One of the first written testimonies of the places where the Ust-Kamenogorsk fortress was later built was left by the boyar Fedor Baykov. The path indicated by him quickly became known to trading people. And in 1714 In the year Peter I learned from the Siberian governor M. Gagarin that somewhere on the Irket River there is an abundance of “sand gold”. And there was so much gold, according to the governor, that it was mined "during high water with the help of blankets, carpets and cloth." An expedition of Lieutenant Colonel Ivan Buchholz was sent from Tobolsk to search for the legendary Yarkand (Irkety). In July 1715 years I. Buchholz with a detachment sailed from Tobolsk up the Irtysh. Soon the fortress of Yamyshevskaya was laid. The fortress was surrounded by a large Dzungarian detachment. Among the soldiers began illness. Buchholz was forced to tear down the fortification and retreat down the Irtysh. When the Omi River flows into the Irtysh River 1716 year he laid the fortress of Omsk.
IN 1719 Peter I sent a new detachment to find the gold of Yarkand. At the head of the new expedition was the Guard Major Ivan Mikhailovich Likharev.
In May 1720 years, the expedition of I. M. Likharev headed up the Irtysh to Lake Zaysan. They reached the lake safely, and a large Dzungarian detachment blocked the further path along the Black Irtysh. The attacks of the Dzungars were easily repulsed, but a new obstacle stood in the way - the Irtysh swept away. On bulky wooden planks it was impossible to move on. Negotiations with the Dzungars began. Detachment I. M. Likharev turned back. And where Ulba flows into the Irtysh, a new fortress was laid down - Ustkamenogorsk. Because it is here that the Irtysh, as it were, breaks out of the mouth of the stone mountains and further rolls its waters along the plain.
Ivan Likharev did not find the fabulous Yarkend. But on the map of the Russian Empire appeared the Ustkamenogorsk fortress, the extreme southern tip of the Irtysh line.
The fortress was surrounded by rather high ramparts. In the fortress there were barracks for soldiers, a military hospital, apartments of military leaders, various storerooms and a department of a hard labor prison, which, by the way, still stands here. The first houses outside the fortress were built near the fortification. Thus, the foundation was laid for the city.
In the second half XVIII centurysettlers began to settle near the fortress. There were many exiles.
The main foundation of the city was Bolshaya, Troitskaya and Andreevskaya streets. They began from the Irtysh coast and were built along Ulba. These streets crossed the alleys of Solyanoy, Krepostnoy, Mechetsky, Soborny. Old city maps show the strict straightforwardness of streets and alleys. Thanks to this layout, the city was well purged with fresh winds from the mountains, and during floods the water easily dispersed along the streets and alleys.
The oldest Karl Liebknecht street in the city was formerly called Trinity. Once upon a time, it was on this street that the richest people of the city put their houses on. For example, the Valitov gold miners, who had gold mines in the Tints, and, in addition, kept herds of horses behind the Irtysh. Another gold miner A.S. The money changers owned gold mines in Kurchum and Maykapchagai. Today, the Museum of Art is located in the Menovschikov’s house.
The Valitovs house houses the Altai Geological Department. On this street, the merchant Krivoshein had good houses, he traded wines and fruits, the merchant Shustov, as well as the merchants Karavaev, Shilyaev, Serov, the owners of fur coats Maltsev and Pakharukov.
The original name of Peace Street is Andreevskaya. This street began from Irtysh, ran past the market square, fire station and ended in a vacant lot, where a hundred years ago, in 1899 year, political exiles laid the city garden - the park named after Dzhambul. The gold producers Makhanov and Bruchanov were the first to settle on this street. They lived in a big way, and no one in the city for a long time decided to put their houses near the palaces of these venerable persons. On the same street are the beautiful old buildings of the Drama Theater. Dzhambula (former People’s House), Ethnographic Museum (former male elementary school, opened as early as 1881 year).
Opposite the People’s House once stood the house of the political exiled Inkov, who opened the first pharmacy in the city. Nearby was the house of Litvinov, the owner of the Modern Electric Theater, which was located on the spot where the building of the regional archive now stands.
