Multimedia: Kazakhstan

Interview 180: Juggling the Roles of Kazakh and Russian Languages

March 21, 2013 - 11:07pm

by: Dean C.K. Cox, Joanna Lillis

Kazakhstan

Dr. Zhar Zardykhan is an associate professor at the Department of International Relations and Regional Studies at KIMEP University in Almaty, Kazakhstan.
Kazakhstan: The Sweet Smell of Success

March 15, 2013 - 1:20pm

by: Joanna Lillis and David Trilling

Kazakhstan

On a factory floor in Kazakhstan’s commercial capital, Almaty, a machine squirts elegant swirls of rich brown chocolate into molds and the tray clatters down the production line.
Interview 180: Was the Eurasian Economic Union a Good Deal for Kazakhstan?

March 14, 2013 - 11:03pm

by: Dean C.K. Cox, Joanna Lillis

Kazakhstan

Dr. Nargis Kassenova is an associate professor at the Department of International Relations and Regional Studies at KIMEP University in Almaty, Kazakhstan.
Mongolia: Eagle Hunting Sustains Kazakhs’ Living Legacy

January 25, 2013 - 12:22pm

by: Keith Mellnick

Kazakhstan

“It’s good, yes? It’s veeeery good!” Orisbai Shatirbai laughs giddily, as Hiran, his five-year-old golden eagle, perches over the large fox it has just caught on the Mongolian steppe.
Central Asia: Photographer's "White Road" Exposes Life in White, Black, Shades of Gray

January 11, 2013 - 11:28am

by: A Book Review by David Trilling

Afghanistan
Kazakhstan
Russia
Tajikistan
Uzbekistan

Anyone who’s traveled in the vast open spaces of Central Asia has heard it, or seen it plastered on roadside monuments punctuating long stretches of highway: Ak Jol in Kazakh and Kyrgyz and Oq Yol...
EurasiaNet's 2012 Photos of the Year

January 5, 2013 - 1:00pm

by: EurasiaNet

Armenia
Azerbaijan
Georgia
Kazakhstan
Kyrgyzstan
Mongolia
Tajikistan
Turkey
Turkmenistan
Uzbekistan

From the colorful bazaars of Istanbul to the felt gers of Ulaanbaatar, our contributing photojournalists have documented daily life - the struggles and the joys, the politics and sports, the...
Interview 180: Where Does Kazakhstan's Higher Education Stand?

December 28, 2012 - 1:00pm

by: Dean C.K. Cox

Kazakhstan

Dr. Mukash Burkitbayev is the vice rector of Al-Farabi Kazakh National University in Almaty, Kazakhstan. As professor of chemical sciences, Burkitbayev was jointly awarded in 2007 the NATO Science...
Interview 180: The Question of Nazarbayev's Successor

December 14, 2012 - 1:00pm

by: Dean C.K. Cox, Joanna Lillis

Kazakhstan

Dosym Satpayev is an independent political analyst and the director of the Kazakhstan Risks Assessment Group, an Almaty-based think tank that researches...
Kazakhstan: Securing the Faith in Almaty

November 12, 2012 - 8:28am

by: Dean C.K. Cox

Kazakhstan

In a plain single-story house in a northeastern suburb of Almaty, Pastor  Vasiliy Shegay brings his flock of about 50 followers to their feet in  song and prayer on a late Sunday morning. An...
Kazakhstan: Lonely Lenin of the Steppe

September 23, 2011 - 12:00pm

by: Ikuru Kuwajima

Kazakhstan

Somewhere on Kazakhstan’s vast steppe, about halfway between Almaty and the new capital in Astana, a statue of Soviet founder Vladimir Lenin stands alone, staring at a vacant old military facility...

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