Country Profiles: Kazakstan

Republic of Kazakhstan -- Qazagstan Respublikasy

Government-Sponsored Resources and Diplomatic Information

• Kazakhstan Country Page Library of Congress
• Statistics on Kazakhstan (CIA World Factbook)
• U.S. Embassy in Kazakhstan
• Kazakh Embassy in Washington D.C.
• The President of Kazakhstan official site
• Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Kazakhstan

International Organizations and Development Programs

• Permanent Mission of Kazakhstan to the United Nations
• World Bank: Europe and Central Asia regional page
• USAID Kazakhstan Country Page Information about Kazakhstan and USAID programs
• Kazakhstan and the IMF The IMF's Kazakhstan Country Page with links to articles
• The Eurasia Foundation Central Asia Regional Offices
• Soros National Foundations

Internet Resources: General

• Slavic and East European Library at the University of Illinois; includes a guide to internet resources and access to their excellent Slavic Reference Service
• Reenic Excellent collection of internet resources about Central and Eastern Europe, Russia and the Newly Independent States
• Reesweb The best collection of internet resources about Central and Eastern Europe, Russia, Caucasus, and Central Asia (NIS)
• Central Asian Studies World Wide sponsored by the Harvard Forum for Central Asian Studies
• Inner Asian and Uralic National Resource Center  at Indiana University

Online News Sites and Servers

• Eurasia
• Le Monde Diplomatique French-language news service with archived articles on Kazakhstan
• Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, Kazakh Service
• Web Radio International Hear broadcasts from countries all over the world

Kazak Language Study

• Summer Workshop in Slavic, East European and Central Asian Languages at Indiana University
• The UCLA Language Materials Project learning resources for less commonly taught languages of the world
• Language Resource Page A page of links to information on distance learning and technology resources, traditional language study programs (including those that offer instruction in less commonly taught languages) and other general language study resources.

Academic and Fellowship Information

• IREX (International Research and Exchanges Board) Funding for Kazakh language study and research in Kazakhstan
• Social Science Research Council Fellowship and program information for Soviet Successor States
• ACTR/ACCELS For fellowships and exchange programs in Central and East Europe, Russia and NIS

Kazakhstan, also spelled Kazakstan, is a country that stretches over a vast expanse of Asia, and a former republic of the now extinct USSR. A portion of its territory west of the Ural River is located in eastern-most Europe. It has borders with Russia, the People's Republic of China, and countries of Central Asia, such as Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan and has a coastline on the Caspian Sea.