Kazakhstan, also spelled Kazakstan (Kazakh: Қазақстан, ''Qazaqstan'', IPA: ; Russian: Казахстан, ''Kazakhstán'', IPA ), officially the Republic of Kazakhstan, is a country that stretches over a vast expanse of northern and central Eurasia. Its territory of 2,717,300 km² (bigger than Western Europe), the ninth largest in the world, is partially located to the west of the (...)   read more in wikipedia ...