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Akmolinsk

British  
/ akˈmɔlinsk /

noun

  1. a former name (until 1961) Astana

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In 1832, it became the town of Akmolinsk.

From The Guardian

Bar�aba, the name of a great steppe in the West Siberian governments of Tomsk, Akmolinsk, and Tobolsk.

From Project Gutenberg

Akmolinsk′, a Russian province in Central Asia, largely consisting of steppes and wastes; the chief rivers are the Ishim and Sari-Su; and it contains the larger part of Lake Balkash.

From Project Gutenberg

In the steppes governments of Ufa, Orenburg, and Akmolinsk the population must be nearly seven millions, of which the great majority are the nomadic Kirghiz, living in tents in the summer, and taking their flocks and herds away to the south and into villages, where they can have roofs and walls during the seven months—at least!—of terrible winter.

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I had another most interesting experience before leaving Spassky and the Akmolinsk Steppes.

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