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In Kazakhstan, emptying villages and overcrowded cities
Officials say 1,800 localities have vanished since the turn of the century as the government limits city permits to ease urban pressure.
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Zaozerny is one of hundreds of villages in the Central Asian country that has seen almost its entire population leave -- many never to return as opportunities dry up and young people head to the ever-expanding cities. "It's calm and peaceful here, I can always keep an eye on the children," said Yulia Sadvakasova, a 33-year-old schoolteacher and mother of two. Around the village is the vast Kazakh steppe, stretching seemingly endlessly into a hor…
·Issy-les-Moulineaux, France
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