Kazakhstan
Transcontinental landlocked country located mainly in Central Asia and partly in Eastern Europe.
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Kazakhstan–Russia border
The Kazakhstan–Russia border (Казахстанско-российская граница) is the 7644 km international border between the Republic of Kazakhstan and the Russian Federation.
Eastern Europe
Ambiguous term that refers to the eastern portions of the European continent.
E.g. Kazakhstan, which is mainly located in Central Asia with the most western parts of it located west of the Ural River also shares a part of Eastern Europe.
Eurasian Economic Union
Economic union of some post-Soviet states located in Eurasia.
The Treaty on the Eurasian Economic Union was signed on 29 May 2014 by the leaders of Belarus, Kazakhstan, and Russia, and came into force on 1 January 2015.
Shanghai Cooperation Organisation
Transcontinental political, economic, security, and military alliance.
The SCO is the successor to the Shanghai Five, a mutual security agreement formed in 1996 between China, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, and Tajikistan.
Collective Security Treaty Organization
Intergovernmental military alliance in Eurasia.
In January 2022, the CSTO deployed 2,000 of its peacekeepers to Kazakhstan.
List of transcontinental countries
[[File:transcontinental nations.svg|thumb|upright=1.8|A map of transcontinental countries, and countries that control territory in more than one continent.
This convention results in several countries such as in the case of Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan and Turkey finding themselves almost entirely in 'Asia', with a few small enclaves or districts technically in 'Europe'.
Landlocked country
Country that does not have territory connected to an ocean or whose coastlines lie on endorheic basins.
Kazakhstan is the world's largest landlocked country.
Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic
One of the transcontinental constituent republics of the Soviet Union from 1936 to 1991 in northern Central Asia.
The Kazakh SSR was renamed the Republic of Kazakhstan on 10 December 1991, which declared its independence six days later, as the last republic to secede from the USSR on 16 December 1991.
China–Kazakhstan border
The China–Kazakhstan border or the Sino-Kazakhstan border (, Казахстанско-китайская государственная граница, ), is the international border between the People's Republic of China and the Republic of Kazakhstan.
Commonwealth of Independent States
Regional intergovernmental organization in Eastern Europe and Asia.
On 21 December 1991, the leaders of eight additional former Soviet Republics (Armenia, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Turkmenistan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan) signed the Alma-Ata Protocol which can either be interpreted as expanding the CIS to these states or the proper foundation or foundation date of the CIS, thus bringing the number of participating countries to 11.