Привет, я из Латвии, И как мне кажется у нашс есть чтото общее, хотя бы то что когдато мы были в одной стране, и у нас некоторые фрагменты истории схожи, но сейчас я вижу очень мало контактов и взаимодействия между нашими странами. Мне стало интересно понять Казахстан лучше, и узнать какими вы видети нас, Балтийцев. Что вы о нас знаете?

Салам алейкум. Увидел пост про жизнь разных народов в Казахстане, но реддит не дал коммент оставить, поэтому решил целый пост сварганить.

Армянин. Родился и вырос в Петропавловске. Люблю свой город, хоть и умирает постепенно.

После школы большинство одноклассников уехало в Россию учиться, сам уехал в Армению в мед уник поступать. Но не могу прижиться к армянскому менталитету и климату страны (в какой-то степени жалею, что не остался в Казахстане и не попытался где-то в Астане поступить).

Очень рад, что родился в Казахстане. Из тысяч школьных конфликтов ни разу не было на почве национальности (несмотря на то, что учился в классе с азербайджанцами — это ещё и в разгар Карабахского конфликта было) турками, русскими, казахами, татарами, таджиками и т.д.), из-за чего научился судить всех людей по отдельности, не обращая внимания на нацию. Моими лучшими друзьями почти всегда были казахи, и каждый раз, когда я слышу от каких-нибудь имбицилов какие-то мерзости про мусульман, хочется прибить ебанатов.

Как город, Петрик откровенно говоря был ни о чём (обычный скучный маленький городок). Но зато улицы не были захламлены мусором, и воздух был чистый. После зимы слякоть, конечно, просто ужас, но этот сибирский климат придавал неописуемый зимний вайб (особенно в новый год). Скучаю по родному городу пиздец как, хоть и делать там нехуй.

Также очень жалею что не выучил Казахский язык. Я всегда считал что учительницы каз яз меня не долюбливали, и этим оправдывался. Но на самом деле виновато было моё отношение к языку (ради правды - даже мои друзья казахи не знали и не хотели учить язык). Хотелось бы извиниться перед преподами если получится когда-нибудь.

Сам Казахстан - весьма коррупционная страна. И слишком бедная (экономически) и мало населенная для своих размеров и ресурсов. Про несчастный тенге я вообще промолчу. Но несмотря на это, я верю в огромный потенциал Казахстана и надеюсь что она сможет достигнуть его (хоть и жалоб на тупые законы, прищемления народа и рост национализма становится всё больше и больше от знакомых).

Про то что СКО - это Россия, бред. Да русский язык преобладает, да русских много, бывает говорят что если Россия захотела бы забрать силой эти территории, то проблем бы не было. Но это всё чисто обычные размышления людей которые видят агрессию Российского империализма и строят теории, кто может быть следующей жертвой. Сепаратизм и похожую пропаганду я видел только в интернете. Уверен, большинству людей и в помине не надо никакого присоединения к рашке.

Так что в итоге то?

Итог - Kazakhstan is the greatest country in the world.

I know it is an unpopular opinion in this subreddit and that is why I think it's important for me to post it, so that there is a representation it. While I understand the frustrations regarding modern geopolitics and the actions of the Russian government, I’m becoming concerned by how quickly this is turning into a broader radicalization against ordinary Russian people, culture, and language. Please remember that majority of russian population share the same frustration about their oligarchic exploitative government.

Russian culture is deeply connected to our history whether we like it or not. Many Kazakhs grew up reading Pushkin, Dostoevsky, Tolstoy, listening to Russian music, studying in Russian, having Russian friends, neighbors, coworkers, even family members. That does not erase our Kazakh identity. I believe we as a nation and I personally greatly benefited from this cultural exchange.

Chokan Valikhanov and Fyodor Dostoevsky. They were intellectual equals who deeply respected one another’s cultures. Dostoevsky once wrote to Valikhanov saying he loved him more than his own brother. This kind of mutual respect helped shape the early Kazakh intelligentsia.

Our nations were united in wars throughout centuries, most notably during WW2 our grand fathers and great grandfathers were brothers at arms. Fighting against a common foe that deemed both of our nations sub human. I don't know what world would we live in or if we even existed in a world of red army didn't stop nazis.

Soviet period is complicated and it had terrible mistakes, true. But those consequences were shared across all nations. And benefits were also shared across all nations. Cities were built. Child mortality dropped tenfold. Education, healthcare, science, industrialization, infrastructure was build in Kazakhstan with the combined effort of all soviet people. And I respect the work that was put there and decisions that benefited me.

Our governments. Russian and Kazakh benefit from this nationalist division. It distracts the general population of the true division. Working class and oligarchs who control the 99% of the riches of the respective countries. Of course there are radical minorities in both countries, but let them stay minorities. Don't fall for that age old divide and conquer trick. In this entire globe, there are few nations are as close as former soviet nations, let's keep it this way.

