Outside Astana, there once stood the ALZHIR camp, a Russian acronym for the Akmolinskii Camp for Wives of Traitors of the Motherland, one of the most notorious in the Gulag archipelago, which was reserved for the spouses of those considered " enemies of the people " by the government under Joseph Stalin.

Akhmetov met with Rustam Minnikhanov, the Prime Minister of the Russian republic of Tatarstan, in Astana, Kazakhstan on 13 October 2006.

Lufthansa Cargo used to operate a hub for intra-Asian flights at Astana International Airport in Kazakhstan, but was forced to relocate it to Yemelyanovo Airport in Russia in 2007, because otherwise the airline would have been banned from entering Russian airspace, in what was described as an act of economic blackmailing by the Russian authorities.

It is located 350 km northeast of the national capital Astana, and 400 km southeast of the Russian city of Omsk along the Irtysh River.

Climatically, Astana is the second coldest capital in the world after Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, a position formerly held by Canada's capital, Ottawa, until Astana became the capital.

RSE State Air Company Berkut ", commonly known as Berkut, is an airline based in Astana, Kazakhstan, operating Government charter flights out of Astana International Airport.

The word Astana in Kazakh literally means Capital but the word itself originates from Persian Astane ( means " sublime threshold ," " royal porte " implying a royal capital city or a holy shrine town, ( from the Persian verb Istadan ( آستان ) ' to stand ' ( in respect )), and literally means " threshold " ( royal or sacred, where people stand in respect or awe ), implying where the court is seated ( the capital city ) or the body of a sacred person is interred ( a shrine town ).

Astana stepped in to sponsor the team, and during the second half of the season, Vinokourov won the Vuelta a España while riding for the renamed Team Astana, and his Kazakh teammate Andrey Kashechkin finished third.

After playing for Kazakh Premier League side FC Astana in 2008, he retired from playing.

Ballot boxes, Kazakh flag and state seal in an Astana polling place before the 2007 legislative elections.

Along with all other commercial Kazakh airlines with the exception of Air Astana, it was banned from entering EU airspace in April 2009, due to the poor maintenance standards in the country.

Rawle Junior Kalomo Marshall ( born February 20, 1982 ) is a Guyanese-American professional basketball player for BC Astana of the Kazakh National League.

As an indication of his popularity, the Kazakh president Nursultan Nazarbayev ordered the L. N. Gumilev Eurasian University ( Евразийский Национальный университет имени Л. Н. Гумилёва ) to be erected just opposite his own palace on the central square of the new Kazakh capital, Astana.

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* Anatoly Bose, guard / forward for BC Astana

* 2012 World Rapid Chess Championships ( Astana ) 11½ / 15

* Aqmola Province, the Province of Kazakhstan where Astana is located.

The new name, Astana, was bestowed in 1998.

Since 1998, the Ishim River in Astana has been actively managed, for flood management and maintaining water level, in order to provide for recreational use and ensure the showpiece appearance.

Currently ( 2008 ), the line is used by direct passenger service from Urumqi in China's Xinjiang to Almaty and Astana in Kazakhstan ..

Overall, Astana has a humid continental climate ( Köppen climate classification Dfb ), bordering on a semi-arid climate ( Köppen climate classification BSk ), with exceptionally cold winters and warm summers.

Streets in Yerevan, Moscow (: ru: Улица Хачатуряна ( Москва ) ), Simferopol, Ukraine and Astana, Kazakhstan are named after Khachaturian.

It has a population of 330, 100 ( 1999 census ), up 9 % from 1989, making it one of the fastest-growing cities in the country, after Astana and Türkistan.

The caravan way passed through the city to the north-through Akmolinsk ( Astana ) and Petropavlovsk ( Petropavl ), to Omsk.

Aktobe maintains daily international rail service with Moscow ( via Saratov ), Bishkek, and Tashkent, as well as daily domestic service to Aktau, Atyrau, Almaty and Astana.

The station also hosts several international trains, and the most distant cities reached are Novosibirsk ( Russia ) and Astana ( Kazakhstan ), with an express named " Sibirjak ".

On June 16, 1979, demonstrators in Tselinograd ( Astana ) protested this proposal.

* Cuba has an embassy in Astana.

Azerbaijan has an embassy in Astana.

* Turkmenistan has an embassy in Astana.

* Turkmenistan has an embassy in Astana.

As of July 1, 2010, Astana has a population density of 958 people per square kilometre and a population of about 705, 897, of which Kazakhs, Russians, Ukrainians, Tatars and Germans make up 65. 2 %, 23. 8 %, 2. 9 %, 1. 7 %, 1. 5 % respectively.

It is dammed downstream of central Astana, keeping its level higher than it otherwise would be most of the time, while the river bottom has been made deeper, in order to let flood waters through faster.

The 5th GA of the ICAPP was planned to be held in Islamabad, Pakistan, ostensibly hosted by the governing party the Pakistan Peoples Party, from 24 to 26 October 2008, but has been changed to be hosted in Astana, Kazakhstan from 24 to 26 September 2009.

Kenes Rakishev, a 29-year-old Kazakhstan businessman who calls himself a ' friend ' of Prince Andrew, has admitted negotiating the deal with the help of his father-in-law Imangali Tasmagambetov, the mayor of Astana ; but insists neither of them is the owner.

As of July 2010, CPPK has 1, 868 primary party organizations, 178 district committees, 33 city committees and 14 regional committees as well as 2 city committees in the cities of national importance ( Astana and Almaty ).

In central Astana, near the city park, there is now a public beach and pedalo boat rental ; meanwhile, if the river had not been dammed, " citizens would have been able to walk across it ".

An institute and avenue in Almaty have been named after him as well as an avenue in downtown Astana.

Following confirmation that Vinokourov's B-sample had also tested positive, the Astana Team announced that he had been sacked with immediate effect.

The capital ( Astana ) was home of a lot of Huns and Saka.

* December 10 – The capital of Kazakhstan is moved from Almaty to Astana.

* Astana, the capital of Kazakhstan.

In 2002, pipelines were constructed to supply water from the canal to the Ishim River and Kazakhstan's capital, Astana.

The upper course of the Ishim passes through Astana, the capital of Kazakhstan.

According to the President of Kazakhstan, Nursultan Nazarbayev, Astana was chosen as the capital in part due to the presence of the river.

Despite losing its status as the capital to Astana in 1997, Almaty remains the major commercial and cultural centre of Kazakhstan.

In 1997, the capital was moved to Astana.

In 1997 the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev approved the Decree to transfer the capital from Almaty to Astana.

Several of the world's capital cities are planned cities, including Washington, D. C., in the United States, Canberra in Australia, Brasília in Brazil, Belmopan in Belize, New Delhi in India, Abuja in Nigeria, Astana in Kazakhstan, Naypyidaw in Burma, and Islamabad in Pakistan.

A second school, in the capital Astana, was opened in September 2011.

Following the successful foundation of Haileybury Almaty, a similar school under the auspices of Haileybury was planned to be built in Astana, the capital city of Kazakhstan.

It currently competes with the national conservatoire in Astana, Kazakhstans capital.

In 2009 Aerosvit launched an additional scheduled flight to Kazakhstan, this time to the country's new capital Astana.

Astana () is a professional road bicycle racing team sponsored by the Astana group, a coalition of state-owned companies from Kazakhstan and named after its capital city Astana.