Passage: Born in Tselinograd (now Nur-Sultan) in Kazakhstan, Karim Massimov graduated from People's Friendship University of Russia, Moscow, and then studied in Beijing and at Wuhan University in Hubei, China. Karim Massimov is ethnically Uyghur and is a born citzen of Kazakhstan.

Question: Where was Karim Massimov born?
Tselinograd