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{{for|the novel by [[James A. Michener]]|The Voice of Asia}} [[File:VoiceofAsiaDoor.JPG|thumb|VOA's head office in Almaty]]

...ash;ALMATY 2011 |accessdate=April 12, 2011 |publisher=[[Olympic Council of Asia]]'s official website |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/2 ...ndash;Kazakhstan makes history at 7th AWG | publisher=[[Olympic Council of Asia]]'s official website | date=2011-02-06 | accessdate=April 15, 2011}}</ref>

| caption = Lee Kyou-hyuk at the 2008 World Cup in [[Vikingskipet Olympic Arena|Hamar]] ...[[South Korea]]n long track [[Speed skating|speed skater]] who specializes in the 500 and 1,000 meters. He was the 2007, 2008, 2010 and 2011 [[World Spri

| league = [[Asia League Ice Hockey|Asia League]] ...y League|Japan League]])<br>[[Nikkō Ice Bucks]] ([[Asia League Ice Hockey|Asia League]])

...in the 1990s. Funaki is known for his special variant of the [[V-style]], in which the body lies flatter between the skis than usual. ...io Kasaya]], who was a Japanese national hero with his Normal Hill victory in the [[1972 Winter Olympics]] at [[Sapporo, Hokkaido|Sapporo]]. Kasaya was a

The top two wrestlers in each weight class earn a qualification spot for their nation.<ref>{{cite we | RD2-team06='''{{flagIOCathlete|[[Ravinder Singh (wrestler, born 1996)|Ravinder Singh]]|IND|2016 Summer}}

...itle]], bestowed to the winning ice hockey team in [[Kazakhstan]], founded in 1992. ...f the President Begins|url=http://astanatimes.com/2015/08/ice-palace-opens-in-astana-as-hockey-tournament-cup-of-the-president-begins/|website=http://ast

...e = ru}}</ref> they were renamed to '''Urozhai''' in 1955 and '''Kairat''' in 1956.<ref name="History" /> The club's home ground is the [[Central Stadium ...USSR]]. Kairat is considered to be one of the most popular football clubs in Kazakhstan.

...Atlanta 1996 - Saut à la perche.jpg|250px|Igor Potapovich in [[Atlanta]] 1996}} ...ndoor Championships]] and became the indoor World Champion two years later in 1997.

...ng on Integration and Nation Building|first=Pal|last=Kolsto|journal=Europe-Asia Studies|volume=50|date=January 1998|pages=51–69|issue=1|publisher=Taylor ...riter of the paper, claimed that [[Uyghurs in Kazakhstan|Uyghur immigrants in Kazakhstan]] were separatists and terrorists; it drew severe criticism from

| photo = Big Almaty Lake (Bolshaya Almatinka) in June.jpg | established = 1996

...тана}}) is a [[Kazakhstan|Kazakh]] literary organization, established in the 1930s. Since its inception at least 750 of Kazakhstan's top writers hav * [[Kaldarbek Naymanbaev]] 1991-1996

...publisher= komunitetibektashi.org | url=http://www.komunitetibektashi.org/in.php?fq=brenda&gj=gj1&kid=1 ...arsi]]s)<ref name="www.iranicaonline.org">{{cite web|title=Nowruz observed in Indian subcontinent|url=http://www.iranicaonline.org/articles/nowruz-ii/|pu

...n on May 5, 1962 in the village of Ruzaevka, Kokshetau region. He was born in the family of Kokena Shakeev the People's Akyn of Kazakhstan and the First ...cademy of Composers and Songwriters (BACS), at the same competition winner in nomination "Best European Entry". The owner of Platinum "Tarlan Prize "ove

...the country she was performing in, and so performed traditional folk songs in Russian, Kazakh, [[Uzbek language|Uzbek]], [[Tatar]], [[Mongolian language| Baglanova was also included in the first edition of "Women of the World" in the Anglo-American [[encyclopedia]], "[[Who's Who]]".

