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Kazakhstan – The Land of the Great Steppe: 25 years of Independence

December 7, 2016

On December 16, Kazakhstan marks its 25 years as an independent nation. Despite its size as one of the world’s largest countries, in 1991 few could probably find Kazakhstan  on a map and what they knew at that time,  about this country,  was described just by words such as “remote”   “landlocked” , “underdeveloped”, “multi-ethnic, burdened […]

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