Tell me about Kazakhstan /his/
>>357561
It's the rightful successor to the Golden Horde.
>>357561
Borat
>>357561
Once the homeland of nomadic Iranians such as Scythians and Sarmatians .
>>357807
in what way?
>>357561
Russia needs to annex it.
>>357859
In every single way.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kazakh_Khanate
>>357860
Its a mostly Islamic country though
qt central of the world ???
>>357851
Pretty sure they lived in what's now Ukrainian steppes and close to that, though. Maybe they migrated from Kazakhstan to there, of course.
Semi-relevent in ye olde days because of the Silk Road, since the Silk Road became irrelevant those central Asian shitholes became just a collection of primitives riding around on horses, until recently when Russians discovered there's oil and gas there.
Also like 40% of modern Kazakhstan is either Russian or at least Russian speaking.
>>357872
Shouldn't matter. Russia doesn't have much of a problem with its Muslims.
>inb4 Chechnya
>>357882
Most Muslims in Russia begrudgingly accept Russian rule, they would split if they had the chance.
>>357894
Most Muslims in Russia are Tatars, and they are long integrated into the national identity. Caucasian Muslims are the ones who are begrudging.
>>357561
based turks
>>357877
The term scythian was often used in ancient greece (and often in modern historiography thanks to the greeks) as a buzzword for pretty much all the nomadic iranians, who lived from modern Moldova to the borders of Modern China, including pretty much all central asia except for the parts of it that were inhabited by settled and not nomadic iranians.
,>>357561
Greatest country in the world
>>357561
WHY DOES HE WEAR THE MASK
>>357561
They have best potassium
>>357561
A once desolate land colonized by various, and apparently pale a snow with blonde hair and sky blue eyes (if every other his/torian is to be believed), tribes like the Scythians and Sarmatians. Eventually more and more people began moving into the region as "civilized" parts of the world began sending colonies into new regions. They also displaced other savages that ended up in Central Asia.
Hunnic hordes came from the region. Other tribes of nomads also originated from there, or at the very least moved through and recruited heavily from the tribes there.
Mongolian hordes settled there during and after their expansion. >>357807 speaks truth to the matter. Once Islam took hold there after centuries of trade contact, it took root there. Russian expansion in the later centuries saw Slavic, Orthodox control over a vast Turkic, Islamic region. This region retained their various khans during Russian control. They barely modernized while receiving Slavic settlers and governors. Communism did not help their case once the Tsar was ousted in the 20th century.
Communist control saw a vast change in the way of life for these steppe people. Collectivized farming spread across vast regions where agriculture is either impossible or required vast amounts of outside water (see the Aral Sea for reference... more like the Aral Swamp nowadays).
Once the muh union fell, the Central Asian peoples joined in the voice for independence from the soon to form Russia. Kazakhstan got vast tracks of land, most of which was already theirs in the past. They held some nuclear arms thanks to their past existence as a socialist republic in muh union. Economic problems quickly arose for a large part, but not all, of the population as the Kazakh currency held low worth in the world. Today, the Republic is actually doing well.
tl;dr ye olde horse niggers were absorbed by other horse niggers that eventually converted to Islam. Russia took them into the fold, leaving us with Kazakhstan today.
>>357561
they influence the Goths, who went on to take large portions of Europe. One could say that Kazakhstan's ancestors helped shape modern Europe
>>360474
Sarmatians are not among the ancestors of the Kazakhs. The ancestors of the kazakhs killed and expulsed the sarmatians and other peoples like them, erasing them from the pages of history.
>>360019
false
Kazahstan is best Stan. So much so that the government is considering dropping the "-stan" part of the name because they don't want to be lumped in with the other shitholes.
>>360474
What's this book with all these cool illustrations? I need it for reasons.
