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Saturday, February 8, 2014
Kazakhstan Name Change?
The president of Kazakhstan is considering changing the country's name by dropping the -stan. The new name would be Kazakh Eli or Kazakh Nation. The purpose of the name change would be to differentiate Kazakhstan from the other -stans. Kazkahstan is a former soviet republic that gained its independence in 1991. It lies south of Russia and east of Mongolia and China. It is (currently) the largest of the -stan nations.
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ReplyDeleteKazakhstan is just mulling the change in name. So, the change may not occur at all, but the president of Kazakhstan has stated that a name change may be considered.
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