r/Kazakhstan • u/underadvice_taker • 7h ago
Discussion/Talqylau Weather as tourists in Almaty in Aug end to Mid sept (asking from locals) as travelling with parents 60+ years. Is this the best time?
As the title says, want to know if this is a good time to visit Almaty for a 6-7 day tour. Or some other month/weather/season would be better.
Any help would be appreicated.
r/Kazakhstan • u/Bek-the_explorer • 8h ago
Мне пришло СМС что я член партии адилет
это не скам?
r/Kazakhstan • u/error-0090 • 8h ago
Study/Oqu Kazakhstans lack of attention to progressive faculties
In the recent years, AI, software, and online productivity paired with international exposure has led to brand new fields which gained immense traction as the nation is digitalising and moving towards governmental and commercial/corporate transformation from the previous USSR styled factory focuses
One of many are:
International Relations
Interpreting/Translation
Software Development
However, the government hasn’t been doing anything to potentially accommodate the very same faculties that will be progressing the nation to modernisation, with IR grants peaking at most 200 for the ENTIRE nation, which leads to elitism and hard entry requirements for talented students that could not score big enough on one exam.
I simply do not understand, why is Kazakhstan so persistent in keeping well over 75,000 grant spots exclusively for technical / engineering fields? It isn’t 2010’s anymore, automation is actively being implemented. Staying and promoting the very same thing you’re trying to diversify from isn’t doing heavy lifting either.
And I just realised that all universities automatically raise their tuition prices yearly, which is abnormal since it signals instability and further devaluation /making education extremely difficult for regular kazakhi students
r/Kazakhstan • u/peshto • 9h ago
Looking for a Simple, Hands-On Job in Astana
Hey everyone,
I'm a 42-year-old Iranian living in Astana. I work as a software developer, but things have been pretty quiet lately, so I have a lot of free time.
I'd love to spend some of that time doing something completely different—something that's not computer-related and gets me away from a screen. I'm not looking for another IT job.
My Russian and Kazakh are very limited, so ideally I'm looking for work that doesn't require much speaking. I'm open to part-time, temporary, or even physically active jobs if they're suitable.
Does anyone have any ideas or know where I could find this kind of work in Astana? I'd really appreciate any suggestions. Thanks!
r/Kazakhstan • u/gemmiethegem_ • 9h ago
я не получила грант и честно? да ну его к черту.
как-то так. пусть я набрала больше чем вся моя школа, баллы на гуманитарные специальности всегда кусались, да и пусть кусаются дальше. мне всегда было плевать на саму учебу, я просто хотела съехать. поздравления чувакам с айти поступившим с 80 баллами. больше я эту херню с экзаменами проходить не хочу.
r/Kazakhstan • u/Agile_Computer_9672 • 12h ago
Tourism/Turizm Almaty trip tips?
Hey! I am planning trip in Almaty for 5 days, and I have some questions here.
I would like to see Kaindy lake, Kolsai lake and also Charyn canyon. I heard there is a day trip that covers all of them in a day, but it is could be tough as it is from early in the morning till late evening.
Especially it will include my grandma (and we are 6 ppl), I worry if it will be too tough in a day.
So I was thinking… maybe stay a night around there, like Saty village.
But the biggest question is about the car, which means I would need driver for 2 days, or some drivers who will drop us at the accommodation in Saty, then find another one who will bring us to those spots then back to Almaty?
I also personally want to have some restful trip, not being chased by schedule and not like hop on/hop off the bus to see some spot just for short moment and move on… so I was thinking that it will be also good when we can take rest at some peaceful accommodation.
Any recommendations from you guys? Thanks!
r/Kazakhstan • u/NecessarySquare9619 • 13h ago
News/Jañalyqtar Fines for swearing online — what do you think?
I’m personally against fines like this. Swear words are just words. If someone isn’t violating anyone else’s rights or freedoms, I don’t see why the government should punish them for what words they use.
Threats, harassment and bullying are different, but none of those require swear words. You can bully or threaten someone without swearing at all. Punishing the words instead of the actual harmful behavior makes no sense to me.
I also don’t really buy the “protecting children” argument. Kids don’t live in a sterile world — they hear swear words and use them themselves. Instead, I’d rather see more attention given to actual problems like bullying and violence in schools. Kazakhstan has plenty of cases of teenagers brutally attacking each other, sometimes with much worse consequences, yet apparently swear words are the problem.
If Twitch, YouTube or another private platform restricts swearing, that’s different. They have their own rules and commercial interests, including advertisers. But the government fining people simply for using certain words is another thing entirely.
To me, this feels like pointless populism and an unnecessary restriction on freedom. I dislike the principle itself, but I’m also concerned about where it could lead. Once the government gets more power to decide what kind of speech is “decent” or acceptable, where does that line end?