In the name of the Embankment of the Red Eagles, stretching along the river. Ulba, the echo of revolution and civil war is heard. Summer 1919 years in the Ust-Kamenogorsk prison, in which Kolchakites held red political prisoners, there was an uprising. The rebellion was led by G. Kudinov, M. Bespalov, F. Buryagin. Having disarmed the guards, the prisoners seized the arms depot, took rifles and cartridges. And then the rebels did not know what to do. Some offered to sail down the Irtysh on a boat, others insisted on taking control of the city, and further uprising in the county. Meanwhile, the Cossacks gathered strength, surrounded the fortress. A battle ensued. They fired for several hours. Someone from the rebels ordered the release of the arrested guards of the fortress, hoping that the soldiers would support the "Red Eagles", but the soldiers hit them in the back. Escaping, the rebels rushed through the Irtysh and Ulba. Only N. Timofeev and S. Goncharenko left alive. With a severed collarbone and a deep wound on his back M. Bespalov crawled to Ulba. Here he was found by his mother and sister Nadezhda. They carried Michael home. But they were met by the White Cossacks. One of them shot at Bespalov. He died in the arms of his mother ...
In memory of this uprising Beregovaya street in 1960 year was renamed the Embankment of the Red Eagles. Near the bridge lies a large stone. Once they planned to erect a monument here.
Ushanov Street is named after the first chairman of the Ust-Kamenogorsk Council of Deputies, Yakov Ushanov. The beginning of development dates back to the second half of the last century. Once upon a time, the city nobility lived here: a bailiff, a district chief, a village chieftain, officers of the local garrison, and merchants. On the site of the former bazaar in the 50s, the square was laid out to them. Lenin, November 6 1958 a monument to V.I. was opened on the square To Lenin. In the same year, a tram line ran along the street. A year later, built a communications house. Gradually, instead of small wooden and adobe houses on Ushanova Street, multi-storey buildings grew. At the beginning 80s The largest supermarket in the city was built.
Kirova street to 1935 year was called Big. At that time, it was the most direct, largest and busiest street in the city. It was on this street that the first stone and wooden sidewalks were laid, folk festivals, New Year's masquerades were held here. It was built up with the best houses that belonged to gold miners Menovshchikov and Kasatkin, merchants Semenov and Kurochkin, the owner of a tannery Ufimtsev. At the beginning of the street was the house of the political exile E.P. Michaelis. Nearby stood a noble assembly, followed by the Mariinsky Women's School (now the exhibition hall of the Ethnographic Museum), Pokrovsky Cathedral and shops. IN 1908-1911 years built a cinema "Echo" ("October").
About Evgeny Petrovich Michaelis should be told separately. He was a man of great will, deep mind and broad erudition. They say that it was he who was the prototype of Bazarov in Turgenev’s novel “Fathers and Sons”. Michaelis was prophesied a great future, but the tsarist government sent him away from the capital cities. However, in the outback, like Ust-Kamenogorsk at the end of the last century, he managed to reveal his talent as a researcher, inventor, public figure.
Michaelis was a good connoisseur of oral poetry of the Kazakhs. “The whole Kyrgyz steppe owes him that he did not perish without a trace the great poetic talent discovered by Michaelis in the person of the Kirghiz of the Chingiz volost of the Semipalatinsk district Ibrahim (Abay) Kunanbaev,” noted the famous local historian Boris Gerasimov. According to M. Auezov, Michaelis met Abai in the library. Abay asked the librarian for the issue of the journal Russian Bulletin, in which one of Lev Tolstoy’s works was printed. Michaelis found out about this. He went to Abai and introduced himself. We talked. They left the library together. Michaelis was interested in the Kazakh, reading the works of Leo Tolstoy and excitedly talking about justice, the fate of his people, about honest service to him. He was struck by the humanistic views of the son of the steppes. And the attention of Abai was attracted by an intelligent and educated Russian man with whom he felt easy and free.
Acquainted with Abai closer, Michaelis saw in him a poetic talent. In order to prevent his talent from dying out, he became skillfully. to direct the study of his friend, to familiarize him with advanced Russian and European literature.
While Michaelis lived in Semipalatinsk, in winter Abay saw him almost daily. And until the last days of his life, the great poet gratefully talked about his friend.
IN 1882 year, E.P. Michaelis moves to Ust-Kamenogorsk. At that time, it was a small county town in which about five thousand people lived. Five streets and six lanes. They were built almost entirely with wooden houses. The Sibir newspaper wrote then: “There are 18 taverns in the city; up to 9,000 buckets of vodka are drunk per year, except for liquor and wines.” And Michaelis was to live another 31 years in this city.