...stly with the plucked Dombyra of the Kazakhs and [[Komuz]] of the Kyrgyzs. In the 20th century, Kazakh Soviet musicians experimented with chorus performa ==Kui in Kazakh culture performed with dombyra==

...9}}</ref> Ranked as the [[List of countries by area|ninth largest country in the world]] as well as the world's largest [[landlocked]] country,<ref>Agen ...khstan has the [[List of countries by population|62nd largest]] population in the world, with a [[List of countries by population density|population dens

...g. His subjects—people living in and around a Russia in transition—try in their individual ways to eke out an existence. ...nner/story-e6freqex-1111118007711 {{deadlink|date=March 2017}} <!--nothing in wayback machine, all they have are error messages--></ref>

...her, Bolot Beishenaliev, is regarded as a prominent Kyrgyz film actor born in [[Kyrgyzstan]]. ...Темур''), Director: [[Isamat Ergashev]], [[Bako Sadykov]], Uzbekistan,1996

{{MedalGold|[[1996 World Wrestling Championships|1996 Sofia]]|50 kg}} {{MedalBronze|1996 Oslo|53 kg}}

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...of 62.2 percent.<ref>{{cite web|title= About 10 million are Internet users in Kazakhstan |url=http://www.inform.kz/rus/article/2614489 |website=www.infor ...456,000 in 2008.5 Despite these increases, Internet usage is concentrated in urban centers, while outside those centers access remains beyond the reach

...sia-championship-power-ranking-week1 The official website of the 2015 FIBA Asia Championship - Power Ranking: Week 1], FIBA.com, 2 September 2015. Retrieve | fiba_zone= FIBA Asia

...transl|ru|''Kommunisticheskaya partiya Sovetskogo Soyuza''}}), abbreviated in English as '''CPSU''',{{efn|Sometimes referred to as the Soviet Communist P ...rty]]), a revolutionary group led by [[Vladimir Lenin]] which seized power in the aftermath of the [[October Revolution]] of 1917. The party was dissolve

== Career in Soviet Union == ...iplomatic Academy of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the USSR in Moscow in a training course for senior diplomats.

...sia and Belarus, transformed into the [[Eurasian Economic Community]] then in 2015 into the [[Eurasian Economic Union]]. President Nazarbayev has priorit ...</ref> Kazakhstan has called for “intra-regional integration in Central Asia” and international integration of the region.<ref name=TW1>{{cite web|tit

|name = Conference on Interaction and Confidence-Building Measures in Asia (CICA) ...g_name = the Conference on Interaction and Confidence-Building Measures in Asia

| caption =Participation in the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty ...read of [[nuclear weapon]]s and weapons technology, to promote cooperation in the peaceful uses of [[Nuclear technology|nuclear energy]], and to further

...{{cite journal|date=June 2016|title=Accessing patent information published in Russia – Part 1: Eurasian Patent Office|journal=Patent Information News|p ...d for a single evaluation phase, but after approval, it would be converted in a bundle of national patents.

...rate]]s, [[benzodiazepine]]s, and [[Psychedelic drug|psychedelics]] signed in [[Vienna]], [[Austria]] on 21 February 1971. The [[Single Convention on Nar ...ry on the Convention on Psychotropic Substances. The Commentary, published in 1976, is an invaluable aid to interpreting the treaty and constitutes a key

...to the convention include almost the full Americas, Europe, large parts of Asia, Oceania, and about 50% of Africa ...]], it applies to arbitrations which are not considered as domestic awards in the state where recognition and enforcement is sought. Though other interna

| name = United Nations Convention Against Illicit Traffic in Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances ...ate=May 18, 2005 | title=United Nations Convention Against Illicit Traffic in Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances, 1988}}</ref>

...dum of Understanding]] and came into effect on 1 July 1993 and was amended in January 1999. It was the first MoU to be concluded under the auspices of th ...was concluded and entered into effect on 1 July 1993 and was later revised in January 1999.

