Kazakhstan and K Guide - Resources and Review

Basic reference information about Kazakhstan, such as area, capital, population, population density, geography, language, religion, time zone, history and government, plus business and social information, including details of accommodation, addresses, climate, regions, travel, visas, passports, money, health and public holidays.
 
Basic reference information about Kazakhstan, including details of geography, people, economy, government, communications, transportation, military and transnational issues. Geographical information includes area, population, flag, maps, high and low points, co
ordinates, boundary length, border countries, climate, land use and natural resources.
 
News stories involving Kazakhstan and Russia updated daily. Audio reports are available in Kazakh or Russian.
 
Set of over 80 maps produced by the CIA of the political and ethnic boundaries and major defence industries in Russia and the former Soviet Union.
 
Set of resources providing news and historical information about Turkestan and the Uzbek capital, Tashkent. Offers a general discussion on human rights in Central Asia and more detailed accounts of conditions throughout Uzbekistan, Kazakstan, Kirgizstan, Turkmenistan and Eastern Turkestan.
 
A catalogue of all the languages and dialects spoken in Kazakhstan, with details of the numbers of speakers of each language. Also some demographic data such as rates of literacy, blindness and deafness.
 
Official information from the office of the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan, available in English and Russian.
 
Listing of political resources relevant to Kazakhstan, with links to parties, organisations, government, media and results of recent elections, where available.
 
Collection of resources relating to life in Russia and its former republics, covering the Ukraine, Belarus, Moldova, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, Turkmenistan, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Checnya, Georgia, Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania. Topics include the economy, human rights, education, media, politics, art, language, libraries, and geography.
 
Detailed assessment of human rights practices in Kazakhstan. Topics assessed include torture, arbitrary detention or exile, fair public trial, freedom of speech and press, freedom of assembly, movement and religion; democratic rights, worker rights, and discrimination based on race, sex, religion, disability, language, or social status.
 
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