Kazakhstan

American  

[kah-zahk-stahn] / ˌkɑ zɑkˈstɑn /

noun

1. a republic in central Asia, NE of the Caspian Sea and W of China. 1,049,155 sq. mi. (2,717,311 sq. km). Akmola.

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Kazakhstan British  

/ ˌkɑːzɑːkˈstæn, -ˈstɑːn /

noun

1. a republic in central Asia: conquered by Mongols in the 13th century; came under Russian control in the 18th and 19th centuries; was a Soviet republic from 1936 until it gained independence in 1991. It has rich mineral deposits and agriculture is important. Official language: Kazakh. Religion: nonreligious, Muslim, and Christian. Official currency: tenge. Capital: Astana (formerly Akmola, Akmolinsk, or Tselinograd); capital functions moved from Almaty (formerly Alma-Ata) in 1997. Pop: 17 736 896 (2013 est). Area: 2 715 100 sq km (1 048 030 sq miles)

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Kazakhstan Cultural  

1. Republic in west-central Asia, bordered on the northwest and north by Russia, on the east by China, on the south by Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan, and on the west by the Caspian Sea. Its capital and largest city is Alma-Ata.

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This former member of the Soviet Union declared its independence in 1990. It possesses valuable oil reserves.

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In the city of Altay, near China’s borders with Russia, Mongolia and Kazakhstan, officials are racing to transform the area into a global winter sports hub.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2026

Rubio arrived in Uzbekistan's Silk Road city of Samarkand late Sunday to prepare for talks with top officials from Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and the Uzbek hosts.

From Barron's ● Oct. 19, 2026

During his visit to the Uzbek city of Samarkand, an emblematic stop on the historic Silk Road, Rubio will participate in a C5+1 meeting with ministers from Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan.

From Barron's ● Oct. 17, 2026

The FTX administrators argued that Genesis Digital’s assets in Kazakhstan were “virtually worthless,” while its U.S. assets were “worth only a fraction of what Bankman-Fried paid.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 12, 2026

By mid-June, the cosmonauts and everyone affiliated with the space program had traveled to a small town, Tyuratam, east of the Caspian and Aral Seas in Kazakhstan, far from Moscow.

From "Women in Space" by Karen Bush Gibson

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