Jorat]] and [[Hacı Zeynalabdin|Haji Zeynalabd ...4|language=Azerbaijani}}</ref> So the river became known as Sumgayit, upon the city was named after.
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• Macroolithus
  ...of blue-green pigmentation in its shell, which may have helped camouflage the nests. ...olithus''-like eggs preserved within an oviraptorid's pelvis) confirm that the parent of ''Macroolithus'' was an oviraptorid.
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• Eurasian Land Bridge
  ...rskii-25.jpg|300px|thumb|right|Railway bridge on the Trans-Siberian across the [[Kama River]] near [[Perm]]]] ...hina and [[Kazakhstan]]. As of November 2007, about 1% of the $600 billion in goods shipped from Asia to Europe each year were delivered by inland transp
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• Khazar hypothesis of Ashkenazi ancestry
  ...] remains uncertain: the evidence used to tie the Ashkenazi communities to the Khazars is exiguous and subject to conflicting interpretations.<ref name=Ad ...etmag.com/jewish-arts-and-culture/books/176580/yiddishland 'The Mystery of the Origins of Yiddish Will Never Be Solved,'] [[Tablet (magazine)|Tablet]] 23
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• Khazars
  |image_p2 = <span style="margin-left: 3px;>[[File:The Monogram of Kubrat.png|26px|link=Old Great Bulgaria]]</span> ...72|pp=25–71|}}. This figure has been calculated on the basis of the data in both Herlihy and Russell's work.</ref>
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• Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons
  | long_name =Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons | caption =Participation in the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty
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• Convention on Long-Range Transboundary Air Pollution
  ...y the [[European Monitoring and Evaluation Programme]] (EMEP), directed by the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE). The convention opened for signature on 1979-11-13 and entered into force on 198
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• Aarhus Convention
  ...Directive]] (Directive 2000/60/EC). Liechtenstein and Monaco have signed the convention but have not ratified it. ...national and transboundary environment. It focuses on interactions between the public and public authorities.
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• Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants
  | caption = The logo of the Stockholm Convention Secretariat | condition_effective = Ninety days after the [[ratification]] by at least 50 signatory states
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• Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety
  | long_name = Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety to the Convention on Biological Diversity | date_effective = 11 September 2003
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• Energy Charter Treaty
  ...rade, transit, investments and [[Efficient energy use|energy efficiency]]. The treaty is legally binding, including dispute resolution procedures.<ref>htt ...he [[Soviet Union]] and Eastern Europe at the end of the [[Cold War]] into the broader European and world markets. Its role however extends beyond East-We
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• Framework Convention for the Protection of the Marine Environment of the Caspian Sea
  ...//www.caspianenvironment.org/newsite/Convention-EntryIntoForce.htm Caspian Environment Programme]</ref> ...f the Framework Convention for the Protection of the Marine Environment of the Caspian Sea [http://www.caspianenvironment.org/newsite/Convention-Framework
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• MARPOL 73/78
  ...f 1978'''. ("MARPOL" is short for [[marine pollution]] and 73/78 short for the years 1973 and 1978.) ...n. The objective of this convention is to preserve the marine environment in an attempt to completely eliminate pollution by oil and other harmful subst
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• Convention on Biological Diversity
  | caption = {{legend|#00aa00|Parties to the convention}} | depositor = [[Secretary-General of the United Nations]]
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• Convention on the Transboundary Effects of Industrial Accidents
  ...ing their frequency and severity and mitigating their effects if required. The Convention promotes active international cooperation between countries, bef ...il 2016}} The Convention also encourages its Parties to help each other in the event of an accident, to cooperate on research and development, and to shar
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• International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
  | caption = Parties and signatories to the ICESCR: ...= [[Secretary-General of the United Nations|Secretary-General]] of the United Nations
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• United Nations Convention against Corruption
  | caption =Signatories (orange) and Ratifications (green) of the treaty. | date_drafted =31 October 2003
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• United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification
  ...ountries Experiencing Serious Drought and/or Desertification, Particularly in Africa | context = [[:Category:Environmental treaties|Environment]]
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• Bukhara Deer Memorandum of Understanding
  ...=Memorandum of Understanding concerning Conservation and Restoration of the Bukhara Deer ...hem have signed the MoU, as well as a number of cooperating organizations. The MoU came into effect on 16 May 2002.
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