An Asian Soviet from 1936 to 1991
Else clues• Almaty resident
• A member of a Muslim Turkic people of western Asia (especially in Kazakstan)
• A landlocked republic south of Russia and northeast of the Caspian Sea
• The original Turkic-speaking inhabitants were overrun by Mongols in the 13th century
• The Turkic language spoken by the Kazak people