Kasachstan

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Kazakh Uplands

The Kazakh Uplands (Kazakh: Сарыарқа, Saryarqa - "Yellow Ridge", Russian: Казахский мелкосопочник, Kazakhskiy Melkosopochnik), also known as the Kazakh Hummocks, is a large peneplain formation extending throughout the central and eastern regions of Kazakhstan.

Karkaraly National Park

Karkaraly National Park (Kazakh: Қарқаралы мемлекеттік ұлттық табиғи паркі, Qarqaraly memlekettik ulttyq tabiǵi parki; Russian: Каркаралинский государственный национальный природный парк) is a protected reser…

Lake Jasybay

Lake Jasybay (Kazakh: Жасыбай, Jasybaı) is a lake located in Kazakhstan's Bayanaul National Park, about 85 miles south of Ekibastuz, in south-eastern Pavlodar Region.

Mount Kokshe

Mount Kokshe, also known as Kokshetau or Kokshe-Tau (Kazakh: Көкше-тау; pronounced [køkɕetɑw], Russian: Кокше-тау, гора́ Синю́ха, lit.

Burabay National Park

The Burabay National Park (Kazakh: «Бурабай» мемлекеттік ұлттық табиғи паркі, «Býrabaı» memlekettik ulttyq tabiǵi parki; Russian: Государственный национальный природный парк «Бурабай») is a natural park locate…

Cathedral of Our Lady of Fatima

The Cathedral of Our Lady of Fatima (Russian: Собор Пресвятой Девы Марии Фатимской) is a Catholic cathedral in neo-Gothic style. It is the seat of the Diocese of Karaganda, Kazakhstan.

Kazakh Steppe

The Kazakh Steppe (Kazakh: Qazaq dalasy, Қазақ даласы, also Uly dala, Ұлы дала "Great Steppe"), also called the Great Dala, is a vast region of open grassland in northern Kazakhstan and adjacent portions of Russia.

Eastern Orthodoxy in Kazakhstan

The Eastern Orthodox Church in Kazakhstan is a metropolitan district or metropolia of the Russian Orthodox Church. Although not autonomous or fully self-governing like the Ukrainian Orthodox Church under the Moscow Patriarchate, the Church in Kazakhstan has been given some self-government, with juri…

Church of the Resurrection, Kokshetau

The Church of the Resurrection (Russian: Храм Воскресе́ния Христо́ва, or Khram Voskreseniya Khristova) is a Russian Orthodox cathedral located on the coast of Lake Kopa in Kokshetau, the capital of Akmola Region in the northern part of Kazakhstan.

St George's Church, Kokshetau

The St. George's Church Kokshetau (Russian: Гео́ргиевская це́рковь, or Georgyevskaya tserkov) was a Russian Orthodox church dedicated to the Saint George.

Church of St. Anthony of Padua, Kokshetau

The St. Anthony of Padua Church (Kazakh: Әулие Энтони Падуя шіркеуі) is a Roman Catholic Parish church in the city of Kokshetau, the capital of Akmola Region, in the northern part of Kazakhstan.