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Astana, Kazakhstan,Kazakhstan declared independence out of the ashes of the former Soviet Union in 1991. Flush with oil money, the government took only four years to decide it wanted to move the capital from the largest city of Almaty, to the historical city of Tselinograd, which was renamed Astana. Formally incorporated in 1961, Tselinograd has had a lot of people living there throughout the century, but not always on their own accord; it was once home to one of the most notorious Gulags in the old Soviet Union.Since Astana was named the capital of Kazakhstan, the population has soared from 250,000 to 700,000, and the skyline has changed from dreary cold war gray to that of a modern metropolis.
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Astana, Kazakhstan,Kazakhstan declared independence out of the ashes of the former Soviet Union in 1991. Flush with oil money, the government took only four years to decide it wanted to move the capital from the largest city of Almaty, to the historical city of Tselinograd, which was renamed Astana. Formally incorporated in 1961, Tselinograd has had a lot of people living there throughout the century, but not always on their own accord; it was once home to one of the most notorious Gulags in the old Soviet Union.Since Astana was named the capital of Kazakhstan, the population has soared from 250,000 to 700,000, and the skyline has changed from dreary cold war gray to that of a modern metropolis.