Kazakhstan is located in a continent.
Eastern Europe , also known as East Europe , is the eastern part of the European continent . Kazakhstan ( Қазақстан , Qazaqstan ) , formally the Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic ( Kazakh SSR or KSSR ; Қазақ Кеңестік Социалистік Республикасы , Qazaq Keñestik Socïalïstik Respwblïkası ; Казахская Советская Социалистическая Республика , Kazakhskaya Sovetskaya Sotsialisticheskaya Respublika ) and the Republic of Kazakhstan , also known by its alternative name of Soviet Kazakhstan , was one of the transcontinental constituent republics of the Soviet Union from 1936-1991 in northern Central Asia . Kazakhstan . Respublika Kazakhstan ) , is a transcontinental country in northern Central Asia and Eastern Europe . In 1936 , it was made the Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic , part of the Soviet Union .