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2020 Dungan–Kazakh Ethnic Clashes
The 2020 Dungan–Kazakh ethnic clashes or Korday conflict was an ethnic conflict between ethnic Kazakhs and ethnic Dungans (a Muslim group with Chinese origins) in the village of Masanchi within the Korday District of Kazakhstan. As a result of the conflict, 11 people died, 185 were injured (34 of them having to be hospitalized) and 47 persons were arrested. It provoked damages costing around KZ₸1.7 billion (US$4.44 million) and the displacement of around 20,000 people to neighboring Kyrgyzstan. President of Kazakhstan Kassym-Jomart Tokayev made a statement regarding the conflict in which he gave his condolences to the family of the victims and stated that the situation was now controlled by the Military Police and the Kazakh National Guard. Background The Sortobe and Masanchi are considered to be cultural capitals for Kazakhstani Dungans. The House of Culture in Masanchi houses a museum of the history of the Dungan people. Every year there, as well as in the village o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ethnic Conflicts In Kazakhstan
The ethnic conflicts in Kazakhstan refer to a series of insurgencies in Kazakhstan that date back to when the country was part of the Soviet Union, then known as the Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic. These conflicts have largely been ethnic-based, although in recent years they have decreased in numbers. Some of these conflicts have called for the independence, or the increased autonomy of the group in the country. General prerequisites for conflicts The first post-war inter-ethnic clashes and conflicts occurred with the deported communities of ethnic minorities which were settled on Kazakh lands during the Second World War. The first ethnic conflicts that occurred in the post-war years were also associated with Nikita Khrushchev's Virgin Lands campaign of the late 1950s. During this period, about six million Russians and Ukrainians from the RSFSR and the Ukrainian SSR moved into the Kazakh SSR to work in the vast agricultural collective farmlands. This created a significant d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
National Guard Of Kazakhstan
''Qazaqstan Respublikasynyñ Ūlttyq ūlany''russian: Национальная гвардия Казахстана , image = Flag of Kazakhstan National Guard.svg , image_size = 300px , caption = Flag of the National Guard , dates = , country = , allegiance = Supreme Commander in Chief of the Kazakh Armed Forces , branch = , type = Gendarmerie , role = Law enforcementRiot control , size = 32,400 , command_structure = Ministry of Internal Affairs of Kazakhstan , garrison = Astana , garrison_label = Headquarters , battles = 2020 Dungan–Kazakh ethnic clashes 2022 Kazakh protests , anniversaries = April 7 (Day of Courage)April 21 (Founding day)May 7 (Defende ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Askar Mamin
Asqar Uzaqbaiuly Mamin ( kk, Асқар Ұзақбайұлы Мамин, Asqar Ūzaqbaiūly Mamin, ; born 23 October 1965) is a Kazakh politician and economist who served as the Prime Minister of Kazakhstan from 2019 to 2022, resigning due to pressure from the 2022 Kazakh unrest. He served as First Deputy Prime Minister from 9 September 2016 to 21 February 2019. Previously, he was the president of the Kazakhstan Temir Zholy, the national railway company of Kazakhstan. He also serves as the president of the Kazakhstan Ice Hockey Federation, a position he assumed in 2008. A member of the ruling Kazakhstan's political party Nur Otan, Mamin previously served as äkim of Astana from 2006 to 2008, and as Minister of Transport and Communication in Daniyal Akhmetov Cabinet from 2005 to 2006, and as First Deputy Prime Minister of the Republic of Kazakhstan from 2016 to 2019 and Prime Minister of the Republic of Kazakhstan from 2019 to 2022. Early life and career Mamin was born in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Askar Myrzakhmetov
