How Central Asia’s Present Competes with Past Values
Central Asian republics are bounded by Russia in the north, China in the east, the Caspian Sea in the
west, and Iron and Afghanistan in the South. The largest land mass is occupied by the
Republic of Kazakhstan; It has almost 1,177 mi (1,894 km) of coastline on the Caspian Sea. Kazakhstan
is slightly more than twice the size of Texas. The territory is mostly steppe land with hilly plains and
plateaus.