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  Kazakhs - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Kazakh is a member of the so-called Kipchak subgroup of the Turkic family, as for example is Qaraqalpaq.
Kazakh is characterized, in distinction to other Turkic languages, by the presence of /s/ in place of reconstructed proto-Turkic */š/ and /š/ in place of */ç/; furthermore, Kazakh has /j/ (alveodental affricate) where other Turkic languages have /y/ (glide).
Kazakh is one of the principal languages spoken in Kazakhstan, along with Russian.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Kazakh_people   (697 words)

  
 Traditional culture and folklore of Kazakhstan   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
A thorough study of this monument of culture is of great importance for the spiritual revival of the Kazakh people, the strengthening of their historical self-consciousness and popularization of the heritage of the nomadic civilization and all Turk people.
Kazakh "yelendp" (singer) deserved the title of "akin" only after he had participated in several aytis competitions and won one of the notable akins (akin -improviser, a bearer of high poetry).
The high moral character of the Kazakh people, their love of work, honesty, and patriotism are reflected in aphorisms, sayings etc. Often they are satirical, involving mullahs, bais, and leaders.
intangiblenet.freenet.uz /en/kaz/kaz341.htm   (1419 words)

  
 Turks in Mongolia
KAZAKHS (HASAG): Kazakhs with Nayman and Kiren roots that are composed of nearly 150 thousands of people live in the provinces of Bayan Ölgiy and Hovd in the northwest of the country.
Hoton people who are the hybrids of the Kazakhs and Khirghiz people live in the south west of the Uvs Lake and in the city and within the environs of Bugat.
Uranhay people had their own republic between the years of 1921 and 1944 but this republic was invaded by the Russians.
www.ozturkler.com /data_english/0008/0008_18.htm   (441 words)

  
 Электронный курс по журналистике "Массовая коммуникация"   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Transmigration policy of Tsarism, aggravation of contradictions in Kazakh auyls, appeals for disobedience to authorities were the main theme of the newspapers of that period.
The important mark in the annals of Kazakh journalism is occurrence of the political newspaper "Kazakh" (1913-1918), being the political centre of advanced Kazakh intelligentsia.
Unreasonable requisitions, outrage of the imperial officials, stratification of Kazakh society, destruction of lifestyle, ruin and impoverishment of mass of people conducted to social intensity in a society.
www.unesco.kz /massmedia/pages/1_1en.htm   (1760 words)

  
 Kazakhstan - Hutchinson encyclopedia article about Kazakhstan   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Inhabited by the traditionally nomadic but now largely sedentary Kazakh people, it joined the USSR as an autonomous republic in 1920 and became a full union republic in 1936.
In June 1989 Nursultan Nazarbayev, a ‘reform communist’ in favour of nationalism, assumed leadership of the KCP and in February 1990 became the republic's president.
It was announced, in October 1998, that presidential elections would be held in January 1999, ahead of schedule, and the constitution was amended to extend the presidential term from five years to seven and end the restriction of two consecutive terms.
encyclopedia.farlex.com /Kazakhstan   (1240 words)

  
 Kazakh Republican People's Party refused to take part in the OSCE's round table      (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
He explained that decision by the fact that Kazakh government had not agreed to accept 17 amendments to Kazakh law on election proposed by OSCE in 2000-2001.
Qosanov, if Kazakh government, being a member of OSCE, does not accept the proposals of the organization, its country is member of, then there cannot be any sort of constructive dialogue.
Qosanov, Kazakh Premier Qasymzhomart Toqayev decided to resign due to many reasons, the main of which might be his having been tired to be a puppet in Kazakh leader's hands.
forumkz.addr.com /article/en_forum_29_01_02.htm   (314 words)

  
 Project Smile - Info on Kaz & Ust - Kazakhstan   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
For hundreds of years, the Kazakh people were herders who raised their livestock on the region's plains.
Kokpar is a traditional Kazakh game in which dozens of skilled horsemen try to carry the carcass of a goat or sheep across a goal.
The Kazakh republic was renamed the Kazakh Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic in 1925.
www.smile.freenet.kz /info.html   (1921 words)

