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16 million people live in Kazakhstan and 28% are ethnic Russian. Astana is the capital of the country with a population of 800,000. |
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.... Then we observed that across the river,
in an area where the current was slow during the summer, that another
large rectangle hole had been carved and there were people taking |
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a plunge into the freezing water! Several were dunking themselves
three times and making the sign of the cross in between each dunk.
Others were getting in and getting out after a single dunk. Again, we
asked why the people were doing this, and the answer from many was ...
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