Askar Myrzakhmetov ( kk, Асқар Исабекұлы Мырзахметов, ''Asqar İsabekūly Myrzahmetov'') is a Kazakh politician who held the positions of Counsellor of the Prime Minister of Kazakhstan and First Vice Minister of Agriculture between 1997 and 2006. He was ambassador to Uzbekistan in 2006 and 2007. Biography Askar Myrzakhmetov was born October 1, 1962. He graduated from the Kazakh National Agrarian University, graduate school of the All-Union Research Institute of Livestock. By education — Zooengineer, Candidate of Agricultural Sciences. He worked as an academic employee in the system of Eastern Department of the All-Union Academy of Agricultural Sciences. In 1991 — 1995 — Vice-President of the Joint Stock Company "Republican Construction Exchange" Kazakhstan"", Chairman of the Board of the Association of Exchange of Central Asia and Kazakhstan, "Electronic Store". CEO of the investment firm "Tasmo" (1995 — 1996). CEO of the Agro-Lea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chuy Region
Chuy () is a city in the extreme east of Uruguay, in the Rocha Department, northeast of Montevideo. It lies on the border with Brazil, separated from its Brazilian sister town of Chuí only by a shared avenue that serves as the border, and by the Arroyo Chuy (stream) to the east. Chuy's population is currently 9,675 residents as of 2011. Etymology The word "Chuy", according to most scholars, comes from the Tupi–Guarani language. The Indians had designated the small brook on whose banks the town would emerge with the same name. According to Daniel Granada, "Chui" was also the name the Indians gave a yellow-breasted bird, native and common in the marshes of the area. According to Tancredo Blotta, ''chuy'' is a compound word which should be translated as "river of brown water". The Brazilian historian Péricles Azambuja alludes to a rumor that the word (originally ''Chyu'') would have been brought by former tribes who migrated from the Andes. A Quechua word, ''achuy'' had the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Berdibek Saparbayev
Berdibek Mashbekuly Saparbayev ( kk, Бердiбек Машбекұлы Сапарбаев, ''Berdıbek Maşbekūly Saparbaev'') is a Kazakh politician who was the Minister of Labor and Social Protection of Population in the Government of Kazakhstan from 2005 to 2007 and in 2019, governor of Aktobe Region, Deputy Prime Minister from 2019 to 2020. From February 10, 2020 to April 7, 2022, he was the akim of Zhambyl region. Early life and education Saparbayev began his career in 1969 as a worker in the Zadarinsky State Farm. From 1971 to 1973 he served in the army. In 1977 he graduated from the Alma-Ata Institute of National Economy with a degree in economics. After graduation, he worked as an economist at the Republican Administration of Gostrudsberkass. Political career In the period from 1977 to 1988, Saparbayev worked in the Ministry of Finance of the Kazakh SSR. First, an economist, then a senior economist, leading, chief economist, deputy head of department. From 1988 to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bishkek
Bishkek ( ky, Бишкек), ), formerly Pishpek and Frunze, is the capital and largest city of Kyrgyzstan. Bishkek is also the administrative centre of the Chüy Region. The region surrounds the city, although the city itself is not part of the region but rather a region-level unit of Kyrgyzstan. Bishkek is situated near the Kazakhstan–Kyrgyzstan border. Its population was 1,074,075 in 2021. In 1825, the Khanate of Kokand established the fortress of Pishpek to control local caravan routes and to collect tribute from Kyrgyz tribes. On 4 September 1860, with the approval of the Kyrgyz, Russian forces led by Colonel Apollon Zimmermann destroyed the fortress. In the present day, the fortress ruins can be found just north of Jibek jolu street, near the new main mosque. In 1868, a Russian settlement was established on the site of the fortress under its original name, Pishpek. It lay within the General Governorship of Russian Turkestan and its Semirechye Oblast. In 1925, the K ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tokmok
Tokmok ( ky, Токмок, lit=hammer; russian: Токмак, Tokmak) is a city in the Chüy Valley, northern Kyrgyzstan, east of the country's capital of Bishkek, with a population of 71,443 in 2021. Its elevation is 816 m above sea level. From 2003 to 2006, it was the administrative seat of Chüy Region. Just to the north is the river Chu (river), Chu and the border with Kazakhstan. Tokmok was established as a northern military outpost of the Khanate of Kokand c.1830. Thirty years later, it fell to the Russians who demolished the fort. The modern town was founded in 1864 by Major-General Mikhail Chernyayev. Tokmok is a district-level city of regional significance within Chüy Region. Although the city is surrounded by the region's Chüy District, it is not a part of it. Its total area is . Medieval heritage Despite its relatively modern origin, Tokmok stands in the middle of the Chüy Valley, which was a prize sought by many medieval conquerors. The ruins of Ak-Beshim, the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dauren Abaev
