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ASTANA – Kazakhstan President Nursultan Nazarbayev has ordered a new way the country’s soldiers should march.
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Nazarbayev issued a decree on Feb. 3 saying that from now on, Kazakhstan’s soldiers will march at a tempo of 95 to 105 steps per minute, with each step measuring from 60 to 70 centimetres. According to newly revised drill regulations, “the forward leg should be raised 10-15 centimetres from the ground and placed firmly on the entire sole, the toe held more freely, not extended.”
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Source: The Astana Times