Kazakhstan

Please briefly elaborate on one of your extracurricular activities or work experiences (max 150 words) When I was five years old, my Dad and I would head to ЦСКА, a local Ukrainian park, and hit tennis balls against the wall. I quickly realized how controlled hitting–to avoid the ball flying over the wall–could be a useful strategy. In Moldova, I trained at a local tennis facility with Olga, a motivated Russian coach who taught me how to win through consistency rather than the…

research and focus on sexism towards women. I found an article by The Guardian stating how the International Day of the Girl showed the intense inequality girls receive. The author, who wasn’t stated, stated that” the United States ranks lower than Kazakhstan and Algeria in gender inequality.” (Anon., 2016). If I were to analyze my article with both the theories, I can say that they would share the similarity of urging an equal pay within economical aspect of society. Social Interactionism…

A relatively small area within Russia, Chechnya lies in the southernmost part of Eastern Europe within the North Caucasus, a region with a variety of nationalities and languages that has repeatedly voiced discontent with central governments in Moscow. Given the low number of Russians in the region (less than 2% in the 2010 census), high opposition to federal rule, and rise of Islamic radicalism within the republic, it is puzzling as to why Russia has had extensive military intervention in…

Energy is in the centre of the economic development of every country or region. It sets into motion and feeds factories, government buildings and offices, schools and hospitals. It warms up homes and keeps perishable foods cold. Its importance explains the shown complexity. Energy is source of wealth and competition, base for political controversies and technological investments, and also core of memorable challenges for our global environment. Energy is essential for development. Securing…

Sitting around the table as the sounds of laughter and joy and the smells of home-cooking and sugary goodness wafts throughout the air, the feeling of love and closeness surrounds you. The family is together for that Sunday dinner waiting on the one thing that will tie an awesome weekend together, dessert. What’s for dessert? Why apple pie of course! Nothing screams American family more than apple pie. According to My mother, she cooks apple pies when she wants the family to be together. But…

take a decade until Chinese shale gas flows to market. Therefore, it’s reasonable to expect Asia will continue importing roughly 40% of its gas (roughly half is from in-region) and may become increasingly dependent on supplies from Central Asia (Kazakhstan), the Middle East and Western Africa. (Mitchell, 2012) Europe – Market Maturity Europe contains a well-developed natural gas market which is considered open, although the lack of a uniform natural gas financial and legal framework for…

1. Russia is one of the world 's richest countries in raw materials, many of which are significant inputs for an industrial economy. According to Igor Booth of Institute of Modern Russia, Russia accounts for roughly 20% of the world 's production of natural gas and oil and control enormous reserves of both fuels. This abundance has made Russia virtually self-sufficient in energy and a large-scale exporter of fuels. Russia possesses bountiful reserves of manganese, nickel, iron ore, platinum,…

Why did they tease them? There were some boys in my school from Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan. They had darker skin and their eye where different than ours. I never teased, but one of my classmates thought it was funny and called them “black ass.” If I was to say something like that, my parents would have grounded me for a long time. But then, while I could see that they looked different I could not make a connection between them and the names they were called. At that time, I did not understand my…

Disciplining Modern Turkey: Historiographical analysis of the Ideology of Mustafa Kemal “Atatürk” The longevity of the Ottoman Empire is undeniable. From its beginnings in 1299 to its end in 1922 the Ottomans were one of the world’s longest functioning empires, with its geography reaching to large parts of Africa, Asia, and Arabia. Though the Ottoman’s lasted seven centuries, the empire was in an increasing state of tortuous decline beginning in the sixteenth century. This decline was inflicted…

personal cars. The fast enlargement of citizens leads to increasing number of cars. Thus, statistic, provided The World Bank, says that the number of motor vehicles per 1000 people in 2011 in the USA was 786, whereas the year earlier it was 782. In Kazakhstan the difference in number of cars per 1000 people is more apprehensive, so in 2011 – 246 cars, however in 2010 the quantity was 219. As the population in big towns continiue to increase, the number of vehicles grows too, due to this fact it…