– Uncle Marat. Why do you listen to old songs? What is good about them? I do not even understand what they are about.
– Try to listen, my nephew. If you do not understand, I will explain.
Listen to this:
“Circular bail smears like soot.”
You recently entered the …
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Recently an acquaintance went to her small Motherland – to one of the regional centers of Kazakhstan.
She got there on a celebration; her relatives celebrated the enrolment of a son in the first grade. It was not a wedding, not an anniversary. Simply, the son goes to school.
But in what a grandiose …
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In a secular, democratic state, which we call ourselves, religion is separated from the state, citizens have freedom of religion, all faiths are equal.
These are fundamental principles.
But in everyday life, the boundary between what is permitted and forbidden to draw is very difficult. It is often not prescribed in laws, but exists …
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Everybody knows the history of St. George ribbons. The Order of St. George was established in 1769 to reward the Russian military in the war with Turkey. Then, in the Soviet Union it was canceled, and in 2000, Russia restored it.
The Guards ribbon was established in 1942 to designate guards units, formations and ships that …
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Do we need to celebrate Victory Day?
I think that it is necessary. On that day, the Second World War and the Great Patriotic War ended with a defeat of fascism.
One nation, drugged by a charismatic leader, imagines that it is smarter, stronger, more cultured than everyone else, and can rule the …
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Recently I bought a watch that suits me completely.
Firstly, it has hands for hours, minutes, seconds. And they are large and well visible on the dial. Moreover, they are phosphoric, so they are visible even in the dark. My previous watch was with thin white gold hands. They looked impressive, but weren’t clearly seen against …
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As a child, I lived in an apartment building. Each of these buildings had its own yard and its own company of boys.
I remember a boy living in one yard. I think his name was Nurlan. He was stronger and larger than his peers, and he was a bully. He kept the whole yard in …
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As it happens, in 2017 I lived in South Korea for about a month.
What do I want to say?
It is a typical Asian country with a distinctive eastern mentality. Here the elder are venerated, the family values are strong, the collective is considered more important than the personal, the mores are not …
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The switch of Kazakhstan to the Latin alphabet has caused many controversies in the Kazakhstani society.
Let’s try to understand this issue as objectively as possible, without emotion.
What are the arguments for the switch to the Latin alphabet?
First is the rapprochement of Kazakhstan with the world community, in which the …
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Recently, I selected candidates for the vacant position.
I noticed such statistics. Only 20 percent of those who were denied the job, found the strength to adequately say goodbye. That is, to my letter with regret that they did not pass the interview and good luck in the future, only one out of five politely answered …
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