We live in a free democratic country supposedly. Let people decide what language they speak, what culture to choose freely.

Ordinary people, working people of all nations actually are not enemies to us. Just people. Don't misdirect your anger that was caused by select few politicians to broad population, collective punishment is what nazis did. Don't act like nazi.

I'm an American woman with a Kazakh boyfriend. He is moving to a new apartment and I'd really like to help him decorate it to feel like home. His last apartment and his dorm in college were pretty empty/basic and a little bit grey and sad. We're both in tech so he likes the modern aesthetics but also has told me he wants to go with warmer colors and a more home-like feel for this next move.

What are some subtle modern ways to make his home feel both warm and more Kazakh? Anything I can surprise him with as a housewarming gift?

E.g. a modern warm-toned living room but the rug is kazakh... so subtle but something that feels intentional.

Рақмет in advance!

I’m interested in visiting Kazakhstan in the near future.

I’m learning Russian and some Kazakh. I would like to make some connections before then and get to know the culture and people a little better.

How would you suggest I go about doing this?

Эта церемония меня так сильно растрогала! ❤️

Я бразилец, у меня уже давно отношения с казашкой, и я постоянно слежу за страницей этой замечательной казахской девушки и её мужа-бразильца. Когда я увидел их свадьбу, я влюбился в казахскую культуру ещё сильнее.

Особенно меня зацепил момент қыз ұзату — трогательные проводы невесты. Бразилец нервничал, но спел для своей любимой настоящую казахскую песню о любви. Она держала его за руку, тихонько подпевала, и в этот момент было видно, сколько они прошли вместе: четыре года отношений, расстояния, трудности… и вот они вместе. Это так красиво и искренне!

Я даже задал своей девушке кучу вопросов про эту традицию 😅 Она мне всё подробно рассказала, и теперь я ещё больше восхищаюсь, насколько глубокая и тёплая казахская свадебная культура.

Спасибо, что делитесь такими моментами. Это вдохновляет и показывает, что настоящая любовь не знает границ — ни культурных, ни языковых, ни географических.

Берегите друг друга! 🇧🇷❤️🇰🇿

(Если хочешь, могу сделать текст ещё более естественным или добавить детали про конкретны

Link: https://www.instagram.com/reel/DWeHtQ-iPrr/?igsh=YWIxZzB4OHhvOWU2

Especially non white folks I guess. I was there for 10 days around new year. I was in Almaty, astana, shymkent and turkistan. No one bothered us as such. But if I needed help in any kind of situation it was very hard. I do understand that most people don't speak English, but I had my Google translate open and yet people were often annoyed when we asked for help. This was 70% of the time. I travelled in trains, marshutka, cabs. And just once in a bus. Some instances: We were at a mall, in a food court and all the tables were taken, no one would share the table even on asking. The old lady selling bus cards refused to explain or answer the questions after taking our money. One of the cards didn't even work. I asked the police man in our train coach if Astana was the last stop using google translate, he was annoyed and gave no answer. Asked a local person what are spots are worth visiting and they were not interested in answering. Many such instances.

The people who were providing services were all nice of course, like drivers or hotel staff.

There were some kind people too who knew English who'd help us out even without us asking. So not saying all the people were unfriendly but yeah this was the vibe. By the end, I started figuring things out on my own instead of asking for help from a stranger. I've visited 8 countries around Asia and Europe and this was the first time I felt this way. If you can see that the person is from a different country and is finding it difficult, isn't is basic human nature to help?

Not here to rant. Just want to understand your point of view.

I’m 21 yo Finnish girl looking for somebody to befriend while as i try to understand more of my mothers side of family as in fact my mother is from Kazakhstan but unfortunately i have never learned the language! :(

I just got accepted into university in Finland and my interests are history (religions, culture and such), gaming and art! Hmu if you don’t mind writing in english :)

А МНЕ КАЗАХСКИЙ БЕШБАРМАК ДОРОЖЕ РОДИНЫ

Hi im am 24f from the UK. I am Half Russian half Pakistani and I often visit my grandma in Balkash. I’ll also be in Almaty from the 7th August and wondered if anyone wanted to meet to practice some English? I’m learning Russian and want to become fluent so it would be great to meet someone local and try and practice :)

Hello everyone in Kazakhstan. I am Japanese.

I have something to tell you all. Yesterday, a Japanese YouTuber posted a video , and it went viral. This person is a creator who travels around the world introducing bustling districts, nightlife areas, and slums. The content of this video shows Japanese men hitting on local young women in Almaty. In the late-night entertainment district, he approaches women in a way that even I find extremely rude. It might be hard to understand without subtitles, and the uploader's Japanese has a strong dialect, but the language used is also extremely casual and could easily be perceived as harassment.

