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<p>Posted by <b><!--poster-->Hans-Werner Hatting</b>
on <!--date-->15:08 4/22/02
<p>In reply to: <a href="363.html">Questions re: Historical Atlas and others</a> posted by Glenn Kempf</b> on 19:30 4/21/02
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Salem Mark & Glenn,
<p>this is really getting off-topic...
<p>I've been working in Kazakhstan for four years, and my wife is Kazakh. I
would subscribe to everything Glenn has said. E.g., language skills - most
Kazakhs in Almaty (the former capital and the major center) know their own
language only very rudimentary. I remember that we had to hand some forms to
the National Bank, and they demanded that we fill them in Kazakh. We went
through the pains, paying a translator for it, and then they came back and
asked whether we could also provide them a Russian translation - the Kazakh
version was just to fulfill the official language requirements, but they
were only able actually to work with the Russian form.
<p>It's great to see that someone is interested in Kazakhstan - normally people
always think it's just a part of Russia!
<p>Sau bol,
<br>Hans-Werner Hatting
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