20.04.2012
"Turkic-language Wikipedias" Conference has been held today at the Al-Farabi Kazakh National University in Almaty. The event is a part of "Kazaksha Wikipedia" project, which is implemented under the aegis of the Government of Kazakhstan. 3294
08.02.2012
With a view to prepare for the 4th Congress of Leaders of World and Traditional Religions in Astana on May 29-30, Kazakhstan’s Ambassador to the United States Erlan Idrissov hosted the 4th Annual Interfaith Dinner and Dialogue for U.S. Religious Leaders at the Kazakhstan’s Permanent Mission to the United Nations chancery building on January 11, 2012 in cooperation with Kazakhstan’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations Byrganym Aitimova and Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf. 1842
22.11.2011
The international stage debut of an original production of the Silent Steppe Cantata has been confirmed for December 10th in Astana, Kazakhstan. The cantata will be performed at the Palace of Peace and Reconciliation, an architectural landmark designed by Norman Foster, on the official 20th Anniversary of the Central Asian nation’s independence. 1745
07.11.2011
A presentation of the book Green Desert: the Life and Poetry of Olzhas Suleimenov will take place on November 30, 2011 at Columbia University in New York. 3345
10.10.2011
Sairam in southern Kazakhstan is a unique place: There is nowhere like it in the entire country. It is an ancient village now grown into a small town of 42,000 people right beside the modern city of Shymkent. 2099
12.08.2011
Is that motorcyclist wearing a crash helmet, or are they just rather big-headed? 4076
04.07.2011
Kazakh cosmonauts Tokhtar Aubakirov and Talgat Musabayev were awarded the Russian medals "For Merits in Space Exploration" in Astana on Sunday. 3971
12.05.2011
In his documentary After the Apocalypse, director Antony Butts visits Semipalatinsk, Kazakhstan, home to a Soviet-era weapon test site where 456 nuclear tests were conducted during the cold war. 4181
11.05.2011
Talent from the US, Europe and Asia have signed up for historic adventure film Myn Bala, which has just started shooting in Kazakhstan. 2544
10.05.2011
PETER JENSEN is one of seven British designers to star in Kazakhstan's first ever fashion exhibition, held at the Almaty Central State Museum. Reconstruction: Cultural Heritage and the Making of Contemporary Fashion explores the traditions and cultures which inspire UK's top design names, from Jensen and Osman to Vivienne Westwood and Paul Smith. 1644
06.05.2011
In their native Kazakhstan, brothers Ravil and Zhalil Gizatulin have been singing opera professionally for decades. They have toured Russia, Europe, China and South Africa. 1830
27.09.2010
Central Asia state pumps money into pics, facilities A new wave of local films and co-productions is set to put Kazakhstan on the international movie map. 1541
18.06.2010
Central Asia’s ‘cowboys’ still rule the steppes in nation of nomadic cultures, modern realities. 4352
12.10.2009
India is known from ancient time for its surprising items - either in culinary like spices for which Europeans traveled from another part of the world, or some furniture, souvenirs, natural wool, silk, ebony, etc. 1192
01.10.2009
It may come as a surprise, but Kazakhstan, the largest landlocked nation on Earth, has a thriving film industry. 1883
01.09.2009
Denmark's BIG architect has won the competition to design a new National Library, named after the first President of the Republic of Kazakhstan, Nursultan Nazarbayev, in the capital Astana. 1298
10.08.2009
NEW DELHI: Arun Mohanty, a professor of Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), has edited a new “comprehensive” book on Kazakhstan that was released on the campus here over the weekend. 842
16.07.2008
The activity of Mahatma Gandhi was one more time high commended recently, when granite tables were affixed to the monument in one of the Almaty parks. The embassy in person of Ashok Sadjanhar, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of India in Kazakhstan organized a solemn opening of the tables. 654
06.05.2008
It is good to live in the biggest city of the country, in the sense that sometimes such stars come in our country, which hardly can be met in New York or Chicago. And even if they do attend those world capitals, it is much more expensive to get to their concerts. 1954
22.04.2008
