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Ust-Kamenogorsk


City tour in the city of Ust-Kamenogorsksights of the cities of Kazakhstan

Ust-Kamenogorsk is one of the most beautiful cities in Kazakhstan, it is the center of industry and culture of the Ust-Kamenogorsk city administration of the East Kazakhstan region. The city was founded in 1720 at the confluence of the Irtysh and Ulba rivers. Modern Ust-Kamenogorsk is considered one of the centers of non-ferrous metallurgy in Kazakhstan. The leading branches of the region are the production of non-ferrous metals and mechanical engineering.

How to get there, visit

The city of Ust-Kamenogorsk is located in the eastern part of Kazakhstan at the mouth of the Irtysh and Ulba rivers.
GPS coordinates: 49°59′N 82°37′E

Information, history

In the 17th century, the Russian government took a number of steps to move up the Irtysh River. There are several reasons for such a desire, these are: securing the eastern borders of Russia, expanding trade relations with eastern countries, and having the wealth of Altai. The fortress was planned to be built at the confluence of the Ulba River with the Irtysh River. Major Ivan Mikhailovich Likharev, the commander of the detachment, wrote a "report" to Emperor Peter I and the construction of the Ust-Kamenogorsk fortress began on August 12-17, 1720. Over time, people began to move around the fortress, then the fortress became a village and later received the status of a city. Since 1804, the village has been named after the city. And in 1868 Ust-Kamenogorsk received the status of a city. Trade and production facilities for processing agricultural products began to develop in the city, and the construction of a harbor (wharf) began. Later, the development of light industry and railway construction began. During the Great Patriotic War, heavy industry developed in the city.

Ecology

Today, the issue of ecology is one of the most urgent for the city of Ust-Kamenogorsk, because the city of Ust-Kamenogorsk is one of the largest industrial centers of Kazakhstan, showing a unique urban system. Taking into account the ecological situation in the city, local executive bodies pay great attention to environmental protection and the implementation of environmental protection measures aimed at improving and stabilizing the state of the environment, which are planned and implemented at the expense of private funds, enterprises, as well as regional and local budgets.

Attractions

In the city of Ust-Kamenogorsk there are such sights as: the Regional Museum of Local Lore, the East Kazakhstan Regional Architectural, Ethnographic and Natural Landscape Museum-Reserve, the East Kazakhstan Art Museum, the monument to Abai, the Regional Library named after A.S. Pushkin, the centralized library system named after Oralkhan Bokey, the East Kazakhstan Drama Theater named after Zhambyl, the East Kazakhstan Regional Philharmonic Society, the regional House of Friendship of Peoples, the Palace of Culture of Metallurgists, the Palace of Sports named after Boris Alexandrov.

The city of Ust-Kamenogorsk, East Kazakhstan region

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