Agriculture—Central Asia
The five Central Asian republics (CARs: Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, and Turkmenistan) were prime suppliers of agricultural products, metals, and min...
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Central Asia—China Relations
Following the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991, China faced the challenge of managing bilateral relations with the newly independent Central Asian states. The i...
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Central Asia—Russia Relations
Political, cultural, and military clashes have strongly affected Central Asia–Russia relations. In the nineteenth century, Russia tried to put the territori...
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Central Asian Languages
An enormous number of languages are spoken by the various ethnic groups that inhabit Central Asia. Turkic languages, which belong to the Altaic family of world languages, are t...
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Communism—Central Asia
The application of Communist ideology to the Central Asian environment was always a difficult undertaking. Throughout much of the Soviet Union's history, efforts w...
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Dance—Central Asia
Located at the heart of the great Silk Road, Central Asia is crossed by an ancient network of caravan routes that linked China with the Mediterranean. The dances of the regio...
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Fine Arts—Central Asia
The art of Central Asia has always been the consequence of the contacts of local cultures with neighboring great civilizations. Being at the crossroads of the Persian, He...
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Literature—Central Asia
It is difficult to imagine Central Asia without literature. Of the epic literature and poetry produced by numerous Central Asian ethnic groups, scholars are most familia...
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Syr Dar'ya
At approximately 2,200 kilometers in length, the Syr Dar'ya (Jaxartes and Sayhun) is Central Asia's second-longest river after the Amu Dar'ya. It derives most of...
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Berlin (dpa) - The European Union intends to step up its
commitment to Central Asia, German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter
Steinmeier told his counterparts from Kazakhstan, K...
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Berlin (dpa) - The Aga Khan, spiritual leader of the Ismaili
branch of Islam, called Tuesday for increased trade and international
investment in Central Asia.
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Luxembourg (dpa) - The European Union on Monday vowed to push for
stronger links with energy-rich countries in Central Asia in a bid to
slash the bloc's energy dependence on...
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Geneva (dpa) - Millions of citizens across Eastern Europe and
Central Asia were surviving on less than 2 US dollars a day despite
healthy economic growth in the region, acco...
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Berlin (dpa) - Germany and Japan want to work together for
stability in Central Asia, German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter
Steinmeier said Tuesday in Berlin.
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Berlin (dpa) - German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier met
his counterparts from five Central Asian states on Saturday to
outline the European Union's strategy for a...
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BEIJING, Oct 29 (Reuters) - Fighting militancy and boosting
energy cooperation between China, Russia and Central Asia will
top the agenda at a summit in Uzbekistan later this week, a
senior Chines...
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The driver of the 18-wheel tractor-trailer from China idling at the Kazakhstan-China border said apples were the cargo he brought to Almaty, Kazakhstan's booming commercial center.For Kazakhs, ther...
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Russia announced a deal Saturday to dramatically increase the amount of natural gas it moves from Central Asia to Europe, a key victory in a growing rivalry with the West for the region's vast ener...
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Agriculture—Central Asia
ROUNDUP: Germany briefs Central Asia on new EU partnership
