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KAZAKHSTAN

The Republic of Kazakhstan is a country in central Asia. The area now known as Kazakhstan was under Mongol control from the 13th century until Russia took over in the 18th century. In 1917 Kazakhstan revolted against the Czarist rule and demanded independence, only to be invaded in 1920 by the newly formed Russian Red Army, and the region was made the Kirghiz Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic. In 1926 the name was changed to Kazakh Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic and in 1936 the region became a full union republic within the USSR. In 1991 Kazakhstan declared itself independent and, upon the dissolution of the USSR, joined the Commonwealth of Independent States.
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