LEADER 02881nam 2200577 450 001 9910810674803321 005 20230721013627.0 010 $a1-4411-9562-9 010 $a1-282-87519-1 010 $a9786612875199 010 $a1-4411-5862-6 035 $a(CKB)2670000000054445 035 $a(EBL)601618 035 $a(OCoLC)676697875 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000423859 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12164634 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000423859 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10468269 035 $a(PQKB)10590096 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC601618 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC5309614 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC6162435 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000054445 100 $a20200717d2009 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aNazarbayev and the making of Kazakhstan /$fJonathan Aitken 210 1$aLondon, England :$cBloomsbury,$d[2009] 210 4$dİ2009 215 $a1 online resource (288 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-4411-5381-0 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aContents; Acknowledgements; Prologue; 1: Ancestry and Childhood; 2: Student and Steelworker; 3: Young Communist, Young Husband, Young Rebel; 4: Climbing the Party Ladder; 5: A Frustrated Prime Minister 1984-1986; 6: December 1986 and its Consequences; 7: The Coup and the Breakup; 8: The Birth Pains of Independence; 9: To Nuclear or Not to Nuclear; 10: New Currency - New Constitution - New Economy; 11: Russia, the Caspian and China; 12: Entering the 21st Century Part I - The Domestic President; 13: Entering the 21st Century Part II - The International President; 14: A Capital Vision; Epilogue 327 $aSource NotesSelect Bibliography; Index 330 $aKazakhstan is colossal in size, complicated in its history, colourful in its culture and is a nation state that most outsiders know little of. Much of the existing narrative revolves around the country's first president, Nursultan Nazarbayev. But his life can only be understood in the context of the land in which he was born, raised and became a leader. For centuries the tribes of Kazakhstan had been plundered and conquered by foreign invaders. The most ruthless of these were the 20th century leaders of the Soviet Union, but after its collapse it was Nazarbayev who emerged as the new President 607 $aKazakhstan$xHistory 607 $aKazakhstan$xPolitics and government$y1991- 607 $aKazakhstan$xEconomic conditions$y1991- 676 $a958.45086092 700 $aAitken$b Jonathan$f1942-$0917544 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910810674803321 996 $aNazarbayev and the making of Kazakhstan$93955342 997 $aUNINA