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As it comes to my Memory

Posted by Baktygul | in Uncategorized | on September 3rd, 2006
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As I’ve been reading on “Cultivation Theory,” by Gerbner George to make sense on my thesis work, I remember the time when I was a part of a Soviet culture at school. The intriguing point of the theory apeared to be an idea that heavy viewers of television are prone to “mean world” syndrome. […]

Constitution Day

Posted by Baktygul | in Oddities | on August 31st, 2006
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It is not far from KIMEP to the “Republic Square” where on August 30 kazak citizens celebrated their constitution, which was adopted 11 years ago. I was at the square at 10 a.m. to look at all the preparations over there to put the stages for performances. Actually banners and other big sized decorations […]

Medeu Trip

Posted by Baktygul | in Culture | on August 27th, 2006
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I’t s been a while since I wrote last time for neweurasia.net and now happy start back on writing for the blog. I will start it with talking about leasure time while taking a tript to Medeu sport complex at the Alatau mountains. It takes less a half an hour from […]

Soviet Muslims’ shape

Posted by Baktygul | in Domestic Affairs | on December 20th, 2005
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Quickly after the Central Asian States gained independence in the beginning of the 1990s, they started to shape their identities as nation states.
Kazakhstan was not an exception to this and the desire to revive the religious traditions of the past appeared to be obvious.
According to the estimates of Nationmaster stats, 47 percent of […]

How much confined we are

Posted by Baktygul | in Uncategorized | on December 9th, 2005
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Continuing to think about the real situation on what are the chances for better development in Kyrgyzstan one wants t bring about the numbers proving on where we are. Kyrgyzstan is known as agricultural economy where the mountains occupy 95 percent and only 7 has arable land and 44 percent of land is […]

Problems of Education

Posted by Baktygul | in Development, Domestic Affairs | on December 5th, 2005
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It is aleady over 15 years since Soviet Union started to disintegrate, leaving behind eight new independent states in Central Asia and in the Caucasus.
The republics gaining independence in 1991 believed they got it for real. But the reality shows that no country can live on its own, there is always the need […]

Kyrgyzstan in contrast to Kazakhstan

Posted by Baktygul | in Economy | on December 1st, 2005
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Thinking about the economical situation in Central Asia and trying to find out what are the differences and similarities between Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan I’ve come to such the staff as follows.
While searching the information on Kyrgyzstan’s country profile through websites I’ve come across to a catchy description of Kyrgyzstan that said: “No whistles and […]

Kazakhstan is Moving to …

Posted by Baktygul | in Development, Economy | on November 28th, 2005
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After the collapse of the Soviet Union Kazakhstan (among the other former Soviet republics) was still under heavy Russian influence, most importantly in the economic hemisphere.
However, Russia has to think about why Kazakhstan has made a strategic decision to turn east for a cooperation with the Chinese state-owned oil company.
The extraction of oil […]

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