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Area: 2,724.9 square kilometers.Population: approximately 16 million of people.Capital: Nur-SultanState language: Kazakh, Russian.Religion: Islam, Christianity.Currency unit: 1 Kazakh tenge = 100 tiyn.State structure - republic. Kazakhstan boarders on Russia in the North, China in the East, Kyr...

The history of Kazakhstan is full of great achievements. The chronicles point on the origin of the Kazakh statehood by the end of the XV century, when the sultans Kereyu and Janibek could join the separate tribes, which wandered around the Semirechie and the valley Chu. Supposedly, the word “k...

 More than ¾ of the territory of Kazakhstan take plains with the high from 100 to 300 meters above-sea level. In the frontier Southeast and East the Tien Shan ranges, The Dzungarian Alatau and the Altai Mountains of 3000 – 6995 m. (Khan Tengri Peak) high stretch. In the frontier We...

The characteristic feature of the Kazakh cuisine is a wide usage of meat, milk and farinaceous foods. In summer almost in every Kazakh family ayran is cooked, it is a sour milk diluted with water. It is drunk as a freshener, and various cereals pottages are seasoned with it. Kurt and irimshik are m...

The Kazakh culture is very rich and diverse.During the formation of the Kazakh nation specific musical traditions appeared. As a result the rich musical culture was determined. The rituals connected to the child’s birth, weddings, funeral repast, usually were accompanied by singing. The favou...