"Zhas Otan (Kazakh \u0416\u0430\u0441 \u041E\u0442\u0430\u043D; \u0436\u0430\u0441 (zhas) \u2013 young, youth, \u041E\u0442\u0430\u043D (Otan) \u2013 Fatherland) \u2013 the youth wing of the Nur Otan People\u2019s Democratic Party. Youth wing was created in the form of public unit at the I Congress of Zhas Otan which was held in Astana, Kazakhstan on May 14, 2008. The organization has branches in all provinces of Kazakhstan, cities of republican meaning Astana and Almaty, as well as branches in districts and cities."@en . . .