  
 Kazakh People's Congress Party planning election tactics   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
peace and unity of the people its goal and common purpose.
People's Congress Party is a western-type public organization,
how many people from the party would run in the elections.
www.eurasianet.org /departments/election/kazakhstan/bbk28149.html   (241 words)

  
 Kazakh Music Will Touch the Hearts of the Americans!
Kazakh music is closely intertwined with everyday life which was accompanied by songs, kuyis (instrumental plays), and terme (a talkative improvisational genre).
The Kazakh people suffered through hardships in the 18th Century when the Semirechie region was invaded by the Dzhungars.
Loud percussion sounds were used to gather people in the auyls (villages) for hunting and religious rites or to give notice for the upcoming move to a new place.
www.homestead.com /prosites-kazakhembus/zhaimov.html   (1152 words)

  
 Publ_kz
The period 1990-91, was marked by the Kazakh and Russian-language population actions of discontent in the north Kazakhstan territory; the opposition press became active, in particular, the Cossack newspapers, containing claims of the Russian-language population to the state power.
The Kazakh authorities state policy in the field of national relations in the republic is not yet clearly formulated, but such policy really exists in practice, it is rather logical and, according to some political journalists' estimates, pursues aims of building up a multiethnical state.
They were not Russians, who have oppressed Kazakhs, and they were not Kazakhs, who as far as they remember themselves, fought for their national sovereignty with the Empire (though both of these phenomena have actually taken place).
iicas.org /english/publkz.htm   (7244 words)

  
 General information
One of the measures taken by Chingyz-Khan regarding the Kazakhs, was an attempt to replace the gender-tribal division with territorial administration and to unite nomads as a ruling class under the supreme power of Chingyz-Khan himself, and his successors.
However, thanks to the courage of “batyrs” (knights), the decisiveness of the Kazakh leader Ablai-khan, the diplomatic activities of the Kazakh “Biys” (sages) Tole bi, Kazdausty Kazybek bi, Ayteke bi, as well as the self-sacrifice of the people, the Kazakhs escaped the total capture and physical annihilation of the population.
Unfortunately, the fate of the next generation of Kazakh intellectuals at the head of the national-liberation movement of the Kazakh people, was tragic.
www.heritagenet.unesco.kz /kz/hn-english/history_en.htm   (3387 words)

  
 Kazakh Adoptive Families: Language
Kazakh is the official language and principle native language of the Republic of Kazakhstan.
Kazakh is a member of the Central Turkic group of languages, which is a sub-group of Common Turkic.
Kazakh was written with the Arabic script until 1929; with the Roman alphabet from 1929 to 1940; and with the Cyrillic alphabet following Soviet occupation in 1940.
kazakhadoptivefamilies.com /language_index.html   (399 words)

  
 Kyrgyzstan history3
Abulkhair, Khan of the Junior Juz exasperated by the ongoing weakening of the Kazakh Khanate as a result of the exhausting war had to accept the terms of the Junior Juz's joining Russia.
Now quite typical is the engagement of impoverished Kazakhs in various industries that emerged in Kazakhstan in the last quarter of the XIXth century.
Elections of the USSR people's deputies held in spring 1989 proved to be very important in context of eventual transition to genuine democracy.
www.asia-travel.uz /kazakhstan/history3.html   (1288 words)

  
 Background
Despite the hardships engendered by Soviet domination, the strong Kazakh spirit persevered, and the young country actively supports the wonderful cultural traditions that are an inherent part of the Kazakh identity.
Before the Sovietization of their culture, the Kazakhs were a nomadic people who moved with the seasons as they searched for pastures to support their herds of livestock that included sheep, camels, goats and horses.
The Kazakh Aul of the United States is also dedicated to providing education in American culture to children and their families who currently live in Kazakhstan.
www.kazakh-aul-us.org /background.htm   (726 words)

