(I) Kazakhstan, the ninth-largest state in the world, sits on a vast stretch of land between Communist China, Orthodox Russia, Islamic Central Asia and the religiously mixed Caucasus. (II) This fact and certain turning points in its history have transformed Kazakhstan into a multicultural environment. (III) This environment is rich in natural beauties too. (IV) There, representatives of more than 100 ethnic groups and many religions co-exist peacefully. (V) This is a legacy of the 1930s, when, during Stalinist repression, Kazakhstan became a second homeland for thousands of ethnic Germans, Poles, Koreans, Greeks and Kurds.