
Kazakhstan's new capital
The History Hour
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Kasakstan - The Capital of Central Asia
When the soviet union collapsed in 19 91, there was never any doubt who'd be the new country's first president. The city that was the capital back then was ama small metropolis nestling in the foothills of the tienshan mountains. Steve hadn't been in kasak stan very long for the new york times before there was talk in parliament of moving the capital to acmola. It just didn't seem real. And who was behind the it was all nazarbia. When you have a country like kasakstan, then everything revolves around the president. Central asia is a region of strong leaders, and nazabie's
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