Karaganda
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Karaganda (or Qaraghandy) is the capital of the oblysy (oblast) of the same name in Kazakhstan. Its population is about 437,000 (1999).

It was the birthplace of Akhmad Kadyrov, the current president of the Chechen Republic

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