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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Maroosha Muzaffar

DARK SECRETS: Kazakhstan to change capital s name back to astana from nur sultan | Vintage Vibes

Reuters

Kazakhstan’s president is to restore the former name of the country’s capital, Astana, just three years after he renamed it in honour of his predecessor.

Kassym-Jomart Tokayev changed the city’s name to to Nur-Sultan in 2019 in a nod to his predecessor and the first post-Soviet president, Nursultan Nazarbayev.

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