On the map of modern Ust-Kamenogorsk, Michaelis Street and Abay Avenue intersect. Which, of course, is not accidental.
IN 1934 a year when a rich harvest was born in Kazakhstan, Sergey Kirov arrived in the republic to help organize the harvesting of bread. He devoted three days to East Kazakhstan, visited many villages. After his death, Bolshaya Street was renamed Kirov Street. A historical monument is an old two-story building of the former regional executive committee, from the balcony of which 1934 spoke by S. M. Kirov. During the speech, Kirov recommended that the city authorities move the bazaar from the city center to the outskirts somewhere, and set up a park on the site of Bazarnaya Square. They listened to the recommendation.
In the old days, Uritsky Street was Soborny Lane, and for many years it played the role of a transport artery. Once upon a time, on the corner with Bolshaya Street, the majestic Pokrovsky Cathedral towered - a monument of architecture of the 19th century. From far away his green domes were visible.
Church of the Intercession of the Blessed Virgin Mary was built in 1882-1885 years. The temple was typical of Russian provincial architecture. The stable base and conciseness of the massive cubic volume combined with a strict geometric ornament and created a feeling of unprecedented solemnity. The interior of the cathedral was magnificent. The heaviest bell, there were nine in all, weighed 162-odd pounds. They destroyed the Pokrovsky Cathedral in favor of an atheistic fashion in 1936.
Opposite the cathedral in 1902 year built a one-story building for the Mariinsky Women's College. Students of pedagogical courses were trained at the expense of public care about public education. Now in this old mansion housed one of the exhibition halls of the ethnographic museum.
Near the cathedral stood a one-story building of the city government. IN 1918 year it housed the Ust-Kamenogorsk Sovdep. After reconstruction, the building housed the Museum of Local History. During the Soviet era, Soborny Lane was renamed Uritsky Street.
Shop "Saule", before it was the trading house of the merchant Semenov, in the Soviet years - a department store.
IN 1936 year Fire Lane was renamed into Maxim Gorky Street. One of the first, it was first paved with stone, and then covered with asphalt. IN 1973 year built the Central Department Store. Until now, this street retains the aroma of antiquity.
150 years ago, Ordzhonikidze Street, at that time Sennaya Lane, was considered the outskirts of the city. From here the wasteland began. IN 1889 year on this wasteland began to break the city garden. The initiative, as always, came from political exiles A.K. Galimont, E.P. Michaelis, A.N. Fedorova, O.F. Kostyurina. Work continued until 1903. Saplings (poplar, hawthorn, apple trees) were taken from a military doctor Vistenius, who had a beautiful garden outside the city, and which he later sold to Pankratiev. The city garden, meanwhile, grew very slowly, since there was no good care for it. Livestock often wandered into the garden, firefighters mowed hay here for their horses. Someone from visiting artists once joked about this, saying that there is a garden of three ... stacks in Ust-Kamenogorsk. A hay bazaar adjoined the city garden, hence the name of the street - Sennaya. Throughout the year, carts with firewood, coal and hay, kerosene and lime, poultry and cattle ran along it. IN 1937 Sennoy Lane was renamed Ordzhonikidze Street. IN 1957 year tram tracks were laid along it. The city park was given the name Jambula. Where there was a hay bazaar, the Yubileiny cinema rose there.
A street named after the first chairman of the Ust-Kamenogorsk Sovdep, Yakov Ushanov, a school named after Yakov Ushanov, Nikolay Karmanov, Alexander Mashukov, Mikhail Bespalov, Krasniy Orlov embankment ... All this is a memory of people from the time of the establishment of Soviet power.
The Council of Deputies lasted ninety-seven days. These were fighting, hot days. The Red Guard was created, new Soviet schools were opened, and the Youth Union was organized. On the night of June 10, 1918 years, the combined officer-Cossack detachment opposed the Soviet government. Sovdep took measures to defense. The Red Guard detachment was transferred from the city to the fortress. Here, behind the high earthen rampart of the old fortress, the battle began. But the forces were unequal. The organizers and leaders of the Soviets were captured and thrown into a serf prison. Under the guise of an insurance agent, Pavel Petrovich Bakheev traveled around Ust-Kamenogorsk district. It never occurred to the authorities that this delicate bearded man had been sent here by a party of Bolsheviks for conducting underground work and liaising with partisan detachments. In a decade and a half, this same person will become a famous storyteller, author of the Malachite Box. His real name is Bazhov.
