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Astana is the second-coldest national capital in the world after Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, a position formerly held by Canada's capital, Ottawa, until Astana attained capital city status in 1997. [ 47 ] [ 48 ] Astana has an extreme continental climate with warm summers (featuring occasional brief rain showers) and long, very cold, dry winters.
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The Lenin monument was moved to another location in 1991. In 1997, the square was renamed once again to honor the newly established capital of Kazakhstan, Astana. In September 2017, the reconstruction of the square was completed, which resulted in the reduction ox the lanes and the creation of bicycle paths. [5]
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July 6 is now celebrated in Kazakhstan as Capital City Day. On September 15, 1995, Nazarbayev issued a decree with the force of law On the Capital of the Republic of Kazakhstan, establishing a State Commission to coordinate the relocation of higher and central government bodies to Akmola, headed by Nikolai Makeyevskiy. The government of ...
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Kazakhstan, [d] officially the Republic of Kazakhstan, [e] is a landlocked country primarily in Central Asia, with a small portion situated in Eastern Europe. [f] It borders Russia to the north and west, China to the east, Kyrgyzstan to the southeast, Uzbekistan to the south, and Turkmenistan to the southwest, with a coastline along the Caspian Sea.
Baiterek (Kazakh: Бәйтерек, romanized: Bäiterek; "tall poplar tree") is a monument and observation tower in Astana, the capital city of Kazakhstan.A tourist attraction popular with foreign visitors and Kazakhs, it is emblematic of the city, which became capital of the country in 1997.