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|religion = [[Sunni Islam]] ...the [[Kazakh steppe]].<ref>{{cite web|publisher=The School of Russian and Asian Studies|title=The rise of Alash Orda and Kazakh nationalism|author=David Ga

...w.iranicaonline.org|access-date=29 December 2013}}</ref><br>{{flag|Iraq}} (by [[Kurds]] and [[Iraqi Turkmens|Turkmens]])<ref name=IMFA>{{cite web|title=2 ...ch, 2008. "The traditional Nowrouz/Nowrooz celebrations, mainly celebrated by the Kurdish population in the Kurdistan Region in Iraq, and other parts of

...ered by [[Russia]], [[Kyrgyzstan]], [[Turkmenistan]], [[Uzbekistan]] and [[People's Republic of China|China]]. The country also borders on a significant part ...f countries by population density|population density]] of less than 6&nbsp;people per square kilometre (15&nbsp;per sq. mi.).

...landlocked country]], and the [[List of countries and outlying territories by land area|ninth largest]] in the world, with an area of {{convert|2,724,900 ...sity]] is among the lowest, at less than 6 people per square kilometre (15 people per sq. mi.). The capital is [[Astana]], where it was moved in 1997 from [[

...rder of the October Revolution]], [[Order of the Red Banner of Labour]], [[People's Hero of Kazakhstan]], [[Hero of Kazakhstan]] |religion =

|religion = [[Sunni Islam]]{{citation needed|date=October 2016}} Nazarbayev has suppressed dissent, been accused of human rights abuses by several human rights organizations, and presided over an authoritarian regi

...tration]] has tried to balance relations with Russia and the United States by sending petroleum and natural gas to its northern neighbor at artificially ...and the usage of [[Caspian Sea]] water is a matter that remains unsettled by international agreement.<ref name=CIA1>[https://www.cia.gov/library/publica

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|religion = Sunni Islam ...шская автономия ''Alashskaya avtonomiya''}}) was a [[Kazakh people|Kazakh]] [[Sovereign state|state]] that existed between December 13, 1917 a

...as well as the time period of Soviet administration (1918–1991). Central Asian SSRs declared independence in 1991. In terms of area, it is nearly synonymo ...of [[Abul Khair Khan]] the Kazakhs won major victories over the [[Dzungar people|Dzungar]] at the [[Bulanty River]] (1726) and at the [[Battle of Anrakay]]

|religion = [[Islam]] ...nd [[Khorasan Province]], which is now in Iran. Slaves were also captured by frequent Kazakh raids into territory belonging to [[Russia]],<ref name="goo

|religion = Tengriism ...Oguz Country''', 750–1055) was a [[Turkic people|Turkic]] state, founded by [[Oghuz Turks|Oguz Turks]] in 766, located geographically in an area betwee

...ndo-European]] semi-[[Eurasian nomads|nomadic]] [[Eurasian Steppe|steppe]] people mentioned in [[China|Chinese]] records from the 2nd century BC to the 5th c ...veral centuries. Pressured by the [[Rouran]], the Wusun are last mentioned by the Chinese as having settled the [[Pamir Mountains]] in the 5th century AD

|status = [[Sinicization|Sinicized]] [[Khitan people|Khitan]] empire<br />in [[Central Asia]] |event_end = Kuchlug executed by Mongols

...inistration, until the late 3rd-century) spoken in the north and east, and by the [[seven Parthian clans]]){{sfn|Daryaee|2008|pp=99-100}} |religion = [[Zoroastrianism]]<br/>(<small>also [[Babylonian religion|Babylonian]], [[Nestorian Christianity|Christianity]], [[Manichaeism]], [[J

