Olzhas Suleimenov Raised Awareness for the Need of Nuclear Disarmament

I am an international student from Republic of Kazakhstan. This country is located in between Russia and China, and takes the 9th place by its area in the world. More than twenty years ago my home country was a part of the Soviet Union. It is worth to mention that we as a nation and an independent country have experienced a great influence from the Russian Empire that had reflected on our culture, economy, literature, science, and other aspects of life. However, being under the Soviet pressure has brought a lot of negative consequences as well. One of them was nuclear weapon testing conducted on Kazakh land during the harsh opposition between two powerful countries such as the Soviet Union and the United States of America. Therefore, I would like to introduce the man who could stop the further nuclear experiments and raise the awareness throughout the whole world.

As the future Environmental Systems Engineer, I am really interested in the human – environment interaction. In my opinion, people should always remember that the activity they introduce would eventually reflect in natural world at some point. It is very important to consider ways on developing the industry with minimum or no impact on the surroundings. Besides the fact that there was severe environmental exploitation observed with nuclear testing in Kazakhstan, numerous cases of human adverse health effects with increasing death rate were recorded. I decided to explore this topic and demonstrate how one person can make difference. Let me introduce one of the worst historical backgrounds of my home country.

Back in 1950s, Kazakhstan became the first center for nuclear weapon testing under the Soviet governance. During 40 years, the former Soviet Union has performed ap...

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...the protest against violence during the communist power. In my perspective, his works have played meaningful role in recovering Kazakhstan as an independent country. It was important for newly independent populace to bring back their national identity along with its cultural roots, traditions, language, and historical background. As an artist, Suleimenov is very famous in France. Additionally, his compositions are translated and published in English, French, German, Spanish, Czech, Polish, Slovakian, Bulgarian, Austrian, Mongolian, and Turkish languages.

Suleimenov remains a defining political personality in today’s Eurasian sphere, a courageous figure whose thoughts continue to exert a notable impact on the educational, economic, and cultural development of Kazakhstan.

Works Cited

http://www.erlanidrissov.com/?p=148http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olzhas_Suleimenov