September 2010|1 - KazEnergy

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These days KazaKhsTan is well-Known globally for iTs huge oil and gas reserves.
however, KazaKhsTan has one more miracle: The new capiTal of The counTry,
asTana ciTy, which is undoubTedly one of The largesT projecTs on The conTinenT.
asTana has recenTly held a lavish celebraTion To marK iTs 12Th anniversary as The
naTional capiTal.
It is well known that in the mid-nineties, the President of Kazakhstan
Nursultan Nazarbayev made a wise and unexpected but significant decision – to move the capital
from Almaty in the South to the very heart of the country, to a then provincial city Akmola.
Within a short period of time, Astana, as Akmola was renamed afterwards, became the centre of
economic, political and cultural life of Kazakhstan.
Astana is already a “golden page” in the history of the young independent nation of Kazakhstan.