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Kazakh State 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. Named after the Eastern philosopher and scholar al-Farabi, it is one of the country's largest universities. KazNU is the oldest classical university of the Republic established by a Decree of the Kazakh Regional Committee (KRC) office dated November 13, 1933. One year after Kazakhstan's 1990 declaration of independence, the name was changed to Al-Farabi Kazakh State University. According to the QS World University Rankings 2021 KazNU takes 165th place in the rating of the best universities of the world. In 2001, the government classified it as a "national" university. More than 20,000 students, post-graduates and PhD students study at KazNU, and there are more than 2500 faculty members working at KazNU, including 400 doctors of science, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
National University
A national university is mainly a university created or managed by a government, but which may also at the same time operate autonomously without direct control by the state. Some national universities are associated with national cultural or political aspirations. For example, the National University of Ireland during the early days of Irish independence collected a large amount of information about the Irish language and Irish culture. In Argentina, the national universities are the result of the 1918 Argentine university reform and subsequent reforms, which were intended to provide a secular university system without direct clerical or government influence by bestowing self-government on the institutions. List of national universities Albania Argentina * University of Buenos Aires Australia * Australian National University Bangladesh * National University of Bangladesh Bhutan * Royal University of Bhutan Bosnia and Herzegovina * University of Sarajevo Brazil * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Taiwan
Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a country in East Asia, at the junction of the East and South China Seas in the northwestern Pacific Ocean, with the People's Republic of China (PRC) to the northwest, Japan to the northeast, and the Philippines to the south. The territories controlled by the ROC consist of 168 islands, with a combined area of . The main island of Taiwan, also known as ''Formosa'', has an area of , with mountain ranges dominating the eastern two-thirds and plains in the western third, where its highly urbanised population is concentrated. The capital, Taipei, forms along with New Taipei City and Keelung the largest metropolitan area of Taiwan. Other major cities include Taoyuan, Taichung, Tainan, and Kaohsiung. With around 23.9 million inhabitants, Taiwan is among the most densely populated countries in the world. Taiwan has been settled for at least 25,000 years. Ancestors of Taiwanese indigenous peoples settled the isla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mukhtar Magauin
Mukhtar Magauin is a Kazakh writer and publicist. He was born in the district of Chubar-Tau in Semey region (now East Kazakhstan Province) of Kazakhstan on 2 February 1940. He graduated at the Kazakh state university (1962) and the doctorate (1965) there. He was head of the literary criticism department at the “Kazakh literature” newspaper in Almaty. He publishes several scholarly articles and books and novels. When he was mentioned by the Soviet study experts in the West in the book edited by Edward Allworth as one of the nationalist Kazakh writers (1973), the local Communist rulers put his name to the “black list”. Most of his renowned uncensored novels were published only after the collapse of the Soviet Union. He published the novels “The Yellow Kazakh” (1991), “ABC of the Kazakh History” (1993), “Dreams of Kypchaks” (2004), “The Half” () 2007), etc. In 1997, he became the winner of the International Prize for the Turkic speaking writers and culture ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michał Łabenda
Michał Rafał Łabenda (born 10 September 1974, in Wrocław) is a Polish diplomat, serving as Polish ambassador to Egypt since 2018, Mongolia (2015–2018), Azerbaijan (2010–2014). Life He holds an M.A. in Arab studies (Al-Farabi Kazakh National University, 1999). In 2006, Łabenda defended at the University of Warsaw, Institute of Oriental Studies his Ph.D. thesis on Muslim movements in the Fergana Valley. His doctoral supervisor was Anna Parzymies. Łabenda worked at the KARTA Center between 1998 and 1999. In 1999, he started his career at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. From 2000 to 2001 he was an intern in Osaka. He has been Second Secretary at the Polish Embassy in Tashkent, Uzbekistan (2002–2005), deputy director of Eastern Department (2007–2010), ambassador of Poland to Azerbaijan (2010–2014), visiting ambassador of Poland to Mongolia (2015–2018) and, since October 2018, ambassador of Poland to Egypt, with accreditation to Sudan and Eritrea. He has been also ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Koryo-saram
Koryo-saram ( ko, 고려사람; russian: Корё сарам; uk, Корьо-сарам) is the name which ethnic Koreans in the post-Soviet states use to refer to themselves. The term is composed of two Korean words: "", a historical name for Korea, and "", meaning "person" or "people". Approximately 500,000 ethnic Koreans reside in the former Soviet Union, primarily in the now-independent states of Central Asia. There are also large Korean communities in Southern Russia (around Volgograd), Russian Far East (around Vladivostok), the Caucasus and southern Ukraine. These communities can be traced back to the Koreans who were living in the Russian Far East during the late 19th century. There is also a separate ethnic Korean community on the island of Sakhalin, typically referred to as Sakhalin Koreans. Some may identify as Koryo-saram, but many do not. Unlike the communities on the Russian mainland primarily descended from Koreans who arrived in the late 19th century and early 20 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
German Kim
