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Quick Facts (Source: Encyclopedia Britannica Online)
Official name: Republic of Kazakhstan (Qazaqstan Respublikasy)
Form of government: Unitary republic with a Parliament consisting of two chambers (Senate and Assembly)
Capital: Astana
Independence: 16 December 1991 (from the Soviet Union)
Area: 2,724,900 sq km
Population: 15,186,000 (2005 est.)
Nationality: Kazakhstani(s)
Ethnic Groups: Kazakhs (more than half of the population), Russians (nearly one-third), (small minorities of) Ukrainians, Uzbeks, Germans, and others
Religions: Islam (mostly Sunni), Christianity
Languages: Kazakh (official), Russian
 
Brief History (Source: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05)
The original nomadic Turkic tribes inhabiting the region had a culture that featured the Central Asian epics, ritual songs, and legends. These Kazakh groups were conquered by the Mongols in the 13th cent. and ruled by various khanates until the Russian conquest (1730–1840). The 19th cent.nt. saw saw the growth of the Kazakh intelligentsia. A written literature strongly influenced by Russian culture was then ...   » More
 

RELATED WEBSITES

Referential Sites

Kazakhstan (IU - Inner Asian and Uralic National Resource Center)

Kazakhstan (CIA World Factbook)

Flag of Kazakhstan

Kazakhstan Country Study (Library of Congress)

Kazakhstan Country Profile (BBC News)

Kazakhstan (Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia)

Kazakhs

Kazakhstan Maps (UT - Perry Castenada Library Map Collection)

Z.V. Togan: The Origins of the Kazaks and the Özbeks (Hasan Paksoy, 1992)

Official Sites

Kazakh Embassy in Washington, DC

Arts & Cultural Sites

Kazakh Literature (in Kazakh) (arba.ru)

Melodies and Songs of the Kazakh Steppes (Kazakh Embassy in Washington, DC)

General Sites

Kazakhstan Newspapers and News Media Guide (abyznewslinks.com)

Kazakhstan Photo Gallery (stantours.com)

Insite Pages

*You may also find useful links on the Kazakh and Turkic Languages web pages on this website.

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