• Zhanaozen (Kazakh: Jañaözen, Жаңаөзен, pronounced [ʑɑŋɑøˈzʲen]), formerly known as Novy Uzen (Russian: Новый Узень), is a city in the Mangystau Region...
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    The Zhanaozen massacre (Kazakh: Жаңаөзен оқиғасы, romanized: Jañaözen oqiğasy) took place in Kazakhstan's western Mangystau Region over the weekend of...
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    1 January. The protests began peacefully in the oil-producing city of Zhanaozen and quickly spread to other cities in the country, especially the nation's...
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  • government. An estimated 2000–5000 people attended the demonstration. Zhanaozen has been described as "a one-industry town ... centered on the ageing...
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    journalist to write about the punk protest band Pussy Riot and about the Zhanaozen massacre in 2011. She covered protests against the construction of a controversial...
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  • 1986 Jeltoqsan protests took place in Alma-Ata (present-day Almaty). The Zhanaozen massacre, over the weekend of 16–17 December 2011, occurred amid clashes...
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    young men carrying guns, firebombs, iron bars, and stones rioted in Zhanaozen, causing a number of deaths. The youths tried to seize a police station...
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  • individual-specific. The 2011 labor worker strike massacre in the city of Zhanaozen in the Mangistau Region brought negative public opinion towards the Oralman...
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    water and tents to striking oil workers in the remote western town of Zhanaozen. The workers occupied the town's central square for seven months. Kozlov...
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    time in power. On 16 December 2011, demonstrations in the oil town of Zhanaozen clashed with police on the country's Independence Day. Fifteen people...
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    Eyewitnesses claimed police opened fire on unarmed protesters in the town of Zhanaozen, but according to government officials police were forced to defend themselves...
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    Turbaev, a trade union member working for an oilfield service company in Zhanaozen, was killed. On 24 August 2011, the 18-year-old daughter of an elected...
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  • Annenkov over his former soldiers Novouzenskaya massacre 17-28 June 1989 Zhanaozen, Kazakhstan Kazakhs ~200 Caucasians and Russians Interethnic clashes on...
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  • December 2011, Mamai descended onto the city of Zhanaozen to provide media coverage of the Zhanaozen massacre. The following June, Mamai was arrested...
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    significance: Aqtau and Zhanaozen. The districts with their populations are: Three localities in the region - Aqtau, Fort-Shevchenko, and Zhanaozen - have city or...
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  • was released on 3 July 2012. In May 2011, oil workers in the city of Zhanaozen in Kazakhstan's Mangystau Province began striking. Atabaev joined the...
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  • Hungarian pastor László Tőkés. 2011 – Zhanaozen massacre: Violent protests by oil workers take place in Zhanaozen, Kazakhstan, leading to 16 people dead...
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    damage-limitation advice to Nursultan Nazarbayev after the December 2011 Zhanaozen massacre. Blair was reported to have accepted a business advisory role...
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  • (1992) Dzhezkazgan → Zhezkazgan (Kazakh: Жезқазған) (1992) Novy Uzen → Zhanaozen (Kazakh: Жаңаөзен) (1992) Ust-Kamennaya → Ust-Kamenogorsk (1868) → Oskemen...
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    States and Canada 2011 2011 NFL lockout nationwide United States 2011 Zhanaozen massacre Mangystau Region Kazakhstan 2012 2012 NFL referee lockout nationwide...
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    and government forces. 191–206 killed Zhanaozen massacre Government Striking oil workers in the city of Zhanaozen 16 December 2011 17 December 2011 Labor...
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  • government, was due to high demand and price fixing. The protests began in Zhanaozen, a city built on an oil field, but quickly spread to other cities in the...
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  • Province 16. Petropavl 222,076 203,523 +9.12% North Kazakhstan Province 17. Zhanaozen 181,635 63,337 +186.78% Mangystau Province 18. Temirtau 179,248 170,481...
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    increased by 50%. For comparison, the population of the cities of Turkestan, Zhanaozen and Kaskelen, which showed the most impressive growth rates, grew by 78%...
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  • Kazakhstani oil workers in Zhanaozen in December 2011. After the police opened fire and killed over 14 demonstrators in Zhanaozen, the Socialist Movement...
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  • Temirtau Qaraghandy 182,600 Turkestan Turkistan 155,600 Uralsk West Kazakhstan 273,400 Ust-Kamenogorsk East Kazakhstan 314,100 Zhanaozen Mangystau 106,200...
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  • wouldn't have had now a chronic national terrorism. Karabakh, Fergana, Zhanaozen, Baku, Osh – you will be next. The pogrom-makers feel they are unpunished...
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  • through her own means in a remote area. She covered the aftermath of the Zhanaozen massacre, which drew further reaction, accusations and the publishing...
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  • protests while Kazakhstan was part of the Soviet Union and the December 2011 Zhanaozen massacre in which 14 protesters were killed. In April and May 2016, Kazakhs...
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  • another five-year term, in a vote criticized as flawed. December 16 - The Zhanaozen massacre took place in Kazakhstan's western Mangystau Region. "Kazakh...
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