Fall 1919 years, local partisan units united. The First Altai Regiment of the Red Mountain Eagles was formed. Communist Nikita Ivanovich Timofeev was elected commander.
To the beginning 1920 years on the territory of the Ore Altai firmly entrenched Soviet power. October 9th 1938 The Central Committee of the All-Union Communist Party of Bolsheviks and the Council of People's Commissars adopted a resolution On the Development of Non-Ferrous Metallurgy in Altai.
FROM 1939 Ust-Kamenogorsk becomes the regional center of the East Kazakhstan region. In the same year, the construction of the Ust-Kamenogorsk hydroelectric station was started.
The war has broken many plans.
“Mother Motherland raised us, and our lives belong to her,” said participants in a youth rally in Ust-Kamenogorsk. Hundreds of volunteer applications came to the military enlistment office. Here are the names of the Heroes of the Soviet Union: B.T. Popov, A.G. Popov, L.M. Roshchin, F.D. Turov, N.Ya. Fonov, V.M. Litvinov, F.S. Kokorin, P.N. Miller, A.I. Chernov. The heroes were the workers of the rear.
By decision of the State Defense Committee on the basis of the dismantled equipment of the Electrozinc plant from Ordzhonikidze in the city of Ust-Kamenogorsk in 1942 year began the construction of a zinc electrolyte plant. Workers were housed in hastily built huts. Hastily dug pits for dugouts, each housed 4 families.
Year 1951 . The Ust-Kamenogorsk Zinc Plant was transformed into a lead-zinc plant.
Year I960. On the eve of the celebration of the 90th anniversary of the birth of Vladimir Ilyich Lenin, the plant was named after the proletarian leader.
Year 1963 . For its achievements in the development of non-ferrous metallurgy, the Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR on July 20 was awarded the Order of Lenin. Five people were awarded the high title of Hero of Socialist Labor, 97 were awarded orders and 213 - medals.
These are the milestones of the beginning of the path of the flagship of non-ferrous metallurgy.
March 27, 1965 The Ust-Kamenogorsk Titanium-Magnesium Plant was commissioned in the year, the construction of which began in 1958.
In the spring of 1963, the TMK pilot plant gave Kazakhstan the first titanium.
IN 1958 the first steel smelting was carried out at Vostokmashzavod, the newly operating enterprise, which entered service. For the first ten years of work, the production of drilling rigs for mine and quarry drilling, thickeners and classifiers, cranes, steel castings and forgings for mining and metallurgical enterprises, spare parts for agricultural machines was mastered here.
IN 1967 at the international exhibition "Intergormash-67" in Moscow, the BASH-320 crawler-boring drill rig designed for drilling blast holes with a diameter of 320 mm when mining ore in open pits was demonstrated and praised by specialists. This giant was made by specialists of Vostokmashzavod.
IN 1953 the year began the construction of a condenser plant, and in April 1959 he gave the first products.
The transformation of the city into a major center of non-ferrous metallurgy would be inconceivable without the development of passenger road transport.
At the end 1959 years, builders gave the citizens a Communication House. The first city telephone line was held in Ust-Kamenogorsk in 1924 year from the radio station of the People’s Commissariat of Communications to the City Council. Using this line, on the day of the death of Vladimir Ilyich Lenin, radio signals received from Moscow were transmitted to a rally at the People’s House.
Once in the lexicon of Ust-Kamenogorsk residents there were such names: Popovsky log, Mare’s head, Biryukovka ... Herds of cows grazed here, the kids went here for the sorrel. After the war they began to call these places in a different way: "Construction site", "Quarter" B "... Now here is Lenin Avenue, Gogol Street, Metallurgists, Stakhanovskaya, Gagarin Boulevard. The Palace of Culture of Metallurgists stands out. A television tower is visible from afar.
The first construction organization of the Ore Altai is the Ulbastroy Trust. It was not formed in Ust-Kamenogorsk, but in Leninogorsk, then Ridder, in 1927 year in connection with the construction of the Ulba hydroelectric station. IN 1936 in the year on the basis of Ulbastroy the Big Ridder Trust was created, first renamed Ridderstroy and then Altaystroy. IN 1934 the year the address of the construction trust has changed (it was transferred to the regional center), with 1950 after the trust, the name "Altaysvinestroy" was established.
