Germans In Kazakhstan
The Germans of Kazakhstan or German Kazakhstanis (german: Kasachstandeutsche, Deutsch-Kasachen) are a minority in Kazakhstan, and make up a small percentage of the population. Today they live mostly in the northeastern part of the country between the cities of Astana and Oskemen, the majority being urban dwellers. Numbering nearly a million at the time of the Soviet dissolution, most have emigrated since then, usually to Germany or Russia. However, after a significant decrease from 1989 to 2009, by 2015 the number had seen a slight increase of a few thousand, the first time since the dissolution of the Soviet Union. Between 2009 and 2021 the German population had increased by 26.7%. History Most of them are the offspring of Volga Germans, who were deported to the then Soviet republic of Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic, Kazakhstan from the Volga German Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic soon after the Operation Barbarossa, Nazi German Invasion during World War II. Large portions ...
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Nur-Sultan
Astana, previously known as Akmolinsk, Tselinograd, Akmola, and most recently Nur-Sultan, is the capital city of Kazakhstan. The city lies on the banks of the Ishim (river), Ishim River in the north-central part of Kazakhstan, within the Akmola Region, though administered as a city with special status separately from the rest of the region. A 2020 official estimate reported a population of 1,136,008 within the city limits, making it the List of most populous cities in Kazakhstan, second-largest city in the country, after Almaty, which had been the capital until 1997. The city became the capital of Kazakhstan in 1997; since then it has grown and developed economically into one of the most modern cities in Central Asia. In 2021, the government selected Astana as one of the 10 priority destinations for tourist development. Modern Astana is a Planned community, planned city, following the process of List of purpose-built national capitals, other planned capitals. After it became t ...
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