The contemporary music admirers, one of which is Dana Meirbekova, professional music expert, to honour the heritage of the great turk ancestor, Korkyt, and to celebrate the finest opuses of the world classic, organized concerts for Almaty listeners. The Korkyt foundation has an exciting news of presenting two intriguing concerts in Kazakhstan. 612
26.03.2008
The first restaurant of kosher food was opened in Kazakhstan. The new place for eating kosher food and is to become a piece of Israel in Kazakhstan. In fact, the restaurant is the only place in Kazakhstan, where Jewish people will be able to luxuriously dine on kosher food. 700
04.02.2008
By the beginning of 2007 - 2008 academic year about 313 professional schools (lycees) operated in the republic of Kazakhstan, 289 out of which are state-owned. 552
09.07.2007
The next kumiss festival "Saba" has just finished in Shymkent. The best kumiss-makers from all over South Kazakhstan presented for audience verdict dozens of kinds and types of this ancient drink. 1080
19.08.2005
The most important local cinema event in the last few years will take place in Almaty from September 26 to October - it is the second international film festival "Eurasia." 1107
15.06.2005
The first discussion workshop "Conversations on the Silk Way" that gathered famous scientists, specialists in cultural studies, history, and arts, has taken place in South Kazakhstan region. 492
21.02.2005
Almost one third of all money allocated by the government of RK for the "Cultural Heritage" programme was received by South Kazakhstan region. 412
15.12.2004
On 16th of December, 1991, conveying the nation will, the Independence of the Republic of Kazakhstan was solemnly proclaimed. This day is annually celebrated as the Independence Day. This year we commemorate the 13th anniversary. However the most of the Kazakhstani people still in doubt before naming the same historical dates and mix up names of the Khans and all the more the street names. Who are Aiteke bi or Kabanbai batyr? I go down the Kalinin street! 758
13.12.2004
The internet revolution of the 1990s has transformed the way in which we gather information, but the freedom of the web and the mass of sites posted on the information superhighway have created their own problems. In recent years it has become a tangle of dead ends, broken links and misinformation. So we have taken up the challenge to sift through the dross and find the best sites on Kazakhstan. 905
01.10.2004
In 2005 an implementation of the state programme of founding a historical, archaeological, cultural and tourist centre "Ancient Otrar" commences. 401
29.09.2004
Fragments of writings discovered in Ordabasy district may prove to be decisive for studies of the ancient state that existed in South Kazakhstan 2-4 thousand years ago. 530
27.09.2004
The cinema for us remains one of the most important arts. Although we watch it more and more on TV sitting on a sofa at home, depriving ourselves of the magic of art. 476
26.05.2004
A new play "The Last Love of Chekhov's", that has just appeared in the repertoire of Almaty Theatre for Young Spectators suits the hundredth anniversary of the writer and the Anton Pavlovich Chekhov Year announced by the UNESCO very well indeed. 548
05.05.2004
A famous Kazakhstani cinema critic (philosopher, specialist in culturology, TV programme presenter) Oleg Boretsky has held a meeting with cinema spectators in the British Council library in Almaty . 484
30.04.2004
Russian publishing houses made a present to the children on the Year of Russia in Kazakhstan: they have a published a few books by Kazakhstani writers. 466
24.04.2003
23 April was declared the World Day of Book by UNESCO. It was not killed by soft cartoon pads, it resisted to the violent attacks from radio, video, cinema with all sorts of gadgets... 628
08.01.2003
Kazakhstani cultural space is going to be enriched in the new year. At the expense of Russia. The year 2003 has been announced the Year of Kazakhstan. 392
10.09.2002
Resurrection of religious values in our society will compete with Western cultural stereotypes. Last week in Almaty an international conference, dedicated to the role of Islam in Central Asia, historical as well as current one, took place. 335
26.08.2002
It was good to be a writer in Soviet times. Just write poems and prose. If you were able to agree with the authorities - you could print exploiting all capacity of the printing houses. If you were a dissident - you could collect your manuscripts and then publish pretty books in the West. Of course if your name was Dovlatov or Solzhenitsin. 320
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