Many glorious deeds marked the path of the builders. Construction of lead-zinc, titanium-magnesium plants, a plant for automation devices and Vostokmashzavod, Ust-Kamenogorsk TPP and a condenser plant, a large-panel house-building plant, a meat factory, precast concrete plants, electrical products, mineral wool, Sogrinsk TPP ...
The development of industry in the city of Ust-Kamenogorsk would be impossible without a powerful energy base.
In winter 1939 years to the place where the Irtysh, squeezed by high mountains, was especially narrow, deep and impetuous, a young engineer Mikhail Vasilyevich Inyushin arrived on horseback. There was nothing at the site of the future construction of the Ust-Kamenogorsk hydroelectric station. Frozen river, tent of geologists under the mountain. That's all. But it was here that a power plant, rare in the practice of Soviet hydro construction, was to be built.
Much had to be done in order for the Ust-Kamenogorsk Power Plant to give energy to plants and mines, collective farms and state farms. Work began in the same 1939 year. But the Great Patriotic War slowed them down. The construction of a hydroelectric station in 1949 year.
1949 year. In October, the Ulba Metallurgical Plant launched its first batch of products.
1956 year - June 19 Ust-Kamenogorsk furniture factory issued the first experimental products - a batch of soft sofas and extendable tables.
1958 year - March 15, the Ust-Kamenogorsk television center made a test broadcast, a few days later regular television broadcasts began.
Summer 1959 the regional children's library was opened, and in 1964 year she was named after A.P. Gaidar.
1965 year - October 12, the AN-24 airliner landed for the first time at Ust-Kamenogorsk airport, direct flights between Ust-Kamenogorsk and Alma-Ata began.
In October 1970 the largest hotel in the region “Ust-Kamenogorsk” was commissioned.
Hotel Shiny River **** is conveniently located on the embankment of the Ulba River. Numbers are offered, from Economy to Luxury classes. Each room has air conditioning, refrigerator, wireless Internet, satellite TV. The hotel has 2 restaurants, 2 bars, a banquet hall, a business center, and a conference hall.
Room rate per day: from KZT 11000 ($ 60) to KZT 40,000 ($ 218)
Address: st. Solar, 8/1.
Hotel De Luxe, located in the city center, offers its customers rooms from standard to luxury, equipped with minibar, cable TV, Wi Fi, safe, air conditioning. The hotel has a restaurant, karaoke bar, swimming pool, sauna, gym.
Room rate per day: from KZT 18500 ($ 100) to KZT 30000 ($ 163)
Address: st. Kaysenova, 28 a.
Hotel City Hotel *** Rooms: Standard, Junior Suite, Suite, VIP.
Room rate per day: from KZT 8500 ($ 46) to KZT 20,000 ($ 109)
Address: st. Voroshilova, 158.
Hotel complex Beibarys *** Rooms: Suite, Premier Suite, Presidential Suite.
Room rate per day: from KZT 11000 ($ 60) to KZT 21000 ($ 115)
Address: st. Basic, 8.
Hotel Irtysh *** Rooms: Standard, Suite I. II and III categories.
Room rate per day: from KZT 7500 ($ 40) to KZT 27000 ($ 147)
Address: st. Auezova, 22.
Hotel Ust-Kamenogorsk. Numbers: non-standard, standard and the highest category.
Room rate per day: from KZT 2500 ($ 14) to KZT 21000 ($ 115)
Address: st. Kabanbay Batyr, 158.
Sights of Ust-Kamenogorsk
Built in 1827, the house of the merchant Stepanov is a monument of architecture and urban planning. In different years of the Soviet period, it housed the regional committee, passport office and other official and party organizations. Today, in this ancient building is the Museum of Fine Arts named after the Nevzorov family, in the funds of which there are more than 4000 paintings, drawings, sculptures and decorative works of artists and masters of Kazakhstan. The museum’s song club, the Roerich society, the Literature Association, and the Friendship Association with India work in the museum.
Address: st. Tokhtarova. 56.