...point in the 8th–9th centuries, the ruling elite of the Khazars was said by [[Judah Halevi]] and [[Abraham ibn Daud]] to have converted to [[Rabbinic J ...ref name=rubin /> Despite skepticism, he reformulated the concept in 2016 by developing a novel method of genetic analysis that uses the fringe [[lingui

|religion = {{plainlist| ...ef>{{harvnb|Petrukhin|2007|p=255}}</ref>) were a semi-[[nomad]]ic [[Turkic people]], who created what for its duration was the most powerful [[polity]] to em

|religion = ...d technical cooperation" by creating "favourable conditions for investment by each others' investors for reciprocal promotion and protection of [[investm

...were for centuries central to cultural interaction through regions of the Asian continent connecting the [[Eastern world|East]] and [[Western culture|West] ...ess-date=2017-02-23}}</ref> Japan,<ref name=":4" /> the [[Outline of South Asian history|Indian subcontinent]], [[Greater Persia|Persia]], [[Europe]], the [

...From the founding of the khanate, until 1828, it was ruled by subsequently by the [[Iran]]ian [[Zand dynasty|Zand]] and [[Qajar dynasty|Qajar empires]]. Lankaran is home to Azerbaijan's largest [[Talysh people|Talysh]] community.

|title=Administrative, density and territorial units and land size by economic regions of Azerbaijan Republic for January 1. 2007 ...State Statistical Committee of the Republic of Azerbaijan, 2.5 Population by sex, economic and administrative regions, urban settlements at the beginnin

...f=false p415]</ref> Given its association with details in a story related by [[Herodotus]], it has been linked to the location of legendary [[Hyperborea ...and not in the Urals or Tibet." Ildikó Lehtinen, ''Traces of the Central Asian culture in the North: Finnish-Soviet Joint Scientific Symposium held in Han

...6/History-of-drug-use-in-religion |title=Drug cult: History of drug use in religion |last1= |first1= |last2= |first2= |date= |website=[[Encyclopædia Britannic ...[tumulus|barrow]]-like tomb mounds containing wooden chambers covered over by large [[cairn]]s of boulders and stones, dated to the 4th - 3rd centuries B

...ptions from early Islamic Iran and Transoxiana. By Sheila Blair. Published by BRILL, 1992. ISBN 90-04-09367-2</ref> and similarly among the oldest cities [[Archaeology]] in Central Asia was active following its conquest by the [[Russian Empire]], but remains a relatively understudied area. There

|religion = [[Islam]] ...) - died 27 December 1941, [[Berlin]], [[The Third Reich]]) - was [[Kazakh people|Kazakh]] social and political activist, publicist, thinker, scholar, states

|religion = [[Russian Orthodox Church|Russian Orthodox]] ....forerunner.com/predvestnik/X0065_Zhirinovsky.html Vladimir Zhirinovsky on Religion in Russia — Predvestnik]. Forerunner.com (1 May 1996).</ref>

| ordained_by = [[Society of Jesus]]{{disputed-inline|Ibx "ordained by"|date=August 2013}} ...on earth) and extends through nine of the world's twenty four time zones - by [[Pope John Paul II]] on April 13, 1991, Werth initially had only two Ukrai

...name=FCO>[http://www.fco.gov.uk/en/travel-and-living-abroad/travel-advice-by-country/country-profile/asia-oceania/kazakhstan?profile=all UK Foreign and ...1999 (slightly less than 15 million). These estimates have been confirmed by the 2009 population census, and this means that the decline in population t

[[File:Kazakhstan European 2016 Rus.png|thumb|European people in Kazakhstan, 2016.]] ...Uzbeks]], [[German people|Germans]], [[Koryosaram|Koreans]], and [[Uyghur people|Uyghurs]].

