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Chapters: Dostyk, Chemolgan, Balpyk Bi, Bakanas, Abay, Almaty, Kegen, Alatau, Kazakhstan, Alga, Kazakhstan, Talgar District, Karasay District, Chundzha, Dzerzhinskoe, Ekinshi Beszhyldyq, Esik, Aktas, Aleksandrovka, Kazakhstan, Dzhanek, Dvenadtsatogo Dekabrya, Dzhansugirov, Energeticheskiy, Cherkasskoe, Artel' Vostok, Dmitrievka, Bazarkel'dy, Arasan, Kazakhstan, Birlik, Kazakhstan, Dyusen', Amangel'dy, Enbekshi, Ekpindi, Aydarly, Ashchybulak, Ashchibulak, Bel'bulak, Ekiasha, Elaman, Bereke, Kazakhstan, Chilik, Baganashyl, Altynemel, Fabrichnyy, Balatopar, Basqynshy, Bozinggen, Azat, Kazakhstan, Baltabay, Burunday, Chapayevo, Aynabulaq, Baybulak, Bezvodnyy, Alghabas, Baqbaqty, Bayserka, Bayserke, Boralday, Algabas, Ali, Kazakhstan, Aktyube, Aqbalyq, Balasaz, Arkabay, Arqarly, Beskol, Aqtam, Aqkol, Aqshi, Aqzhar, Avat, Baqanas, Frunze, Kazakhstan, Aqdala, Alakol District, Enbekshikazakh District, Eskeldi District, Koksu District, Panfilov District, Kazakhstan, Sarkand District, Ile District, Kazakhstan, Akbulak, Kazakhstan, Zhambyl District, Almaty Province, Aksu, Almaty, Aksengir, Kerbulak District, Akkaynar, Akdala, Raiymbek District, Aktuma, Akozek, Akshiy, Karatal District, Balkhash District, Uygur District, Aksu District, Almaty Province, Malovodnoye, Almaty, Yevgenyevka, Yanaturmysh. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 205. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Dostyk -The agreement between the Soviet Union and the PRC to connect Kazakhstan with Western China by rail was achieved in 1954. On the Soviet side, the railway reached the border town of Druzhba (Dostyk) (whose names, both Russian and Kazakh, mean 'friendship' in each respective language) in 1959. On the Chinese side, however, the westward construction of the Lanzhou-Xinjiang railway was stopped once it reached Urumqi in 196...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=7026603 ... Read more

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