| Astana Astana (; former names include Akmola, Akmolinsk, Tselinograd and Aqmola), is the capital and second largest city (after Almaty) of Kazakhstan, with an officially estimated population of 750,700 as of November 2008.It is located in the north-central portion of Kazakhstan, within Akmola Province, though politically separate from the rest of the province.The current mayor of Astana is Imangali Tasmagambetov. He was appointed on April 4, 2008. Astana
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| Nursultan Nazarbayev Nursultan Abishuly Nazarbayev (Kazakh:Нұрсұлтан Әбішұлы Назарбаев ; Russian:Нурсултан Абишевич Назарбаев ) (born 6 July 1940 in Chemolgan, Kazakh SSR, Soviet Union) has served as the President of Kazakhstan since the Fall of the Soviet Union and the nation's independence in 1991. He is criticised by some for slow action on widespread corruption, suppression of opposition, unfair elections and insufficient freedom of speech. Nursultan_Nazarbayev
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| Irtysh River The Irtysh River ( ; Kazakh:Ertis / Ертiс ; ; Chinese:É'ěrqísī hé / 额尔齐斯河) is a river in Siberia and is the chief tributary of the river Ob. Its name means White River. It is actually longer than the Ob to their confluence. Irtysh's main affluent is Tobol River. The Ob-Irtysh form a major basin in Asia, encompassing most of Western Siberia and the Altay Mountains. Irtysh_River
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| Economy of Armenia Armenia is the second most densely populated of the former Soviet republics. It is situated between the Black Sea and the Caspian Sea, bordered on the north and east by Georgia and Azerbaijan and on the south and west by Iran and Turkey.Until independence, Armenia's economy was based largely on industry--chemicals, electronic products, machinery, processed food, synthetic rubber, and textiles-and highly dependent on outside resources. Economy_of_Armenia
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| Armed Forces of Armenia The Armed Forces of the Republic of Armenia represents the Army, Air Force, Air Defense, and Border Guard. It was partially formed out of the former Soviet Army forces stationed in the Armenian SSR (parts of the Transcaucasian Military District). Being a landlocked country, Armenia has no navy. Armed_Forces_of_Armenia
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| Demographics of Azerbaijan demographic features of the population of Azerbaijan, including population density, ethnicity, education level, health of the populace, economic status, religious affiliations and other aspects of the population. Demographics_of_Azerbaijan
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| Telecommunications in Armenia communications systems in Armenia. Telecommunications_in_Armenia
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| Kazakh language Kazakh (also Qazaq and variants, natively 'Kyrgyz and Karakalpak.Kazakh is an agglutinative language, and it employs vowel harmony. Kazakh_language
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| Kashgar Kashgar or Kashi (officially transliterated as Kaxgar in Uyghur; /; , is an oasis city in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region of the People's Republic of China. Kashgar city has an area of 15Kashgar Prefecture which has an area of 162,000 Kashgar
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| Kyrgyz The Kyrgyz (also spelled Kirgiz, Kirghiz) are a Turkic ethnic group found primarily in Kyrgyzstan. Kyrgyz
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| Pogrom pogrom is a form of riot directed against a particular group, whether ethnic, religious, or other, and characterized by the killing and destruction of their homes, businesses, and religious centers. The term was originally used to denote extensive violence against Jews – either spontaneous or premeditated – but in English it is also applied to similar incidents against other minority groups. Pogrom
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| Cult of personality A cult of personality arises when a country's leader uses mass media to create a heroic public image through unquestioning flattery and praise. Cults of personality are often found in dictatorships. Cult_of_personality
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| Shanghai Cooperation Organisation The Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) is an intergovernmental mutual-security organization which was founded in 2001 by the leaders of China, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan. Except for Uzbekistan, the other countries had been members of the Shanghai Five, founded in 1996; after the inclusion of Uzbekistan in 2001, the members renamed the organization. Shanghai_Cooperation_Organisation
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| Wahhabi Wahhabi ( الوهابية) or Wahhabism is a conservative form of Sunni Islam attributed to Muhammad ibn Abd-al-Wahhab, an 18th century scholar from what is today known as Saudi Arabia, who advocated a return to the practices of the first three generations of Islamic history. Wahhabi
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| Kyrgyzstan Kyrgyzstan
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| Bingfeng User:Bingfeng
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| Turkmenistan Turkmenistan
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| Nowruz Nowrūz (Iranian languages:Iranian new year holiday. Nowruz is cheerfully celebrated and observed by Iranian peoples and the related cultural continent and has spread in many other parts of the world, including parts of Central Asia, South Asia, Northwestern China, the Crimea, and some ethnic groups in Albania, Bosnia, Kosovo and the Republic of Macedonia. Nowruz
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| Afghan National Army The Afghan National Army (ANA) is a service branch of the Military of Afghanistan currently being trained by the coalition forces to ultimately take the lead in land-based military operations in Afghanistan. Afghanistan's army was officially established in the 1880s when the nation was ruled by Emir Abdur Rahman Khan. Prior to that the army was mostly a combination of tribesmen and militia forces, as well as a special army force under the ruler of the country. Afghan_National_Army
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| Mail-order bride Mail-order bride is a label applied to a woman who publishes her intent to marry someone from another — usually more financially developed — country. This label is considered offensive by some definitions..Historically, mail-order brides were women who listed themselves in catalogs and were selected by men for marriage. Mail-order_bride
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