Zhanaozen or Janaozen (/ˌdʒɑːnəˈɒzən/; Kazakh: Jañaözen / Жаңаөзен [ʒɑˌŋɑɵˈzʲen]), formerly known as Novy Uzen (Russian: Новый Узень [ˈnovɨj ʊˈzʲen])...

The Zhanaozen massacre (Kazakh: Жаңаөзен оқиғасы, romanized: Jañaözen oqiğasy) took place in Kazakhstan's western Mangystau Region over the weekend of...

government. An estimated 2000–5000 people attended the demonstration. Zhanaozen has been described as "a one-industry town ... centered on the ageing...

1 January. The protests began peacefully in the oil-producing city of Zhanaozen and quickly spread to other cities in the country, especially the nation's...

1986 Jeltoqsan protests took place in Alma-Ata (present-day Almaty). The Zhanaozen massacre, over the weekend of 16–17 December 2011, occurred amid clashes...

individual-specific. The 2011 labor worker strike massacre in the city of Zhanaozen in the Mangistau Region brought negative public opinion towards the Oralman...

journalist to write about the punk protest band Pussy Riot and about the Zhanaozen massacre in 2011. She covered protests against the construction of a controversial...

young men carrying guns, firebombs, iron bars, and stones rioted in Zhanaozen, causing a number of deaths. The youths tried to seize a police station...

water and tents to striking oil workers in the remote western town of Zhanaozen. The workers occupied the town's central square for seven months. Kozlov...

was released on 3 July 2012. In May 2011, oil workers in the city of Zhanaozen in Kazakhstan's Mangystau Province began striking. Atabaev joined the...