CIS, Commonwealth of Independent States - an alliance made up of states that had been Soviet Socialist Republics in the Soviet Union prior to its dissolution in Dec 1991

Asian country, Asian nation - countries occupying the Asian continent

Alma-Ata, Almaty - the largest city in Kazakhstan and the capital until 1998

Asia - the largest continent with 60% of the earth's population; it is joined to Europe on the west to form Eurasia; it is the site of some of the world's earliest civilizations

Kazakhstani - a native or inhabitant of Kazakhstan