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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. D... [read more]
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. D... [read more] Blog: Aktau
Date: June 8th 2006
Chenkui! We finally arrived into Aktau on the Caspian shore of Kazakhstan at 15:00 and after a 3 hour wait to get through passport control, we headed into Aktau. We hoped to get away immediately but soon found that we had missed the one train a day. we ended up in the Atai Hotel, a series of refurbished apartments which overlook a huge scale model of a MIG warplane in the central square. We spe ... read more
Date: June 8th 2006
Chenkui! We finally arrived into Aktau on the Caspian shore of Kazakhstan at 15:00 and after a 3 hour wait to get through passport control, we headed into Aktau. We hoped to get away immediately but soon found that we had missed the one train a day. we ended up in the Atai Hotel, a series of refurbished apartments which overlook a huge scale model of a MIG warplane in the central square. We spe ... read more
