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Kazakhstan

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Ka·zakh·stan also Ka·zak·stan  (käzäk-stän, k-zäk-) Formerly also Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic
A country of west-central Asia south of Russia and northeast of the Caspian Sea. The original Turkic inhabitants were overrun by the Mongols in the 13th century and ruled by various khanates until the Russian conquest of 1730 to 1853. The region became an autonomous republic of the USSR in 1920 and was a constituent republic from 1936 to 1991, when it gained its independence. Astana is the capital and Almaty the largest city. Population: 16,700,000.
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Kazakhstan
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Noun1.KazakhstanKazakhstan - a landlocked republic to the south of Russia and to the northeast of the Caspian Sea; the original Turkic-speaking inhabitants were overrun by Mongols in the 13th century; an Asian soviet from 1936 to 1991
CIS, Commonwealth of Independent States - an alliance made up of states that had been Soviet Socialist Republics in the Soviet Union prior to its dissolution in Dec 1991
Alma-Ata, Almaty - the largest city in Kazakhstan and the capital until 1998
Asia - the largest continent with 60% of the earth's population; it is joined to Europe on the west to form Eurasia; it is the site of some of the world's earliest civilizations
Kazakhstani - a native or inhabitant of Kazakhstan
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Spanish Kazakhstan [kɑːzɑːkˈstæn] nKazajstán m
French Kazakhstan [kɑːzɑːkˈstæn] nKazakhstan m
German Kazakhstan [kæzækˈstɑːn] nKasachstan nt
Italian Kazakhstan [kæzækˈstɑːn] nKazakistan m

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