The East Kazakhstan Regional Museum of Local History is one of the oldest in Kazakhstan. It was founded before the revolution - back in 1915. Almost a hundred years of the museum’s work have brought invaluable results: under its arches are collected the richest collections of exhibits. Of particular interest are archaeological finds collected from all excavations of ancient mounds dating back to 1947. In the former USSR, the East Kazakhstan Museum of History and Local Lore was twice recognized as the best in the country.
Address: st. Uritsky, 40.
East Kazakhstan Drama Theater named after Zhambyl, whose original name was People’s House, is a theater with more than a century of history and deep-rooted traditions. Even in the harsh war years, performances were held in the unheated rooms of the theater. Today, two theater troupes perform works by Russian, Kazakh and foreign classics, as well as contemporary drama.
Address: st. Tokhtarova. 47.
The inscription “Kazakhstan” is enclosed in six-meter letters on Mount Ablaketka. A flag of Kazakhstan measuring 6 by 12 meters is set next to it. The inscription, of course, is smaller than the famous Hollywood one, but it is visible in almost any area of \u200b\u200bthe city of Ust-Kamenogorsk, and on holidays it glows at night.
The East Kazakhstan Pantotherapy Center, located 16 km from the city of Ust-Kamenogorsk, offers not only to relax surrounded by picturesque Altai nature, but also to undergo a course of medical procedures based on antler products. Pantotherapy is indispensable for any urban resident whose life goes on in a bad environment. In this resort you will noticeably strengthen your body within 10 - 12 days.
Room rate per day: from KZT 12000 ($ 65) to KZT 45000 ($ 244)
Address: st. Kabanbay Batyr, 91.
Nature of Southern Altai
City of Spirits, Flaming Cliffs - many poetic epithets are selected to describe this unique creation of nature. Proud Beauty - this is how Kiin-Kerish literally translates. As a result of prolonged erosion, exposed sediments of multi-colored clays with predominant red shades acquired unimaginable forms. The bizarre landscape of this strange place, which is not easy to find without a guide, is often called "Martian." Tourists come here to admire the amazing city created by nature itself. Frequent guests of Kiin Kerish are scientists. The paleontological findings found here are of high value.
Location: in the vicinity of Lake Zaysan.
The nearest railway station is Serebryansk.
Climber's dream! The highest peak of Altai has a number of properties that make it possible to climb various categories of complexity. In addition, Belukha is shrouded in myths and legends of a religious and mystical nature, as a result of which not only climbers show great interest in it.
The nearest railway station is Zyryanovsk.
It has healing properties. At the time of the Great Silk Road, passing by it, travelers stopped to swim and take a break from a long journey. It was they who already in those distant times noticed that the magical waters of Lake Alakol help to quickly restore strength. In the vicinity of the lake there are sanatoriums and recreation centers: Alakol, Aigerim, Dorozhnik, Asem, Barlyk Arasan and many others.
Accommodation: Urjar district.
Physico-geographical characteristic
Geographical position
Ust-Kamenogorsk is located in the eastern part of the Republic of Kazakhstan at the confluence of the Irtysh and Ulba rivers, about 280 kilometers west of Mount Belukha, the highest point of Altai. This region of the Altai mountain system has historically been called the Ore Altai (the name was proposed by the geologist V.K. Kotulsky).
Climate
The climate of the city is sharply continental with unstable moisture. The cold period for Ust-Kamenogorsk includes five months: from November to March. The absolute minimum air temperature ranges from −49º in January to + 4º in July. The absolute maximum is from + 8º in January to + 43º in July.
| Climate Ust-Kamenogorsk | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Index | Jan | Feb | March | Apr | May | June | July | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Average maximum, ° C | −10 | −7 | −2 | 13 | 19 | 25 | 27 | 24 | 19 | 11 | 1 | −5 | 9,75 |
| Average temperature, ° C | −16 | −14 | −8 | 6 | 12 | 18 | 20 | 16 | 11 | 4 | −4 | −10 | 2,91 |
| Average minimum ° C | −20 | −21 | −16 | −1 | 5 | 10 | 14 | 9 | 3 | −1 | −6 | −16 | −3,3 |
| Precipitation rate, mm | 20 | 20 | 25 | 30 | 40 | 40 | 60 | 40 | 30 | 40 | 35 | 30 | 410 |
| Source: Climate Zone | |||||||||||||
Symbols of Ust-Kamenogorsk
Coat of arms of the city
The coat of arms is based on a shield of classical shape, which depicts mountain peaks with water spaces between them. What symbolizes the Ulba and Irtysh rivers framed by green banks. In the upper part of the coat of arms - the name of the city, in the lower watchtower, intertwined with a ribbon on which the year of foundation of the fortress is indicated.
