This country’s three largest tribes are called jüz and were descended from the mythical figure Alash. For 10 points each:
[10m] Name this present-day country that briefly changed its capital’s name to honor Nursaltan Nazarbayev, who led this country after it was the last to break away from the Soviet Union.
ANSWER: Kazakhstan [or Republic of Kazakhstan or Qazaqstan Respublikasy]
[10e] The first Kazakh state emerged when the jüz united under Janibek and Kerei, who had this title. Hordes were ruled by holders of this title like Genghis.
ANSWER: khan [accept Janibek Khan or Kerei Khan or Genghis Khan; accept khanate or the Kazakh Khanate]
[10h] Hundreds of thousands of Chechens, Kalmyks, and Tatars were sent into jüz land in the steppes of north Kazakhstan during this 1950s effort to drastically boost Soviet crop output in areas with black soil like Altai.
ANSWER: Virgin Lands Campaign [or Osvoyeniye Tseliny]
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