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After the breakup of the Soviet Union, Kazakhstan found itself as one of the world's largest nuclear powers by dint of having lots of missiles based there. They quickly boxed them up and sent them back to Russia. However, as part of the agreement by which the Russian Federation would still be allowed to use Baikonur Cosmodrome (at a rent cost disputed by both countries), the Kazakhs were given their Buran space shuttles - which were promptly left to rust away. Despite the massive environmental impact of the Cosmodrome, the Semipalatinsk Nuclear Test Site and the Aral Sea, as well as the social impact of the population transfers, several major GULAG camps, the destruction of the traditional nomadic lifestyle and the pervasive neglect of Kazakh-language education in the Soviet times, most Kazakhs hold no grudges against the Russians and [[Nostalgia Filter|have a neutral-to-positive view of their Soviet past]]. This is due in part to the pivotal Soviet role in the formation of a national entity based along the Kazakh ethnic group, along with the region's first literacy and industrialization programs (mirroring those that appeared elsewhere in Soviet Central Asia), alongside the promotion of the first ethnically-Kazakh politicians to the highest seats of government since the region's annexation by the Romanov Monarchy, like Saktagan Baishev (before the Soviet period, all leaders were ethnic Slavs appointed by the Imperial court).
Ultimately, Kazakhstan was the last Soviet Republic to secede from the Union, on the 16th of December, 1991. Since then it has been led by President Nursultan Nazarbayev, whose internal authoritarian policies, tolerance of widespread corruption and rampant election fraud in every election ever held make him resemble a less [[Ax Crazy]] [[Useful Notes/Turkmenistan|Saparmurat Niyazov]] (unlike Niyazov's isolationism, for instance, Nazarbayev's foreign policy is based on having good relations with the USA and Russia). Despite the administrative inefficiency, corruption and usual social issues that accompanied [[The Great Politics Mess
'''Kazakhstan in Media'''
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* [[Roza Rymbaeva]] is a pop singer from Kazakhstan who sings in both Russian and Kazakh.
* [[Timur Bekmambetov]], director of [[Wanted]] and [[Night Watch (Literature)|Night Watch]] films and co-producer of ''[[9 (Animation)|Nine]]''.
* The first stage of ''[[Strider (Video Game)|Strider]]'' is set in a futuristic ([[The Great Politics Mess
* [[Ghost Recon]] 2: Summit Strike takes place in Kazakhstan where the Ghosts must stop terrorists from taking control of the country.
** [[Ghost Recon|GhostRecon: Shadow Wars]] is also set there.
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