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The world’s ninth largest country, Kazakhstan occupies a vast but relatively isolated space between Europe and Asia. Kazakhstan has a long and rich history, having evolved from a nomad civilisation dating back to the first millennium BC through various periods of expansion and occupation by the Soviets to its current position as a modern nation state. Its diverse ethnic composition combines the native Kazakh people and tribes with a large population of Russians, who each make up approximately half of the population, but remain separated by language and religion. The convergence of these two distinct populations has created a unique culture reliant on both agricultural and industrial ways of life