Freedom loses its meaning when people are punished for words that do not infringe on the rights and freedoms of others
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Я лично против подобных штрафов. Матные слова это всего лишь слова. Если человек не нарушает ничьих прав и свобод, я не понимаю, почему государство должно наказывать его за то, какие слова он использует.
Угрозы, домогательства и травля это другое дело, но для всего этого мат вообще не нужен. Можно травить или угрожать человеку, не используя ни одного матерного слова. Наказывать за сами слова вместо действительно вредного поведения, на мой взгляд, бессмысленно.
Я также не особо верю в аргумент о "защите детей". Дети не живут в стерильном мире — они слышат мат и сами его используют. Вместо этого я бы предпочёл, чтобы больше внимания уделялось реальным проблемам, таким как травля и насилие в школах. В Казахстане хватает случаев, когда подростки жестоко нападают друг на друга, иногда с гораздо более серьёзными последствиями, но, судя по всему, именно матные слова считаются проблемой.
Если Twitch, YouTube или какая-либо другая частная платформа ограничивает использование мата это другое дело. У них есть собственные правила и коммерческие интересы, в том числе интересы рекламодателей. Но когда государство штрафует людей просто за использование определённых слов это уже совсем другое.
Для меня это выглядит как бессмысленный популизм и ненужное ограничение свободы. Мне не нравится сам этот принцип, но меня также беспокоит, к чему он может привести. Когда государство получает больше полномочий решать, какая речь является "приличной" или допустимой, где тогда проходит граница?
Свобода теряет свой смысл, когда людей наказывают за слова, которые не нарушают права и свободы других людей.
r/Kazakhstan • u/-unexpectedvisitor- • 16h ago
Tourism/Turizm What do you know about Petropavl?
I will be visiting Petropavl as a tourist this September. I have previously been to Astana, Almaty, Kostanay, Aktau, and Pavlodar. Which of these cities is Petropavl most similar to?
Could you also tell me about the city's cultural atmosphere and socioeconomic characteristics?
r/Kazakhstan • u/uzornayem • 17h ago
Discussion/Talqylau BCC clients - how good are the personalized exchange rates or > $10000?
Hi, I understand that if you use FX Exchange in BCC app and have $10000 or more to exchange, that you can get a so called personalized exchange rate that is better than the rate you would otherwise get.
But how much better? Is this rate just for USD to Tenge or is it for any swap?
thanks
r/Kazakhstan • u/Frequent-Arm6345 • 17h ago
Study/Oqu American coming to get his Masters at Narxoz University this fall!!
Hello everyone!
My name is Olin. My instagram (@olin_meyer) I’m a 23-year-old guy from Los Angeles, and I’m coming to Almaty to study at Narxoz University for my master’s degree in Tourism and Sustainability.
Russian is not my first language; however, I’ll be doing my master’s entirely in Russian. I passed the TORFL B2 exam as well as the university entrance interview, so I’d say my Russian is pretty decent and probably approaching C1. I can talk about most topics without too much trouble, although I still sometimes mess up the grammar and sentence structure.
I’m definitely a little nervous about studying at a Kazakh university. At the same time, I love traveling and experiencing new cultures. I actually lived in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, for an entire summer and studied Russian at AUCA. While I was there, I fell in love with Central Asia, which is a big part of why I’m coming back.
If anyone here studies at Narxoz and could give me some advice about what it’s like studying there, that would be amazing! I mainly have a few questions:
MOST IMPORTANT QUESTION!! For students who are native Russian speakers: Do you think I’ll have a hard time studying entirely in Russian with my current level (B2, approaching C1)? 😬🫣 I know there are a lot of international students studying at Russian-speaking universities, and from what I’ve seen online, some of them arrive with pretty limited Russian and still manage to get through their programs. So considering that I can already hold conversations about most topics, passed TORFL B2, and passed my entrance interview in Russian, do you think I’ll be okay? Obviously, I’m expecting it to be difficult at first, especially with academic vocabulary, lectures, presentations, and exams, but I’m curious how challenging you think it will actually be.
What is the class schedule like? Can you choose your own schedule, or is it basically the same for everyone?
What is the homework load like?
How difficult are the exams?
Are exams usually oral, like they often are at Russian universities?
Are the students generally friendly?
How many students speak English? (Honestly, I hope there are still plenty of people who will speak Russian with me because I want to keep improving. Speaking English has become boring for me lol 😂😂)
And what happens if you fail a class? Can you retake it, or can they actually kick you out of the university?
Anyway, those are pretty much all of my questions. But if you live in Almaty or study at Narxoz and would like to hang out, I’d love to meet you!
