In difficult years, many Kazakhs had to leave their homeland and move to foreign countries. Today, their descendants live in many parts of the world. And one of the countries where one of the most diverse ethnic Kazakh diasporas lives is neighboring Russia. Assel Kuspanova, one of those who returned to the historical homeland. She was born in Russia in 1986. The youngest daughter in the family. She has two older sisters. She spent her childhood in St. Petersburg.