Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan is a Central Asian country which was formerly part of the USSR. Honestly, most of what I know about it, I learned from (or looked up while reading) the excellent novel The Dead Wander in the Desert, which closely examines the legacy of Soviet colonialism.
Did you know? I also have a wiki page called ‘Kazakhstan’! If you want to check that out, you can do so here.
Wiki
- : 🌏 Aral Sea: The Aral Sea was a large salt-water lake, straddling the modern countries of Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan. It was fed …
- : 🪴 Semipalatinsk Test Site (“The Polygon”): Between 1949 and 1991, this was the main place where the Soviet Union tested their nuclear weapons. The test site itself …
- : 🪴 Almaty: Almaty, formerly known as Alma-Ata, is the largest and most economically important city in Kazakhstan, with a population …
- : 🪴 Nur-Sultan: Nur-Sultan, known prior to 2019 as Astana, is the planned capital city of Kazakhstan. It has a population of 1 million …
- : 💬 Kazakh: Kazakh is the state language of Kazakhstan (co-official with Russian). It is one of the Turkic languages; its closest …
Jessica Smith is a left-wing feminist who loves animals, books, gaming, and cooking; she’s also very interested in linguistics, history, technology and society.