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Native Kazakhs, a mix of Turkic and Mongol nomadic tribes who migrated into the region in the 13th century, were rarely united as a single nation. The area was conquered by Russia in the 18th century and Kazakhstan became a Soviet Republic in 1936. During the 1950s and 1960s agricultural "Virgin Lands" program, Soviet citizens were encouraged to help cultivate Kazakhstan's northern pastures. This influx of immigrants (mostly Russians, but also some other deported nationalities) skewed the ethnic mixture and enabled non-Kazakhs to outnumber natives. Independence in 1991 caused many of these newcomers to emigrate. Current issues include: developing a cohesive national identity; expanding the development of the country's vast energy resources and exporting them to world markets; achieving a sustainable economic growth outside the oil, gas, and mining sectors; and strengthening relations with neighboring states and other foreign powers. To be updated

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By burningmatt
May 21st 2008

Bad driving Asia » Kazakhstan » East Kazakhstan » Almaty

I'm safe and sound and alive and in Almaty, Kazakhstan. Credit for this achievement is entirely due to Lady Luck, and definitely not to the kamikaze fuckwit minivan driver who drove me and six other unfortunate passengers from Bishkek apparently believing he was in command of Saturn V. Normally I don't bat an eyelid at being driven at 160Km/h, but when the driver has a penchant for overtaking straight into the path of oncoming trucks it worries me. At one stage we missed a combine harvester by less than 2 feet, and we had several similarly close shaves along the way. [View Full Entry]

By 5vor12
November 1st 2007

auf nach almaty Asia » Kazakhstan

heute letzter tag in Bukhara, abends geht es mit dem Nachtzug nach Tashkent und von dort starten wir den Grenzuebergang nach Kazaksthan. Wenn alles klappt verbringen wir eine weitere nacht auf Raedern in dem Bus nach Almaty. Dann lassen wir jetzt das Rentnerleben hinteruns und freuen uns auf das 21Jhr. fortsetzung folgt.... Annika: woher soll man wissen das du nicht doch so verrueckt bist... Mascha: alles klar bei dir und den kleinen? und paul? habt ihr unseren geburtstagsgruss gefunden? konnten uns leider nicht persoenlich melden. [View Full Entry]

By Kazakhstan
October 21st 2007

Almaty & Shimkent Asia » Kazakhstan » Taraz » East Kazakhstan

Shimkent city

Kazakhstan travel and living, Almaty and Shimkent, Almaty is a very good city for living, the bars and restaurants are western and you are welcom every where, only remember that you are a visitor of Kazakhstan, and that you have to respect the Kazakhstan way of live, if you do that than you have a wunderful stay in this country. The mountens are nice for a cool visit in the summer, and hunting is possible, only with people who know the ereas. Fishing and picknic is nice between the lower hills, and lay your self down between the flowers, it is [View Full Entry]

By Viajerong Pinoy
September 12th 2007

FROM DRIED UP SEA TO SHINING SEA Asia » Kazakhstan » Kyzylorda » Aralsk

ARALSK

At the outskirts of Kyzylorda we camped at a private compound of an old man sheep herder, we asked permission to stay the night cause we can't find any suitable spot to camp. He agreed and we set our tents up quickly. He joined us a few moments later, ever curious on what we are doing, Sasha asked me if I could spare the Taraz vodka I bought earlier to give to our host, It wasnt a problem to me and so handed him a cup full of vodka and he downed it like it's water! And then some more, he [View Full Entry]

By Viajerong Pinoy
September 4th 2007

" APPLES ARE FROM KAZAKHSTAN" Asia » Kazakhstan » East Kazakhstan » Almaty

ALMATY

This statement coming from the book I recently read, Christopher Robbins' In Search of Kazakhstan. Apparently the best tasting apple in the world, the giant Aport Apples are from here, did not see them though when we were there but with the numerous varieties and excellent taste of their apples there may be a reason to believe. I will always remember the wild apple trees lining the streets and roads, fruit ready to picked by anyone who fancies a snack.The name Almaty comes from the Kazakh word for apple, and tasting the fruit here it is easy to see why. Forget [View Full Entry]

By Viajerong Pinoy
August 25th 2007

VIVA LAS KAPSHAGHAI Asia » Kazakhstan » East Kazakhstan » Ust-Kamenogorsk

CAMP SITE NEAR UST-KAMENOGORSK

The border crossing between Siberia and Kazakhstan was easy, no major problems, We drove into the city of Semey to register ourselves, the registration is a bit complicated, it would take hours to do and the forms have to be filled up in Cyrillic Russian. I thought it was ridiculous, as we copy the Cyrillic letters from Sasha's form, we don't understand a thing. While waiting for all this bureaucracy to finish our cook group shopped, we could not find eggs somehow nobody sells them or may have already ran out of it cause it's late afternoon.The fruits are expensive, the [View Full Entry]

By KB
July 5th 2007

Almaty Asia » Kazakhstan

Hi Again, have covered thousands of klms since the last blog as we have travelled right up thru Western China, including the Southern Tibetain highway thru Litang and Zhongdian down to Chengdu where I said farewell to Stefano and hello again to CArol.. The Tibetain highway was beautiful and remote in places reaching over 4000mts. Towering mountains and deep gorges, monks and horses, sand and wind , very cold and extremely hot. Great spicy food and very cheap beer. Once leaving Chengdu, Carol and I paired up with 2 other travellers, Phil from UK and Craig, a bee keeper from Geraldine. [View Full Entry]

By kazakhanne
June 24th 2007

Nyt fra ALMATY Asia » Kazakhstan

Saa er vi endelig ankommet til Almaty, efter en sidste uge i Taras, der var plaget af 50 graders varm (det er altsaa virkelig varmt) og een eller anden omgangssyge, som jeg blev ramt af i tirsdags, og Mette gik ned med torsdag. Vi tog taxa fra Taras kl. 9 i gaar, og koerte afsted mod Almaty. Der var Aircondition i bilen, hvilket var et held, fordi der endnu en gang var 50 grader udenfor. Det var en lang tur paa ca. 7 timer, men det gik - vi har proevet det der er vaerre (turen til Turkistan, fx) Da vi [View Full Entry]

By kazakhanne
June 18th 2007

Fest Asia » Kazakhstan » Taraz

I dag holdt vi fest. Vi havde planlagt det for laenge laenge siden, at den dag, hvor Maria havde vaeret kaerester med sin Martin i to aar, skulle vi holde en rigtig dansk foedselsdag med varm kakao, boller og kager... Saa mens Mette og jeg satte os til at skrive en lille lejlighedssang, kokkererede Maria i lange baner. Vi havde koebt noget, vi troede var en kageblanding i det lokale supermarked, og nu havde Maria forsoegt at foelge opskriften og lavet en dej, der havde samme konsistens som suppe, og som ikke lugtede eller smagte af noget som helst. Vi forsoegte [View Full Entry]

By kazakhanne
June 15th 2007

Lidt af hvert Asia » Kazakhstan » Taraz

Nu er det allerede fredag igen, og om halvanden uges tid er vi hjemme i Danmark igen. Denne uge er, som alle andre uger, floejet afsted. Vi har brugt en masse tid paa bazaren, og opdaget, at man kun maa have een taske med i flyveren. Heldigvis opdagede vi det foer vi koebte thesaet. Saa de er altsaa blevet uden kande, men med nogle meget fine kopper. Vi haaber vi kan have det hele. De handicappede boern var helt skoere i tirsdags, og umulige at styre. Det var ret irriterende, for vi proever at finde paa noget spaendende til dem at [View Full Entry]

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