Where in the world in Kazakhstan?

For those of you who are unsure of where Kazakhstan in located take a look at the map above. Kazakhstan is located NW of China and directly to the south of Russia. Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan  border Kazakhstan on the south. 

Kazakhstan's land mass covers about 1,049,155 sq. miles of the Earth's surface - that's about 3.5 times smaller than the U.S. (roughly 4 times the size of Texas).

The climate in Kazakhstan varies drastically between seasons. The summers are quite hot and winters are extremely cold. It's not uncommon for the temperature to be below zero degrees fahrenheit.