Simplify the following text for a Grade 10 native English-speaking person.
Original: Other countries next to Kazakhstan are China , Kyrgyzstan , Uzbekistan , and Turkmenistan .
Simplified: Kazakhstan is one of the six independent Turkic states . It is neighbored clockwise from the north by Russia , China , Kyrgyzstan , Uzbekistan , Turkmenistan , and also borders on a significant part of the Caspian Sea .