Gen. Maj. Mukhamedzhan Talasov stands behind a Civil War cannon at Fort Sumter National Monument, , recently. Mukhamedzhan is the deputy chairman of the general staff of the Kazakhstan armed forces. He led a contingent here to learn how armed forces are set up – including its history – as Kazakhstan’s transition from a conscript to an all-volunteer fighting force.

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