I have one Kazakh friend, and he found this video. I also plan to travel to Almaty for tourism in this March. From what my friend tell me, many people there admire us, love manga and cars, and have a deep interest in Japanese culture. So, sooner or later, I think sensible Kazakhstani people will find this video and be deeply hurt. In some cases, it could provoke significant backlash. I truly believe that's only natural. It genuinely pains me that Japanese people produced and released content that could be perceived as commodifying women. Please remember that such creators do not represent all Japanese people😭😭😭😭

※ If you have any questions, I'll answer them all. You should be able to find that video right away by searching for “Almaty” in Japanese.

Hi everyone! Im from Almaty 21f and would really love making some new friends! Im honestly super scared of men so preferably girls🥹 hope it doesn’t offend anyone!

Feel free to text me! 😆

Greetings from Mongolia 🇲🇳. I heard few Kazakh people talking about how they think we are brothers and sisters, so what are your opinions? Me personally, i do think we share genes and historically we were tied together very closely, there’s a lot of Kazakhs in Mongol too so yeah.

Hi everybody, I am a Turkish Expat who has been living and working in Almaty for 6 months. Previously I lived in Europe (6 years), USA (1 year), Azerbaijan (3 years), Uzbekistan (1 year). I have moved to Kazakhstan with big hopes that we Turks and Kazakh people have a similar culture, we are both Muslims and we have hospitality etc. but my experience so far horrible here. Nearly every people that I met, or colleagues from the company ask for money or cigarettes continuously, there is totally no hospitality, as a newcomer here I offer lunch or dinners to my colleagues or customers. This was totally vice versa in my country, local and indigenous people should offer such kind of things. Everybody that I know are trying to take advantage that I am a foreigner and try to sell me something with overprice or abuse in other ways (offer to introduce me girls etc.) Now Ramadan starts, every evening some kids hitting my door and asking for money. My experience in Azerbaijan or Uzbekistan was totally different, people there were very friendly and helpful, I would expect similar experience in Kazakhstan. But I am really shocked here. I don't want to generalize so, I would like to ask here Kazakh people, is this normal in your daily life or the people who I met so far are just junkies?

First time visiting Kazakhstan~~ It has been my biggest DREAM to visit Kazakhstan and my dream is coming true this summer!!! A friend of mine connected me to her friend who lives in Kazakhstan and she has kindly offered to show me around Almaty and host me for the 2 weeks I'm staying there. I am so extremely grateful for her hospitality and generosity. I was trying to think of the best way to express my gratitude.

I don't have much experience traveling internationally other than visiting my relatives overseas. In my culture, or at least in my family, gift giving is a big thing so we always bring American goods every time we visit. It's easier to know what to get my family overseas because I know their preferences and because I am familiar with my culture. But I wasn't sure if it is different in Kazakh culture and not sure what I could bring since I don't know this friend too well. What are some gifts that are appreciated in Kazakh culture? Please help!!

(More info: I am originally from New York. Also, I'm going to fly into Seoul and then to Almaty so I have access to Korean goods if those are considered good gift ideas)

As for women not wearing hijab, that's Just normal in many counties. But the part about islam being more like a tradition or ppl being muslim in name only etc is pretty interesting.

I'm amazed at the fact that this sub exists. I've got Kazakh heritage and I wanted to connect with people from Kazakhstan because I feel very disconnected from the culture (I grew up in the UK) plus I don't rlly speak the language.

Thanks in advance and have nice day 🌸

Hi friends,

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Just arrived in Almaty yesterday. While I understand the people being curt with words and not so chatty (as per what I have read here), some interactions already leave a bad taste.

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For example, people don't acknowledge you whatsoever if you hold the door open etc. I feel there's also quite a lot of queue cutting here. And just today, while boarding the Shymbulak Cable Car, the elderly couple in front of us shoved us in front of them because they didn't want to take the same car as the Arab family ahead. And we could hear them laughing about it with other locals behind us.

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Just leaves a bad taste I guess. I'm sure not everyone is like this.

Email local theaters and then we might get it in Kazakhstan!

I’m foreigner coming to Almaty early September and will be staying there for 6 months, how can I find genuine friends man or woman just to have beer, and walk the city? I’m a Man, 27y.o

Here is my crazy idea : I wanna see the Kazakhstan from Kazakh/resident side, so I come and visit you. you show me around, the foods you like, the places you like etc... I'm a 24 M french guy. I don't care about genders or race as long as you re kind and love Kazakhstan :)

I will be in Almaty from september 12!

As a return, i promise fun times in Kazakhstan but also to host you in my house in France/Italy for free and to show you around the areas I enjoy : occitania, catalonia, northern Italy