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Preface
What is everyone's impression of Kazakhstan? It is a country located on the Asian continent, and it is surrounded by no adjacent oceans, and it can be said to be a landlocked country, and most of the people living here are of the yellow race, but there are some ethnic divisions, but it is still relatively safe.
In the east of Kazakhstan, there is a large area of territory bordering the mainland, and it can also be said that their country and our country are neighbors, but looking back at the history of their country over the years, it is still relatively "bumpy", and the official founding time is relatively late, so let's get to know a country in the hinterland of the continent.
The first trivia of Kazakhstan
The article begins with a description of the geographical location of Kazakhstan, although it is located in the heart of the Asian continent and is more than 3,000 kilometers away from any ocean (straight line distance), which also means that the country cannot see the ocean and cannot develop the marine economy.
But such a country is a very important "special location" in terms of strategy, remember the war in Afghanistan launched by the Soviet Union, the location of Kazakhstan is one of the most important bases of the Soviet army, and Kazakhstan has 2,724,900 square kilometers.
The second trivia of Kazakhstan
This second piece of cold knowledge is about a sport, I believe everyone is no stranger to football, a world-class sport, but the development of the football industry in the mainland is not very good, and Kazakhstan is a country in the development of football is still relatively good, but although their country belongs to the scope of Asia, but the actual situation is not in the AFC to play games.
There are several reasons for this, although they are located within the scope of the Asian continent, and Kazakhstan played in the AFC at the beginning, but they have not been properly treated, and over time they chose to join the UEFA to play the game, plus the overall strength of UEFA is also relatively strong, so Kazakhstan has become a "newcomer" to UEFA.
The third trivia of Kazakhstan
This third piece of cold knowledge is not the same as the first two, it is a story of a person from China, when there was a relatively outstanding musician in the mainland, Xi Xinghai (old name: Huang Xun, Kong Yu), who is also a pianist and composer, speaking of which, everyone is more curious, why such a character has something to do with Kazakhstan.
In the last two years of his life (1943-1945), he went to the Almaty region of Kazakhstan, where he lived and wrote several Kazakh songs for the locals, and their country happened to like to name streets and places after them, so a street and a monument to Xinghai appeared in Almaty.
The fourth trivia of Kazakhstan
In Kazakhstan every year there is a special day, people call that day "Abai Day", and this person named Abai is Kazakhstan to commemorate him specially selected a day, his full name is Abai Kunanbayev is a very good poet and philosopher in Kazakhstan.
It can also be said that he alone influenced the ideas of modern people in Kazakhstan, and it was also in the darkest, corrupt and ruthless era of Kazakhstan that made countless people find hope, and people set up a special "Abai Day" in honor of him, and also printed Kazakhstan's 20 denomination banknotes on his appearance.
The fifth trivia of Kazakhstan
Do you know where the word Kazakh originated? According to the records, this word appeared in the ancient Turkic language, which roughly means "wandering and having no fixed residence," and the history of Kazakhstan, like this adjective, has always been a life of wandering without a fixed place.
Let's first look at ancient Kazakhstan, at that time it was once ruled by the Turkic and Mongol Golden Horde, although they were nomadic but their status was not high, and the Qing Dynasty in the Zungar Khanate after the defeat, there were subjugation to the Qing Dynasty, late by the Soviet Union, independent statehood in 1991.
The sixth trivia of Kazakhstan
Now the capital of Kazakhstan is Astana, but the capital of Kazakhstan was not this city, but the aforementioned city of Almaty, which is only 200 kilometers away from our country, and it was also an important trading center on the Silk Road (in ancient times).
In the beginning, people called it the "Apple Capital", because it is said that this is the place where wild apples were first grown, that is, the earliest varieties of apples, and gradually people believe that this is the place where apples were grown before they were first spread, and the city of Almaty is also a modern city in Kazakhstan.
The seventh trivia of Kazakhstan
The history of Kazakhstan and its present capital have been mentioned above, but why did they change their capital to Astana?
In order to make the country more stable and peaceful, the government of Kazakhstan decided to move the capital from Almaty to Akmola (the former name of Astana), and in 2019, the government also changed the name of the new capital to Nur-Sultan, and later changed it back to Astana in honor of the first president.
The eighth trivia of Kazakhstan
Do you know how many ethnic groups there are in Kazakhstan? There are more than 130 ethnic groups in this country, the largest of which are ethnic Kazakhs, who account for about 67 percent of the total population, and the rest of the ethnic groups are Russians, about 20 percent, which is understandable, after all, it belonged to the Soviet Union before.
And there are many remaining ethnic groups, such as Uygurs, Ukrainians, Uzbeks, Tatars, Mongolians, Koreans, and many other ethnic groups, and they have so many ethnic groups mainly after the founding of the country, and the Kazakhstan before the founding of the country is basically all Russians, which is much more than the Kazakhs.
The ninth trivia of Kazakhstan
According to the statistics of relevant data, Kazakhstan now has a population of about 19.17 million, and when it comes to this, we have to mention the rate of population growth in Kazakhstan, which had a population of about 1,645,100 at that time.
However, more than ten years have passed, and the population growth of Kazakhstan is very slow, and now it is not as large as the population of Xinjiang on the mainland, and the reason for this is that their economic development is relatively slow, people's daily living standards are limited, and the population growth rate is naturally relatively slow.
The tenth trivia of Kazakhstan
As mentioned above, the main population of Kazakhstan is now Kazakhs, accounting for more than 50% of the population, and the Kazakhs in Kazakhstan are still somewhat similar to the Israelis, with whiter skin and wider skeletons, and Kazakhstan has a very interesting policy.
To put it simply, as long as you are a Kazakh, you can directly apply to join the nationality of Kazakhstan, and it is also this policy that has allowed Kazakhstan to increase its population by about 1 million in recent years, and there are more and more Kazakhs.
epilogue
Through the above cold knowledge, I believe that everyone has a basic understanding of the country of Kazakhstan, and many people have re-acquainted themselves with this country.
Although the economic development of their country is relatively slow, it is also inseparable from the fact that they are located in the heart of the continent, where there are many races, there are many beautiful scenery, and at the same time, they are also our neighbors, what do you think about this?
Resources:
1. Ministry of Commerce of the People's Republic of China - Economic and Commercial Section of the Embassy in the Republic of Kazakhstan
2. Official Administration of Kazakhstan - Demographic Composition of Kazakhstan