...(Къарачайлыла, Qaraçaylıla) are a [[Turkic peoples|Turkic]] people descended from the [[Kipchaks]], and share their language with the [[Kumyks

...}} <ref>{{cite web|url=https://joshuaproject.net/people_groups/15696|title=People groups: Ukrainian|work=Joshua Project|date=|accessdate=15 March 2016}}</ref ...S_10_1YR_B04003&prodType=table|title=Total ancestry categories tallied for people with one or more ancestry categories reported: 2010 American Community Surv

'''Armenians in Central Asian states''': [[Uzbekistan]], [[Kazakhstan]], [[Kyrgyzstan]], [[Tajikistan]] a The following table shows the number of Armenians in each Central Asian country according to Soviet censuses from 1926 to 1989, and censuses taken

...[https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/uz.html#People CIA estimates] this share declined to 3% in 1996. Official Uzbekistan estim ...e=March 2017|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}: Distribution of population by nationality. Retrieved on 23 April 2009 </ref>

...n as [[Tartary]]. More recently, however, the term refers more narrowly to people who speak one of the [[Turkic languages|Turkic]]<ref name="global.britannic The largest group by far that the Russians have called "Tatars" are the [[Volga Tatars]], native

...ut citizens of [[Uzbekistan]]|Demographics of Uzbekistan|a list of notable people from Uzbekistan|List of Uzbeks}} ...f>[https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-worldfactbook/geos/kg.html#People CIA World Factbook – Kyrgyzstan]</ref>

...y|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100111042053/http://belstat.gov.by/homep/en/census/2009/main.php |archivedate=11 January 2010}}</ref>{{Failed |ref12 =<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.stat.ee/34278|title=Population by ethnic nationality, 1 January, years|publisher=[[Statistics Estonia]]|year=

[[File:China-Xinjiang.png|thumb|200px|Xinjiang's location in the [[People's Republic of China]]]] ...y the Manchu-led [[Qing dynasty]] in 1759. Xinjiang is now a part of the [[People's Republic of China]], having been so since its founding year of 1949.

| religion = <!-- Religion should be supported with a citation from a reliable source --> '''Kahar Barat''' ({{zh|卡哈尔·巴拉提}}; born 1950) is an [[Uyghur people|Uyghur]]-American historian, known for his work on Buddhism and Islam in [[

|religion = [[Sunni Islam]] ...[[Republic of China (1912–49)|Republic of China]] until it was abolished by [[Xinjiang]] governor [[Jin Shuren]] in 1930.

| nationality=[[Uighur people|Uighur]] | religion = [[Islam]]

|subdivision_name = People's Republic of China |blank5_name = [[License plates of the People's Republic of China|License plate]] prefix

|region1={{flagcountry|People's Republic of China}}<br/> <small>([[Xinjiang|Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Re ...arily in the [[Xinjiang|Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region]] in [[China|the People's Republic of China]], where they are one of 55 [[Ethnic minorities in Chin

...ice7 = Deputy to the<br> 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th, 11th and 12th [[Supreme People's Assembly]] ...mmander of the Korean People's Army|Supreme Commander]] of the<br>[[Korean People's Army]]

...h ranking among 130 countries in the 2016 Global Terrorism Index published by the Institute of Economics and Peace. The higher is the position on the ran ...ovement of Uzbekistan]], [[Hizb ut-Tahrir al-Islami]], [[Jamaat of Central Asian Mujahedins]], [[Islamic Party of Eastern Turkestan]], [[Kurdistan Workers P

...filiated with the "Spiritual Association of Muslims of Kazakhstan", headed by a supreme [[mufti]].<ref>[http://www.religions-congress.org/content/view/12 ...ation of the USSR, has launched a great deal of changes in every aspect of people's lives. Religiosity of the population, as an essential part of any cultura

...ad]], though none of them have ever been inhabited by a majority of Kyrgyz people nor included in a Kyrgyz territory. ...] ([[Persian language|Persian]]). Their name comes from the former Central Asian [[Emirate of Bukhara]], which once had a sizable Jewish community. Since th

...and the Soviet Union: another response to Filatov and Stepina | journal = Religion, State and Society | year = 2004 | first = Stricker | last = Gerd | volume ...Heritage Review | publisher = Germans from Russia Heritage Society}}</ref> By the end of the 17th century, German Lutherans were spread throughout Russia