Dauren Askerbekuly Abaev (born 18 April 1979) is a Kazakh politician, who's serving as a Minister of Culture and Sports. Biography Abaev was born in the Almaty Region in 1979. He graduated from Al-Farabi Kazakh National University Al-Farabi Kazakh National University ( kz, Әл-Фараби атындағы Қазақ ұлттық университеті, Äl-Farabi atyndağy Qazaq Ūlttyq Universitetı), also called KazGU or KazNU, is a university in Almaty, Kazakhstan. ... in 2001. In 2006, Abaev completed his studies at Leiden University. In 2014, while serving as Press Secretary, he finished the Eurasian Humanitarian Institute. Political career From 2001 to 2003, he worked in various positions in the central office of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs occupying as the referent, attache, and the third secretary. In May 2007, he became the head of the Press Service Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. From December 2007 to December 2008, Abaev was a chief exp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ministry Of Internal Affairs (Kazakhstan)
The Ministry of Internal Affairs ( kk, Ішкі істер министрлігі, ''Ishki ister mınıstrligi''; russian: Министерство внутренних дел) is the Kazakh government ministry which oversees the police and the National Guard (formerly the Internal Troops) of Kazakhstan. The Ministry is headed by the Minister of Internal Affairs of the Republic of Kazakhstan, appointed by the decree of the President of Kazakhstan. The Minister of Internal Affairs has 5 deputies, including the First Deputy Minister. The residence of the minister and all senior leadership of the ministry, as well as all committees and departments are located in Astana. History After the dissolution of the Soviet Union, there was a rapid increase in crime. Regional centers and large industrial cities with the most complex operational environment were under the special control of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. On 23 June 1992, the Law "On the Internal Affairs Bodies of the Rep ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Almaty
Almaty (; kk, Алматы; ), formerly known as Alma-Ata ( kk, Алма-Ата), is the List of most populous cities in Kazakhstan, largest city in Kazakhstan, with a population of about 2 million. It was the capital of Kazakhstan from 1929 to 1936 as an Kazakh Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic, autonomous republic as part of the Soviet Union, then from 1936 to 1991 as a Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic, union republic and finally from 1991 as an independent state to 1997 when the government relocated the capital to Astana, Akmola (renamed Astana in 1998, Nur-Sultan in 2019, and back to Astana in 2022). Almaty is still the major commercial, financial, and cultural centre of Kazakhstan, as well as its most populous and most cosmopolitan city. The city is located in the mountainous area of southern Kazakhstan near the border with Kyrgyzstan in the foothills of the Trans-Ili Alatau at an elevation of 700–900 m (2,300–3,000 feet), where the Large and Small Almatinka rivers r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aqsaqal
Aqsaqal or aksakal (literally meaning "white beard" in Turkic languages) metaphorically refers to the male elders, the old and wise of the community in parts of Central Asia, the Caucasus and Bashkortostan. Traditionally, an aqsaqal was the leader of a village or aul until the Soviet times. Acting as advisors or judges, these elders have or had a role in politics and the justice system in countries and tribes. For instance, there are ''aksakals'' courts in Kyrgyzstan. In Uzbekistan, which has traditionally been a more urban society (the Uzbeks being ''sarts'' or town-dwellers, as opposed to nomadic Turks), cities are divided up into ''mahallas''. Each ''mahalla'' has an ''aqsaqal'' who acts as the district leader. Redevelopment of the ''aqsaqal'' courts in Kyrgyzstan In 1995, then-President of Kyrgyzstan Askar Akayev announced a decree to revitalize the ''aqsaqal'' courts. The courts would have jurisdiction over property, torts and family law.Judith Beyer, Kyrgyz Aksakal Courts ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
