Kazakhstan was established as the republic of kazakhstan in december 1991. The cjuntry is the second largest of the former soviet republics with a total land area of over 2.724 million sqare kilometres/ this country shares its border with the Russian Federation to the north and north-west; to the east with China and to the south with the central Asian republics of Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan.
Kazakhstan's largest city is Almaty. the capital city is Astana. the country is rich with mineral resources such as copper,gold,iron,lead,nickel,silver,tin,uranium and zink with deposits of oil and natural gas.