Kazakhstan

Kazakhstan (i/ˌkæzækˈstɑːn, ˌkɑː-, -zɑːk-, -ˈstæn/;Kazakh: Қазақстан, Qazaqstan), officially the Republic of Kazakhstan, is a country in Central Asia, with a minor part west of the Ural River and thus in Europe. Kazakhstan is the world's largest landlocked country by land area and the ninth largest country in the world. Its territory of 2,724,900 square kilometres (1,052,100 sq mi) is larger than all of Western Europe. By 2006, Kazakhstan had become the dominant nation of Central Asia economically, generating 60% of the region's GDP, primarily through its oil/gas industry. The country has vast mineral resources.

It has borders with (clockwise from the north) Russia, China, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, and Turkmenistan, and also adjoins a large part of the Caspian Sea. The terrain of Kazakhstan includes flatlands, steppe, taiga, rock canyons, hills, deltas, snow-capped mountains, and deserts. With an estimated 18 million people as of 2014, Kazakhstan is the 61st most populous country in the world. Given its large land area, its population density 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 Almaty.

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Capital's first museum on dance opens at Beijing Dance Academy

China Daily 23 Oct 2024
Institutions such as the Mongolian State University of Arts and Culture, the National Academy of Dance in Kazakhstan, and Japan's Matsuyama Ballet Company contributed musical instruments, paintings, and books that represent the artistic features of their respective nations....
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‘Selo’, settlement, village, ‘stanitsa’ – what’s the difference?

Russia Beyond 22 Oct 2024
“Here is my village, here is my native land,” wrote Ivan Surikov. Or was it a selo? Or maybe an urban-type settlement? Let’s figure out what the difference is between these and other types of places in Russia. Legion Media ... Tretyakov gallery ... Karaganda Regional Museum of Fine Arts, Republic of Kazakhstan ... Volgograd Museum of Fine Arts named after I.I ... ....

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