Established in 1954, Zhezkazgan’s name reflects its vast copper reserves. Russian explorers had long documented the area’s ...

On paper, Kazakhstan has everything a nation could need: its own flag, national anthem and currency (the tenge); a government and a capital city; internationally recognised borders, armed forces; and ...

When the Ukraine war started, Kazakhstan arranged several emergency flights to evacuate its citizens from the country. But ...

which crashed outside the Kazakh city of Aktau. Kazakh officials have little to gain and a lot to lose as they oversee the crash investigation. Relations between Azerbaijan and Russia remain ...

in which an Azerbaijani flight bound for Grozny in Chechnya is widely believed to have been hit by anti-aircraft fire before making a crash landing near the Kazakh city of Aktau, killing 38 of the ...

Kazakhstan’s southern city of Turkistan has become an official member of the Organization of World Heritage Cities, a statement said. According to its governorship, Turkistan will host the 10th ...

With Almaty getting more and more crowded, Kazakhstan decided to move its capital city to Astana in 1997. Reflecting the move, the city changed its name from Akmola to Astana, which literally ...

Kazakhstan has an overall population of 20 million. The Bureau reported that the exodus from villages to cities is prevalent across the country. The rural population in only two of the country’s 17 ...