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Kazakh Khanate (Nazarbayev reacted to Putin's dismissal of Kazakh history. Nazarbayev was quick to announce plans to celebrate the 550th anniversary of the Kazakh Khanate that dates back to 1465. "Our state did not arise from scratch. The statehood of the Kazakhs dates to those times," Nazarbayev said. "It may not have been a state in the modern understanding of this term, in the current borders. But it is important that the foundation was laid then, and we are the people continuing the great deeds of our ancestors." Penguine0001) |