  
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Instead of making the executioners and their patrons responsible, the authorities today are accusing the Kazakh people and their patriotically inclined part for all the losses, but of their own chauvinism, not a word.
The Kayrat Society P.S. Today the people of Kazakhstan are demanding a public trial of those guilty of violence against the demonstrators: Procurator-General Elemesov, judge of the Supreme Court of the Kazakh SSR Aytmukhambetov, and chairman of the Kazakh SSR KGB Miroshnik.
Because a certain circle of people in the high echelons of authority in the republic did not want to allow the work of the commission to proceed to its logical end--the recognition of the use of force against the people themselves.
www.angelfire.com /on/paksoy/almaata.html   (1936 words)

  
 Kazakhstan's Food and Traditions
During a month in the Central Asian nation, numerous table-filling feasts were spread before me. A spyglass across time, they recall the days when a guest who arrived at a nomad's yurt would have traveled very, very far, across the steppe, with little in the way of clothing or fine food.
With people of more than 100 ethnic groups practicing 46 different religious teachings, one can only imagine a wide variety of cuisine art and cultural rituals that form the rich mosaic of our everyday life.
People of all ethnicities come to enjoy the traditional Kazakh dish 'beshbarmak' (see article below), the pilav (the traditional oriental dish with meat and rice), Russian pelmenis and blinys, Korean spicy salads and the noodles of the Uighurs.
www.homestead.com /prosites-kazakhembus/Food_and_Traditions.html   (832 words)

  
 Crescat Sententia: October 09, 2004 Archives   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
The Kazakhs are slightly above 50% of the population, and their percentage increased when the fall of the Soviet Union allowed many people to go back to their homelands from which Stalin banished them.
Now, Kazakh people I have met have been quite willing to talk about Kazakh tradition and the Kazakh people; I ask about Kazakhstani traditions and people, and often receive silence, for this does not seem to be how many identify themselves.
Although the Kazakh language may stand in my way, for a wife is a woman and a daughter is a girl, with one word serving for each of the two (though an eyebrow is an enemy and a liver a little brother).
www.crescatsententia.org /archives/2004_10_09.html   (1741 words)

  
 Learn more about List of people by nationality in the online encyclopedia.   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
There are a variety of articles on wikipedia that list people of a particular nationality.
People on these lists should ideally have wikipedia articles of their own, and be in some way noteworthy for their nationality.
This page also includes several related lists, such as lists of people by ethnicity, citizenship, language, or location.
www.onlineencyclopedia.org /l/li/list_of_people_by_nationality.html   (173 words)

  
 Kazakh People under Russian Domination
At the end of the century, the Small Section Kazakh people rebelled against the pressure of Kokan Beys in the Southern Kazakhstan in the year of 1858.
The great rebellion of Kazakh people was initiated upon the publication of their decree for the “Activation of the Foreigners” that was issued on the date of 25th June 1916.
In the course of the history of Kazakh people under the Soviet domination, there were some important events and actions against the Kazakh people and the regime that took place between the years of 1930-1986.
www.ozturkler.com /data_english/0006/0006_05_05.htm   (222 words)

  
 Yol
The people of Central Asia always discovered a means of escape during the difficult days of the Soviet period.
Kazakh women are the least restricted by traditions and religion.
For the Kazakh fisherman, being able to take his boat to the lake, is the strongest proof of his existence.
www.yolfilm.com.tr /english/1film4.htm   (1068 words)

  
 WWW : Cooking   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Ilaving lived side by side with Kazakhs many tens of years, sharing bread, grief and joy with them the fratemal peoples exerted influence on the art of cookery, everyday life and culture of the Kazakh people adopting simultaneously its best cultural and life traditions.
If during its century-old history the Kazakh people has accumulated much experience in processing and cooking meat and milk dishes, the present-day life has replenished this set by dishes made of vegetables, fruits, fish, sea products, as well as baked and meal makings and sweets.
In this book the most popular dishes of the Kazakh national cuisine are presented, the technology of their making under home conditions is described, the recipes are intended mainly for 4 persons.
www.kz /eng/cooking/cooking.html   (695 words)

