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Kazakhstan
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10 Tenge, 1993
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Front: Chokan Valichanov (1835-1865), scientist
Valichanov was educated in a military college in Russia. At the age of 18 he
became an aide-de-camp of the Governor of the South Siberia. He started his
scientific career when he went to Kyrgyzstan in 1856. In 1859, at the age of 24,
he was admitted to the prestigious Russian Geographical Society. He wrote more
than 50 scientific investigative works, which are collected in 5-volumes.
Back: Landscape of Ok Zhetpes mountains
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20 Tenge, 1993
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Front: Abai Kunanbaev (1845-1904), Kazakh poet, composer, and philosopher
Kunanbaev was born in Karaul, the son of a well-off feudal lord. He studied
the writings of Mikhail Lermontov and Aleksandr Pushkin in a Russian school.
Kunanbaev is famous for his poetry, which expresses great nationalism grew
out of Kazakh folk culture.
Back: Equestrian hunter
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50 Tenge, 1993
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Front: Abulkhair Khan (1428-1468), leader of the Uzbek confederation
Back: Native artwork
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Kazakhstan, bordered by Russia, China, Uzbekistan and the Caspian Sea, was
Kazakhstan Soviet Socialist Republic of the U.S.S.R. Became independent in 1991.
For a more detailed
country profile, see CIA World Factbook on Kazakhstan.
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