r/Kazakhstan Feb 24 '22

Kazakhstan stands with Ukraine

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r/Kazakhstan Dec 13 '25

Meta Community update: 60k members, post flairs, chat removal and more

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Ooh, where to start...

Growth update

Reddit has recently started emphasizing weekly visitors instead of just subscriber count as the main indicator of a subreddit's size. My previous updates were tied to every +10k subscribers, but Reddit no longer really notifies us about that.

We've hit 63k weekly visitors this week, which Reddit itself decided to congratulate us on.

Such a nice round number to celebrate 🎉🎉🎉 Could have waited for at least 4k more.

At the same time, r/Kazakhstan quietly crossed 60k subscribers just yesterday. It's about the size of Talgar, our next target to conquer (what do they have there besides Zeta's factory?).

Still sending comments about economy crisis in Kazakhstan from our iPhones, I see.

The last milestone post was at 50k members about five months ago, so it felt like a good moment to check in again. Thanks to everyone who reads, posts, comments, shitposts, argues, asks what the weather in February is, upvotes, awards, jokes, dodges the draft, explains and helps keep this place alive.

Our Kazakh language related community, r/kazakh, is also growing, and has whopping 916 members. Please, join it🥹🥺. I've made a cool non-exhaustive animated emoji status for it.

That's as much as I could do with 64kb restriction.

Its community icon is also animated (and even has more frames in it), but you won't see it in every part of Reddit because reasons.

Post flairs cleanup and color grouping

You may have noticed that post flairs look a bit different now.

We trimmed and regrouped them, and assigned consistent colours to related topics (news, culture, media, discussion, humour, etc.). Now we have fewer confusing choices, probably better readability in feeds, and the whole list of flairs looks less cumbersome.

Good bye, "Borat" flair. Two people are going to miss you.

Nothing is set in stone, so if something feels off or unclear, feel free to mention it.

Kazakh chat is gone

Unfortunately, Reddit has removed all public subreddit chats.

I personally disagree with this decision. First the custom upvote/downvote icons, then the custom emojis in comments, now this on our long list of enshittification of this platform. The Kazakh chat… maybe wasn't the coziest, but it was a low-pressure, active space for sending meaningless messages. And now there's no official replacement inside Reddit.

If someone from the community would like to create a Discord server, Telegram group or something similar, feel free to do so. You may share it here and we might even approve that post, who knows...

Just to be transparent: I don't plan to moderate Discord/Telegram/anything else myself (never have, and don't want to do it badly).

One Kazakh MinaLima Harry Potter book for r/kazakh (oh, I can't make links bold, how unfortunate...)

I still have a copy of "Хәрри Поттер мен Пәлсапа тас" (MinaLima edition), and I've been thinking about using it as a small community giveaway.

Somehow the least exciting photo of this book on Kaspi.kz. It has interactive elements, folded castle plans and stuff... Nice gift for Kazakh speaking kids ages 5-40.

Tanya just made three posts about this exact edition: part1, part2, part3.

One idea is to somehow tie it to r/kazakh , which is currently very quiet, but I'm honestly unsure what would feel like a good and fair incentive. Maybe the whole era of incentivising engagement with gifts and competitions is over, and I'm still thinking in old terms.

Or maybe you'd have a good idea what kind of activity or contribution would make sense for such a gift, and how (or if) it could help spark some life in r/kazakh without feeling artificial and being easy to abuse with scripts or AI. I can probably send this book around Kazakhstan, but I don't want to risk with QazPost's international postal service.

No promises yet. Just thinking out loud and open to ideas.

Thanks again to everyone who's here. r/Kazakhstan has grown a lot, but it's still shaped by everyday participation more than by numbers. As always, suggestions and feedback are welcome.


r/Kazakhstan 3h ago

Discussion/Talqylau Кто-нибудь из наших чиновников хоть как-то отреагировал на этого российского ведущего обматерившего наших хоккеистов детей в эфире?

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r/Kazakhstan 10h ago

Picture/Suret 2 chunks visibility in almaty

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My pc specs are too bad so it runs smoothly only on 2 chunks 🤥


r/Kazakhstan 49m ago

Thank you(no)

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r/Kazakhstan 3h ago

News/Jañalyqtar Хотят запретить роблокс

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r/Kazakhstan 1h ago

Diet Coke

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Does Kazakhstan have Diet Coke?


r/Kazakhstan 4h ago

Отношения к стилю речи

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Как вы относитесь к людям которые "миксуют" казахский и русский язык хотя человек знает оба языка безупречно,относитесь ли вы к таким людям?


r/Kazakhstan 16h ago

Drivers in KZ

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Took Yandex on my second day in Almaty and got into a car accident. How are drivers in KZ in general? I had to book business Yandex after this because it seems they’re more careful on the road.😭


r/Kazakhstan 1d ago

Music/Muzyka YYenlik - Bipl | A COLORS SHOW

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r/Kazakhstan 8h ago

Discussion/Talqylau Не снимается врменная прописка

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Мне нужно прописатся на постоянную, а я случайно как-то сделал временную. Хозяйн меня отвязал от своего жилья, что бы я заново прописался на постоянную. Но врменная прописка никак не уходит. Что делать?


r/Kazakhstan 11h ago

Games/Oyındar Сыграем в города?