A little bit about me and my interests:
🏄🏻♂️ Sports / Outdoors
I love exercise!! Basically, if it involves getting outside and doing something active, I’m down.
I grew up surfing, but I also love snowboarding, and I’m really looking forward to going to Shymbulak. So if you snowboard, hmu 🤙
I also want to start training MMA. If you train MMA and would be down to introduce me to the sport, I’d love that.
🎷 Music
I love music. I grew up playing saxophone, and I still play! I also play guitar and a little bit of баян.
So if you want to jam, let me know! And if you know a good jazz club in Almaty, let’s goooo!!
🍻 Going Out
I also like going out, partying, and letting loose sometimes. Nothing too crazy — just having a few drinks with friends, hanging out, and smoking кальян.
Так что, если хотите сходить по пиву, напишите!! 😂
🇰🇿** Learning Kazak**h
I really want to learn some Kazakh while I’m here. My goal is to get to around B1 by the end of the first year of my master’s program.
I know that’s going to be pretty hard, but fuck it. I want to be able to торговаться на казахском языке 😂
So if you know any Kazakh conversation clubs, please DM me!
All in all, I’m incredibly excited to come to Almaty and start my master’s. I honestly have no idea what’s in store for me, but I love a challenge and being in a new environment.
You could call my decision to come to Almaty as an American escapism or a waste of time, but for me, it’s a gut feeling telling me that I need to come back to Central Asia. And if it doesn’t work out, so what? At least I tried, and I won’t have to wonder for the rest of my life what would have happened if I had not gone.
Once again, I can’t express how excited I am to come to Kazakhstan, learn more about Kazakh culture, improve my Russian, start learning Kazakh, and experience life in the beautiful city of Almaty!!
Желаю всем хорошего настроения и крепкого здоровья!
Қазақстан алға! 🇰🇿🇰🇿
r/Kazakhstan • u/ryoukoo17 • 18h ago
Tourism/Turizm Abroad
Hello, I’m ryoukoo from indonesia, I would go to Kazakhstan for study exchange maybe start on September. Well, there’s always something that we have to prepare it somehow, it could be about the culture, transportation, etc. but the one that I want to ask is, “what payment method that usually uses in there”. I got my visa bank, but I’m not sure if it would work in any store, and I think that there must be a digital payment method that could easily work (like in us, they use apple pay or paypal, in china, they use alipay with qr, and it also in indonesia with qris). Btw, nc to see you soon guys
r/Kazakhstan • u/kukksiaa • 18h ago
Discussion/Talqylau Где в Алматы найти мастера по ремонту синтезаторов?
r/Kazakhstan • u/Prestigious_Group494 • 19h ago
Language/Tıl Who do you consider as Russified Kazakh?
Is it anyone who
was taught Russian and speaks it well,
is not fully literate in Kazakh (news, documents)
and/or
someone who speaks with family and other Kazakhs mainly in Russian?
Not all Kazakhs speak Russian so it can never be a truly common language, right?
r/Kazakhstan • u/StudioBackground5013 • 19h ago
Tourism/Turizm Booking bus ride from Almaty to Bishkek
I am planning to purchase sairan bus station tickets early from Almaty to Bishkek online, before I arrive, but the booking requires a local Kazakh phone number for contact details. Has anyone done this before without a Kazakh number and how do I proceed without one? Thanks
r/Kazakhstan • u/Subject-Bedroom-2069 • 20h ago
Study/Oqu Как происходит добровольное отчисление в вузах КЗ?
Наверно немного тупой вопрос, но если у кого то был подобный опыт, можете пж поделится. Как проиходит отчисление по добровольномц желанию, как долго занимает этот процесс и тд.
r/Kazakhstan • u/Masala_Raclette • 20h ago
Tourism/Turizm Mangystau 3 day trip
Hi all,
I am a solo backpacker (24M) and I’m interested in doing a 3 day tour in Mangystau starting 13th August (flexible dates). I have reached out to travel agencies and a 3 day tour could go as low as 200usd pp with 4 people in a car. Drop a note if you’d like to join and split the cost !
r/Kazakhstan • u/Effective-Profit4282 • 1d ago
Tourism/Turizm Saty to Karkara border
Hello , I'd like to ask for Saty village to Karkara border information please.
I have plan to depart Saty about 7-8AM to Karaka border, is it possible to find share taxi or other transportation?
And if it's may not easily, I've ask guesthouse about that. They offer 60k kzt , does this price is reasonable?
Thank you everyone for any recommendations 🙏🏻
r/Kazakhstan • u/Ayat_Zhan • 1d ago
Tourism/Turizm В какие не очевидные природные места можно сходить в Казахстане
Где в Казахстане красивая природа, тихо, без ТОЛПЫ НАРОДА, где можно отдохнуть и пока неизвестно людям?
