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AS SEEN ON RICHARD AND JUDY. The only thing most people know about Kazakhstan is that homeland to Borat - and he isn't even real. Actually this vast place - the last unknown inhabited country in the world - is far more surprising and entertaining. For one thing, it is as varied as Europe, combining stupendous wealth, grinding poverty, exotic traditions and a mad dash for modernity. Crisscrossing a vanished land, Christopher Robbins finds Eminem by a shrinking Aral Sea, goes eagle-hunting by helicopter, visits the scene of Dostoyevsky's doomed first love, takes up residence beside one-time neighbour Leon Trotsky and visits some of the most beautiful, unspoilt places on earth.
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In Search of Kazakhstan, Christopher Robbins
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- Released
- 2007
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- Title
- In Search of Kazakhstan
- Subtitle
- The Land that Disappeared
- Language
- English
- Authors
- Christopher Robbins
- Publisher
- Profile Books
- Released
- 2007
- Format
- Paperback
- Pages
- 296
- ISBN10
- 1861978685
- ISBN13
- 9781861978684
- Series
- Tags
- Non-Fiction, Historical Themes, Maps & Travel, True Stories, Biographies, History, Travel, Adventure, Autobiographies & Memoirs, Travel Guides, Russia, Asia, Central Asia, Kazakhstan
- First published
- 2007
- Original title
- In Search of Kazakhstan
- Rating
- 4 out of 5
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- AS SEEN ON RICHARD AND JUDY. The only thing most people know about Kazakhstan is that homeland to Borat - and he isn't even real. Actually this vast place - the last unknown inhabited country in the world - is far more surprising and entertaining. For one thing, it is as varied as Europe, combining stupendous wealth, grinding poverty, exotic traditions and a mad dash for modernity. Crisscrossing a vanished land, Christopher Robbins finds Eminem by a shrinking Aral Sea, goes eagle-hunting by helicopter, visits the scene of Dostoyevsky's doomed first love, takes up residence beside one-time neighbour Leon Trotsky and visits some of the most beautiful, unspoilt places on earth.