German Nikolaevich Kim (russian: Герман Николаевич Ким) (born 16 July 1953) is Director of the Institute for Asian Studies at Al-Farabi University, Kazakhstan and one of the leading internationally recognized scholar of the Koryo-saram. Biography Early life Kim was born 16 July 1953 in Ushtobe, Taldy-Kurgan Oblast, Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic, one of three sons of Nikolai Kim (also known by his Korean name Kim Dyunbin), a safety engineer and premises manager at the Korean Theatre of Kazakhstan. He jokingly refers to his hometown as the "Korean capital" of the former Soviet Union. He entered Kazakh National University (now known as Al-Farabi University) in 1971 as a student of world history and German language; after his graduation in 1977, he found work as a teacher of German, which he continued until the mid-eighties. Decision to study Koryo-saram history In 1985, with the onset of perestroika and glasnost, it became permitted for the first time to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aigul Kemelbayeva
Aigul Zholdasbaevna Kemelbayeva (born 1965; ) is a Kazakh writer of prose and literary criticism, considered an important member of the post-independence literary generation in Kazakhstan. Early life and education Aigul Kemelbayeva was born in 1965 in the village of , in the region of Semey, Kazakhstan. She began writing at a young age, producing her first novel, ''A Journey to the Seventh Continent'', at age 15, which came second in a national youth literary contest. After graduating from Al-Farabi Kazakh National University with a degree in journalism in 1987, she attended the Maxim Gorky Literature Institute in Moscow, graduating in 1994. Career Kemelbayeva is now based in Nur-Sultan. She is best known for her work as a Kazakh-language writer, primarily of short stories, which have been published in such literary magazines as ''Zhuldyz''. She has also written several books of prose and essays. Her 2002 book ''Munara'' ("The Tower") was published in 2002. It contains tw ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Abish Kekilbayev
Abish Kekilbayev (sometimes Kekilbayuly, kk, Әбіш Кекілбайұлы, ''Äbış Kekılbaiūly'', ; 6 December 1939 – 11 December 2015) was a Kazakh National writer and politician who served as a Senator of Kazakhstan from 2002 to 2010, State Secretary of Kazakhstan from 1996 to 2002, and the Supreme Council Chairman from 1994 until its dissolution in 1995. During the Soviet period, Kekilbayev worked as literary writer in which his work have become a noticeable phenomenon in the literary life of Kazakhstan. He served as the Deputy Minister of Culture of the Kazakh SSR, the second secretary of Board of the Union of Writers, the head of department of the Central Committee of Communist Party of Kazakhstan, Head of the Records Office for Culture and Inter-Ethnic Relations of the Kazakh SSR Presidential Administration, the editor-in-chief of the Yegemen Qazaqstan newspaper, the literary employee of the Kazakh adebiety newspaper, the head of literature and art department o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gulzhana Karagusova
Gulzhan Zhanpeiskyzy Karagusova ( kk, Гүлжан Жанпейісқызы Қарағұсова, ''Güljan Janpeiısqyzy Qarağūsova'') member of Majilis of Parliament of Kazakhstan from Nur Otan party. Has served as the Minister of Labor and Social Protection in the Government of Kazakhstan since 2001.Republic of Kazakhstan/Qazaqstan Respublikasï/Kazakhstan Worldwide Guide to Women in Leadership She is a speaker for Kazakhstan's Economic Forum.Speakers Kazakhstan's Economic Forum Pensions and salaries Minister Karagusova announced on 2 ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oralkhan Bokeev
Oralkhan Bokeev ( kk, Оралхан Бөкей; Oralhan Bökei; September 28, 1943 – May 17, 1993) was a Kazakh writer, playwright and journalist. Life Oralkhan Bokeev was born on September 28, 1943, in Chingistai village in Katonkaragay district of Eastern Kazakhstan province. He was the only son of Bokey and Kuliya who also had five daughters - Sholpan, Airmen, Lazzat, Manshuk and Galiya. When Oralkhan was born, his father went to work at one of the Ural military factories supporting the Great Patriotic War. Hoping for the safe return of Bokey, Kuliya named her newborn son Oralkhan ("oral" in Kazakh means "come back"). After graduation from Chingistai school named after Sultanmahmut Toraygirov in 1961, he worked as a youth guide for a local Pioneer organization and a tractor driver in the "Altai" sovkhoz. From 1963 to 1969 he took correspondence courses at the journalism faculty of the Kazakh State University of C. M. Kirov. From 1965 to 1968 he worked at the “Enbek Tuy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kanat Auyesbay
A qanat or kārīz is a system for transporting water from an aquifer or water well to the surface, through an underground aqueduct; the system originated approximately 3,000 BC in what is now Iran. The function is essentially the same across North Africa and the Middle East but the system operates under a variety of regional names: ''qanat'' or kārīz in Iran, ''foggara'' in Algeria, ''khettara'' in Morocco, ''falaj'' in Oman, ''karez'' in Afghanistan, ''auyoun'' in Saudi Arabia, et al. The largest extant and functional qanat systems are located in Iran, Afghanistan, Oman, the oases of Turfan region of China, Algeria, and Pakistan. This is a system of water supply that allows water to be transported over long distances in hot dry climates without loss of much of the water to evaporation. The system has the advantage of being resistant to natural disasters such as earthquakes and floods, and to deliberate destruction in war. Furthermore, it is almost insensitive to the level ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yerik Asanbayev
Erik Magzumuly Asanbayev ( kk, Ерік Мағзұмұлы Асанбаев, ''Erık Mağzūmūly Asanbaev''; 10 March 1936 – 23 August 2004) was a Kazakh statesman and vice-president of the Republic of Kazakhstan from 1991 to 1996. Biography Yerik Asanbayev was born on March 10, 1936 in Baigabul village, Amangeldi District, Turgai province. In 1958, he graduated from Kazakh State 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 ... majoring in Economics. In 1963, he graduated from Moscow Finance Institute, obtaining a PhD in Economics. Career * 1959 — 1967 Teaching and working on scientific projects in Moscow and Almaty, * 1963 — head of financial planning department and interbranch balance at the scientific and research institute of economics at State Planni ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