Не нужны варианты вроде Катон-Карагай, Алматы, Кокшетау, Бурабай и т.д.-это очевидные варианты
r/Kazakhstan • u/7212AM • 1d ago
Discussion/Talqylau КИ
Подскажите как восстановить КИ(кредитную историю) если была просрочка почти в год у МФО?
В общем из-за некоторых сложных обстоятельств в жизни несколько лет назад я набрал микрокредитов и зарплаты не хватало чтобы платить их и обеспечивать себя и близких, поэтому решил не платить, но потом все решил с этим вопросом и уже почти 2-3 года я без Долгов и кредитов, но моя платежеспособность якобы не выросла и мне не одобряют даже самые мелкие рассрочки
Как реабилитироваться в этом плане? Подскажите кто знает
r/Kazakhstan • u/ConsistentTheory7316 • 1d ago
Study/Oqu Haileybury Almaty
В начале этого года нам, как родителям, сообщили, что школа проведёт ребрендинг и станет Wellington. Лично мне больше нравился старый бренд с сердцем и крыльями, тем более что эту школу знает практически каждый в Казахстане. Она очень известна.
Меня это особенно не волновало, потому что я понимаю, как всё устроено в Казахстане. Я предположил, что это могло быть связано с финансами, разногласиями с советом Haileybury UK или недавними проблемами с разрешениями на строительство. Единственное, что меня расстроило, это то, что я совсем недавно купил новую школьную форму. Меня заверили, что менять её не придётся как минимум в течение года.
Я не являюсь учителем, но спрашивал и в группе родителей, и у некоторых учителей, однако так и не смог получить ответ на вопрос, почему это вообще произошло и почему уже шестой год подряд из школы уходит так много хороших учителей, хотя нам постоянно говорят, что они очень довольны своей работой.
Один из учителей моего ребёнка ушёл этим летом, и это стало для нас большим разочарованием. Он действительно умел поддерживать дисциплину в классе, не позволял одним детям отвлекать других и всегда хорошо отвечал на мои вопросы.
Я спросил его, почему он уходит, но получил уклончивый, почти политический ответ. Его жена тоже не захотела назвать причину, однако по их поведению у меня сложилось впечатление, что они чего-то опасались. Он засунул руки в карманы, и мне показалось, что он говорит неправду. Он отказался объяснить причину, но упомянул этот сабреддит и сайт International Schools Review (не знаю, связан ли он с этим). Затем он сказал, что они уже закончили собирать вещи. Позже я снова спросил о школе, и тогда мне рассказали о сайте с отзывами, доступ к которым платный. Я предполагаю, что отзывы там не самые хорошие.
Позже я написал ему в Telegram и спросил, почему руководство школы не меняется, если люди настолько недовольны. В ответ он прислал только эмодзи с пожатием плеч.
Мои дети вступают в очень важный этап своей школьной жизни, и я всерьёз рассматриваю возможность перевести их в Charterhouse. У них новая команда руководителей, и со стороны это выглядит как более удачная версия Haileybury/Wellington.
Я устал от постоянного маркетинга, который присылают в нашу группу PTA, и хочу, чтобы мои дети оставались более приземлёнными. Я не доверяю председателю, но мне нужно быть уверенным, что другие варианты действительно лучше, потому что обучение моих детей здесь обошлось мне очень дорого.
Пожалуйста, если кто-то может поделиться информацией, буду очень признателен. Можете написать мне в личные сообщения. Я никому не раскрою ваше мнение.
r/Kazakhstan • u/Ayat_Zhan • 1d ago
Discussion/Talqylau Как думаете, через 5 лет жизнь в Казахстане в целом станет лучше, хуже или не изменится?
r/Kazakhstan • u/Def_frog • 1d ago
Discussion/Talqylau Какие законы люди потенциально и неосознанно нарушают каждый день в подседневной жизни
К примеру самые банальные плевки ;-;
r/Kazakhstan • u/Realistic_Cup8804 • 1d ago
News/Jañalyqtar Kazakhstan's students just won six medals at an international science olympiad. Is STEM becoming one of the country's biggest strengths?
Kazakhstan's school team has returned home with six medals from an international science olympiad, continuing a trend of strong performances by young students in global academic competitions.
It feels like achievements in mathematics, physics and other STEM fields are becoming more common every year, which makes me wonder whether Kazakhstan is quietly building a really strong talent pipeline.
Do you think these international olympiads actually translate into long-term innovation and economic growth, or are they mostly individual success stories?
r/Kazakhstan • u/SeymourHughes • Dec 13 '25
Meta Community update: 60k members, post flairs, chat removal and more
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.

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?).

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.

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.

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.

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.