Kazakhstan is a bilingual country. The Kazakh language has the status of the state language, while Russian is declared the official language. Russian is used routinely in business; 64.4% of the population speaks the Kazakh language.
Known as caribou in North America, the reindeer (Rangifer tarandus) is a charismatic and hardy species that inhabits the northern reaches of the planet. While the reindeer may occur as a number of different subspecies throughout its range, all are superbly adapted to a life in the extreme conditions of the north.
1 Caribou live in the arctic tundra, mountain tundra, and northern forests of North America, Russia, and Scandinavia. 2  The world population is about 5 million. 3  Caribou in Alaska are distributed in 32 herds (or populations).