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"Nationhood and the minority question in Central Asia. The Russians in Kazakhstan." Europe–Asia Studies 59.3 (2007): 481–501. Pierce, Richard A. Russian Central Asia, 1867–1917: a study in colonial rule (1960) online free to borrow; Quested, Rosemary. The expansion of Russia in East Asia, 1857–1860 (University of Malaya Press, 1968 ...
The Baikonur Cosmodrome was founded in Kazakhstan on 2 June 1955, during the Cold War, as one of many long-range nuclear missile bases in the region, but diverged into space travel. On 8 June 2005 the Russian Federation Council ratified an agreement between Russia and Kazakhstan extending Russia's rent term of the spaceport until 2050.
In July 2024, Kazakhstan banned wheat imports from Russia through the end of the year in order to "protect the domestic market". [49] In October 2024, Russia began to restrict food imports from Kazakhstan, with the Russian government agency Rosselkhoznadzor citing the need to "preserve the phytosanitary well-being of Russia". [50]
Most of present-day Kazakhstan was in the Steppe District, and parts of present-day southern Kazakhstan, including Almaty (Verny), were in the Governor-Generalship. In the early 19th century, the construction of Russian forts began to have a destructive effect on the Kazakh traditional economy by limiting the once-vast territory over which the ...
Russia's involvement in Kazakhstan is a reminder for Beijing that it is still reliant on Moscow to secure its interests in Central Asia. But experts said China would benefit from the Russian ...
"The idea of joining Russia is still popular in Abkhazia and South Ossetia," Medvedev, a former Russian president, wrote in an article published early on Wednesday by Argumenty I Fakty newspaper.
Nineteenth-century colonization of Kazakhstan by Russia was slowed by rebellions and wars, such as uprisings led by Isatay Taymanuly and Makhambet Utemisuly from 1836 to 1838 and the war led by Eset Kotibaruli from 1847 to 1858. In 1863, the Russian Empire announced a new policy asserting the right to annex troublesome areas on its borders.
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