The color scheme of the coat of arms: yellow - means wealth and strength, blue - greatness and beauty. Green - natural resources. The ratio of the height of the coat of arms in its width 4: 3
City flag
The flag is a rectangular panel of white color, with the image of the coat of arms of the city shifted from the center towards the shaft. The flagpole has a vertical strip with a national ornament. On the opposite side of the panel are connected two diagonal stripes forming an arrow, which symbolizes the confluence of the two rivers Ulba and Irtysh. The image of the ornament and diagonal stripes is blue, the color of the national flag, which determines the territorial affiliation of the city.
The combination of colors (white, blue, multi-color coat of arms), means purity, wealth, prosperity, self-sufficiency. The ratio of the width of the flag to its length 1: 2
Story
Irtysh (left bank) view of the Strelka microdistrict
By the beginning of the 20th century, trade continued to develop, a pier and a railway were built (Zashchita station). In 1916, the Geological Committee sent to Altai a geologist V.K. Kotulsky, who got acquainted with the ore deposits of South-West Altai, which he named for the abundance of the latter Ore , and came to the firm belief that its bowels were by no means worked out and deserve the most serious attention.
Key demographic indicators (per 1000 inhabitants, data for January-November 2009):
- Fertility rate - 14.4
- Mortality rate - 12.2
- Marriages - 9.3
- Divorces - 4.3
National composition
In January-April 2004, the employment rate in Ust-Kamenogorsk was 51.6%. The unemployment rate in Ust-Kamenogorsk is 2.9%.
May-June 2009 - The unemployment rate in the city of Ust-Kamenogorsk is equal, according to the results of the study, to 20.1% of the economically active population, which exceeds the officially registered indicator by more than 14 times.
Population dynamics
Ulba in the evening
| year | population growth |
|---|---|
| 1720 | 114 |
| 1725 | 141 |
| 1825 | 1304 |
| 1840 | 2101 |
| 1855 | 3471 |
| 1861 | 3334 |
| 1897 | 8721 |
| 1900 | 12676 |
| 1907 | 13164 |
| 1920 | 17200 |
| 1939 | 21100 |
| 1959 | 150400 |
| 1970 | 230400 |
| 1979 | 274400 |
| 1989 | 324500 |
| 1993 | 341800 |
| 2005 | 302200 |
| 2007 | 298830 |
| 2009 | 314812 |
| 2011 | 318812 |
Industry
Modern Ust-Kamenogorsk is the center of non-ferrous metallurgy in Kazakhstan. At the beginning of the war, the equipment of the Electrozinc plant was evacuated from the city of Ordzhonikidze. The construction of Kazakhstan’s first zinc electrolyte plant has begun. After the war, due to reparations from Nazi Germany, the latest equipment of the Magdeburg Zinc Plant was transported here. In September 1947, the Ust-Kamenogorsk Zinc Plant produced the first metal ingots. And in 1952 it was transformed into a lead-zinc plant (CC CC). In October 1949, the Ulba Metallurgical Plant (UMP) released its first batch of its products, which in the Soviet era was a “mailbox”. Its profile was uranium, beryllium and other rare earth compounds. In 1965, a titanium-magnesium plant (TMK) was launched up the Ulba in the Sogra region. In order to employ the female half of the townspeople and direct the development of the city to the left bank of the Irtysh, in 1970 the “Silk Fabric Combine” (KShT) was founded.
Transport
The city has an international airport.
The most popular form of urban public transport is the tram, although its share in the total traffic is less than that of the bus. .
Intercity bus service is carried out from three bus stations. The most extensive network (over 35 directions) has the oldest station, which is located at the Sports Palace on Abay Avenue. From this station, buses go not only to the settlements of the region and republic, but also to the cities of Russia, for example, Krasnoyarsk. The route network of the second station, located on the street. The manor covers only the region (17 directions). The third bus station is located on the street. Vinogradov. Today its routes cover a smaller part of the region (10 routes).