...signature in Helsinki on 17 March 1992 and entered into force on 6 October 1996. As of July 2015, it had been ratified by 41 parties, which includes 40 sta ...er resources, increasing droughts and floods, contaminated water resulting in water-related diseases, etc. These issues are even harder to solve due to t

|partof=the [[Mongol invasion of Central Asia]] |place=[[Central Asia]], [[Iran]], [[Afghanistan]]

...mi-[[Eurasian nomads|nomadic]] [[Eurasian Steppe|steppe]] people mentioned in [[China|Chinese]] records from the 2nd century BC to the 5th century AD. ...re last mentioned by the Chinese as having settled the [[Pamir Mountains]] in the 5th century AD. They possibly became subsumed into the later [[Hephthal

...itory and most significantly a revived Iranian national spirit and culture in an Islamic form.<ref>The Middle East: 2,000 Years of History from the Rise ...]], [[Turkmenistan]], and [[Uzbekistan]]). The Tahirid capital was located in [[Nishapur]].

...744. Some Arabic sources, however, record that he was killed by the Arabs in 739. ...chuo'') of Chinese sources, was the leader of a small Turkic tribe, known in the Chinese sources as Chu Muguen, living south of [[Lake Balkash]] between

[[Image:Scythia-Parthia 100 BC.png|thumb|300px|Scythia and Parthia in about 170 BC (before the [[Yuezhi]] invaded Bactria).]] ...in]] and [[Taklamakan desert]] region of [[Northwest China]], they settled in [[Kingdom of Khotan|Khotan]] and [[Kashgar]] which were at various times [[

...|year=1997|publisher=[[Eisenbrauns]]|isbn=978-1-57506-020-0|page=284|quote=In the Middle Persian period (Parthian and Sasanian Empires), Aramaic was the ...an language|Parthian]] (administration, until the late 3rd-century) spoken in the north and east, and by the [[seven Parthian clans]]){{sfn|Daryaee|2008|

...Ili River|Ili]] Basin region, also known as [[Zhetysu]] occupied by Russia in 1871 during the [[Dungan Revolt (1862–77)|Dungan Revolt]] up to 1881.<ref ...ate unless Chung Hao was released and this was backed by the other powers. In August 1880 Chung Hao was released and negotiations resumed. The Treaty of

...]]n [[trade route]]s facilitated travel and trade between [[Europe]] and [[Asia]] by such groups as the [[Radhanites]] and the early [[Rus' (people)|Rus]]. The originator of the term is unknown but it was in use by scholars as early as the nineteenth century.

|continent = Asia *[[Judaism]]<ref>{{Harvnb|Wexler|1996|p=50}}</ref>

...ve power]] is exercised by the government. [[Legislative power]] is vested in both the [[Forms of government|government]] and the two chambers of parliam ...isters in the Cabinet. [[Bakhytzhan Sagintayev]] became the Prime Minister in September 2016.

...mation.<ref>{{citation|publisher=[[Baker & McKenzie]]|title=Doing Business in Kazakhstan|chapter=The Judicial System and Dispute Resolution|pages=86&ndas ...g with the new presidential decree "On the courts and the status of courts in the Republic of Kazakhstan" altered the structure of the judiciary and decr

...ht|Kairat Kelimbetov at the [[World Economic Forum]] on Europe and Central Asia 2011]] ...at time a Minister Kelimbetov announced that Kazakhstan's GDP grew by 9.1% in the last year.<ref name=GDP>[http://www.rferl.org/reports/centralasia/2005/

...Alexandrovich Marchenko''' (or Grigori Alexandrovich Marchenko) (born 1959 in Kazakhstan) is a [[Kazakhstan]] financier, banker and statesman. ...er 3rd 2006 as well as the [[Honorary Consul]] of the [[Kingdom of Spain]] in [[Almaty]].

[[Image:Altynemel dune.jpg|thumb|[[Sand dune]]s in the valley of the [[Ili River]], [[Altyn-Emel National Park]].]] ...an |url=http://carnivoractionplans1.free.fr/wildcats.pdf |format=PDF |year=1996 |publisher=IUCN/SSC Cat Specialist Group |location= Gland, Switzerland |isb

...[[Carl Friedrich von Ledebour]], a German naturalist who saw them growing in the [[Altai Mountains]]. ...ike domesticated varieties its leaves go red in autumn: 62.2% of the trees in the wild do this compared to only 2.8% of the regular apple plant or the