  
 Lewin iEARN Kazakhstan School-lyceum #40 Taraz   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
People celebrate Nauryz on March 22 because it is the day of spring renal equinox.
People depend on their planet, on the sun, on animals and plants around them, because we can't exist without it.
For all people it is a day when they can joke on their friends and relatives.
www.iearn.org.au /lewin/2002/kazak1.htm   (2926 words)

  
 ACS-Airtickets and tourism, Almaty, Kazakhstan   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Under influence of Soviet Union, most of Kazakh people ended their nomadic ways and settled in rural villages or cities.
Kazakhstan National Flag’s background serves to emphasise the purity and the sublimate intentions of the people of Kazakhstan in its aspirations for a new state organization.
The most widespread in Kazakh ornamental art, originating from the depth of centuries, is the animal style art (zoomorphic pattern) of sheep horns.
www.acs-almaty.kz /general.asp   (839 words)

  
 Red Cross Red Crescent - News
Kazakh by origin, she returned to Kazakhstan from neighbouring Uzbekistan with her husband and three children ten years ago.
Although the migrants’ problems are similar to those faced by Kazakh people living in poorer regions, the hardship of the returnees remains a big concern for the Government and humanitarian organisations, such as the Kazakh Red Crescent.
Karasha used to be a Kazakh language teacher, but was unable to find a job in her new home, the small town of Enbek, in Almaty province.
www.ifrc.org /docs/news/04/04011402   (792 words)

  
 Kazakhstan, Crafts-Souvenirs-Books, Adoption, Almaty, Kazakstan, Nomads, Silk Route-Road, Central Asia, Traditional ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Kazakhs believe that the name of a person foretells and determines his/her future.
Nomadic people tended to blame the evil forces and spirits for it.
The idea was to give funny or strange names to babies (people would laugh when hearing them) as protection from evil spirits or evil people.
kazakhcrafts.com   (489 words)

  
 Kazakhstan (04/05)
The Kazakhs emerged from a mixture of tribes living in the region in about the 15th century and by the middle of the 16th century had developed a common language, culture, and economy.
The Kazakh national movement, which began in the late 1800s, sought to preserve the Kazakh language and identity.
Kazakhstani business people are generally less direct than American business people, and what can be accomplished in a few meetings in the United States might take more in Kazakhstan, requiring patience and discipline on the part of the U.S. business people.
www.state.gov /r/pa/ei/bgn/5487.htm   (4872 words)

  
 Ask-Imam.com [14577] I live in Kazakhstan, former USSR republic. most Kazakh people do not know the Islam at all. They ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
If you ask Kazakh people what is their religion, they will say: Islam.
Most people think that dead people can help us, ask for their support etc., at the same time they consider themselves muslims.
When people are ignorant and they do not have knowledge of their Deen, their practices will be contrary to Deen.
www.islam.tc /ask-imam/view.php?q=14577   (474 words)

  
 kazinform.org
The President highlighted the words of Kofi Annan, UN Secretary General, that it is necessary to demonstrate as an example the way the various nationalities live in Kazakhstan.
Kazakh people must unite all other communities, residing in the country.
Kazakh nation is responsible for everyone who inhabits Kazakhstan.
www.inform.kz /showarticle.php?lang=eng&id=135570   (161 words)

  
 Hunting with Golden Eagle | Mongolia | Altai   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
The Kazakh men train them during the summer months and as the winter draws nearer the birds are starved to make them hungry for the hunt.
During the time of our visit to the Kazakh people the average temperature will be about 5-0 Celsius during the day and —5-10 C during the night.
Firstly, the Kazakh people are Muslim and follow the religious traditions and customs of Islam.
www.infohub.com /TRAVEL/SIT/sit_pages/11979.html   (1170 words)

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