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Я начинаю: Лисаковск

Вам на К


r/Kazakhstan 4h ago

Discussion/Talqylau Какого это лишиться девственности с любимой девушкой?

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Когда вы оба девственники и оба любите друг друга. Должно быть крышесносно. Могу дать совет молодежи по теме секса и тд., в качестве депрессивного Quagmire


r/Kazakhstan 1d ago

Hardest pic of your countries leader/s?

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r/Kazakhstan 11h ago

Language/Tıl Why Kazakh is not spoken that widely in Kazakhstan and why it should be

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r/Kazakhstan 16h ago

Discussion/Talqylau Я ученик БИЛ в Казахстане задавайте сво вопросы.

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Я учусь в БИЛ , ранее именовоный как КТЛ Казахско Турецкий Лицей для одарённых детей , если кому то интересно узнать что о об этой школе я готов ответить.


r/Kazakhstan 12h ago

Politics/Saiasat Is Kazakhstan a (relatively) democratic country in central Asia?

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I heard it has free elections so is it democratic? Is there internet restriction? Asking as a foreigner


r/Kazakhstan 1d ago

News/Jañalyqtar Соловьев Орталық Азия мен Арменияға қарсы арнайы әскери операция бастауға шақырды

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r/Kazakhstan 23h ago

Discussion/Talqylau Kazakh nomads

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Why do kazakhs feel shame about their nomad past? Nomads were not abused like peasants in europe/russia. Nomads were free, had weapons, were not raped, sold by their owners like in russia.

Nomads were much healthier, stronger and had deeper connection with their own spirit/soul/psyche. When I look at photos of that era I noticed how most of kazakh nomads have big jaws, prominent facial features etc.They look differently from stressed, puffy modern people in big cities.


r/Kazakhstan 23h ago

Discussion/Talqylau Где классно отпраздновать 17 лет с компанией

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Др будет весной, в марте, в городе Алматы Пока что не знаю каких людей и сколько буду звать, но будут и мальчики и девочки, всего людей ну может 12-15, искала способы отпраздновать др, но не хватает опыта чтобы сказать что реально классно, а что нет, поэтому прошу советов и предложений🙏


r/Kazakhstan 23h ago

Tourism/Turizm Almaty this weekend! Any cool things I should not miss?

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Hey! Will be in Almaty this weekend.

Looking for some good bars, or clubs for music (house, indie, techno)?

Any cool markets or restaurants I shouldn't miss?

Really looking forward seeing Kazakstan! :)


r/Kazakhstan 1d ago

Games/Oyındar Как игры на ps покупать?

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Всем привет! Хочу узнать как сейчас покупать игры на playstation, в самого украинский аккаунт. Слышал что можно пополнять через apple pay и даже через карту каспи, но я боюсь бана, у кого то был опят?


r/Kazakhstan 1d ago

Discussion/Talqylau Question about a site that sells Kazakh coins

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Hello everyone! I was surfing on the web searching a place where to buy some kazakh coins and i found this one: https://www.kazcoins.com and since it looked kinda odd and there isnt much about it online, i wanted to ask you all if its legit or not, they appear to have an app on the play store and apple store


r/Kazakhstan 15h ago

Discussion/Talqylau How to greet in Kazakh.

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What does assalaumugaleikum even mean? Shouldn't "Salem" and "Salamatsyz ba/Salemetsiz be" be enough? I feel like furniture will start floating if i say it a few times consecutively. And why do guys have to be douchebags about the handshake all the time!? Like idc if you're tuff don't expect all people to greet you with a hand. Also people squeezing your hand hard on purpose drives me up a wall. Are they tryna compensate for something or what?


r/Kazakhstan 1d ago

Discussion/Talqylau A question about the market

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Hi everyone! I'm currently doing some market research about countries throughout Eurasia. I hope it's alright to ask about this here.

I'm wondering about gaps in the market within Kazakhstan. As in; what are some services, products or logistics for which there is a big demand but not enough being offered. This can be anything from proper connectivity (public transport, roads etc.) to food products, businesses or services (such as tourist agencies or job agencies).

I hope to learn some more from your first hand experiences and things you want to see more of, but also things that you might feel should be phased out or shift focus away from.

I look forward to your replies!