Kazakhstan Photo: Rugged Landscape
Photo: Kazakhstan
Photograph by Christopher Herwig/Getty Images
Kazakhstan's arid lands and rugged peaks are home to over a hundred different ethnic groups. The former Soviet republic is rich in oil and gas reserves.
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