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| name = Embassy of Kazakhstan in Washington, D.C.<br />
| image = Embassy of Kazakhstan in Washington.jpg<br />
| address = 1401 16th Street NW, Washington, DC.<br />
| location = [[Washington, DC]], [[United States]]<br />
| coordinates = {{coord|38|54|31|N|77|2|10|W|type:landmark|display=inline,title}}<br />
| ambassador = [[Kairat Umarov]]<br />
}}<br />
The '''Embassy of Kazakhstan in Washington, D.C.''' is the [[diplomatic mission]] of the [[Kazakhstan|Republic of Kazakhstan]] to the [[United States]]. It is located at 1401 [[16th Street]] [[Northwest, Washington, D.C.]] in the [[Dupont Circle]] neighborhood.<ref>http://www.embassy.org/embassies/kz.html</ref><br />
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The embassy house is a spacious, brick, Richardsonian-style house, featuring a massive hip roof, prominent chimneys and a distinctive round corner tower built in 1888.<ref name="NPS">{{cite web|title=16th Street Historic District|url=http://www.nps.gov/nr/travel/wash/dc53.htm|publisher=US National Park Service}}</ref> The house was designed and built by Charles and Samuel Edmonston for Susan Shields, the widow of a wealthy newspaper publisher.<ref name="NPS" /> The house used to be the home of American Vice President James S. Sherman, the 27th Vice President of the United States.<ref>{{cite web|title=Shields House was the home of Vice President James Sherman|url=http://www.arch.virginia.edu/dcplaces/16thstreet/Segment3/o-pblock.html|publisher=University of Virginia School of Architecture}}</ref><br />
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The ambassador is [[Kairat Umarov]].<ref>http://www.kazakhembus.com/index.php?page=ambassadors-from-1992-to-the-present</ref> Kairat Umarov assumed the post of ambassador on January 7, 2013.<ref>{{cite web|title=New Ambassador of Kazakhstan, Kairat Umarov, Arrives in Washington D.C.|url=http://www.kazakhembus.com/article/new-ambassador-of-kazakhstan-kairat-umarov-arrives-in-washington-d-c|publisher=Embassy of Kazakhstan|accessdate=17 June 2013}}</ref><br />
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==See also==<br />
*[[Kazakhstan – United States relations]]<br />
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==External links==<br />
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*[http://www.kazakhembus.com/ Official website]<br />
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