Culture
The city has three cinemas (although in Soviet times there were much more), three museums, a drama theater with Russian and Kazakh (since 2000) troupes, the House of Friendship of Peoples, the Palace of Sports named after Boris Alexandrov.
Museums
- Regional Museum of Local History
- East Kazakhstan Regional Architectural and Ethnographic and Natural Landscape Museum-Reserve
- East Kazakhstan Museum of Art
Libraries
- Regional Library A.S. Pushkin
- Centralized library system of the city of Ust-Kamenogorsk
- Regional Children and Youth Library
- VK branch of the State Enterprise "Republican Scientific and Technical Library"
- East Kazakhstan Regional Special Library for the Blind and Visually Impaired (the only one in East Kazakhstan region)
Theaters
- East Kazakhstan Regional Drama Theater named after Zhambyl
Cinemas
Valid:
- "Anniversary"
- Echo (formerly October)
- Kinoplexx
Eliminated:
- "Eaglet"
- "Torch"
- "Kazakhstan"
- "World"
- "Screen"
Sport
Palace of Sports
Ice hockey is the main sport in Ust-Kamenogorsk, the city is even called the "hockey forge". Hockey club "Kazzinc-Torpedo" Ust-Kamenogorsk was opened in 1955, the team was organized at the Ulba Metallurgical Plant. In 1968, the Palace of Sports was built for this (now the Palace of Sports named after Boris Alexandrov or the KCDS (commercial center of leisure and sports) of Kazzinc JSC). Many hockey players now play in Russian teams, stars such as Evgeny Nabokov have also performed in the NHL. At the dawn of independence (as well as now) in Kazakhstan, the national team was 98% composed and consists of players from the Ust-Kamenogorsk Torpedo (former or current), or rather, from Ust-Kamenogorsk hockey players. In 1989, the city's hockey school was recognized as the best in the USSR.
Also in Ust-Kamenogorsk football developed.
sights
Muhamadi Mosque
The building of the regional akimat
Monument to S. M. Kirov
Bust of Rabindranath Tagore
- Akimat of East Kazakhstan region, monument to Abay Kunanbayev
- Monument in memory of soldiers-internationalists
- Mass grave of fighters for Soviet power in Ust-Kamenogorsk 1918-1919
- Zhastar Park (formerly named after S.M. Kirov)
- Palace of Culture of Metallurgists
- East Kazakhstan Regional Drama Theater named after Zhambyl
- Monument to Yakov Vasilyevich Ushanov (first chairman of the Ust-Kamenogorsk Sovdep) on Ushanov Square in Ust-Kamenogorsk
- The building of the Ust-Kamenogorsk railway station on the street. Manors
- House of Builders Culture (DCS) in Ust-Kamenogorsk
- Monument to the founder of the city, the Life Guard Major Ivan Mikhailovich Likharev
- East Kazakhstan Architectural, Ethnographic and Natural Landscape Museum-Reserve (Mariinsky Women's School)
- Bayterek
- Fountain "Zodiac"
- Sculpture "To the stars"
- House of Mikhail Shilyaev early XX century
- Holy Zinovievsky temple
- Holy Trinity Orthodox Monastery. Temple of St. Sergius of Radonezh
- St. Andrew's Cathedral
- Novo-Pokrovsky temple
- Holy Trinity Church
- Muhamadi Mosque
- Ethnic village
- Mount Ablaketka with the inscription "Kazakhstan"
- Monument to Efim Pavlovich Slavsky on the Irtysh embankment, which was named in his honor several years earlier.
Education and science
As of January 1, 2008, 27 preschool organizations (22 - state and 5 private kindergartens) and 46 schools (including 2 private) worked in the city.
Higher education institutions and colleges
- East Kazakhstan State Technical University named after D. Serikbayev
- East Kazakhstan State University named after S. Amanzholov
- East Kazakhstan Regional University
- IT College of East Kazakhstan State Technical University named after D. Serikbayev
- East Kazakhstan College of Humanities
- East Kazakhstan College of Technology and Economics
- College named after the national teacher of the USSR Kumash Nurgaliev
- College of Transport and Health
- College of Economics and Finance
- College of Technology Service
- Ust-Kamenogorsk College of Professional Training and Service
- Ust-Kamenogorsk Medical College
- Ust-Kamenogorsk Polytechnic College
- Ust-Kamenogorsk branch of Moscow State University of Economics, Statistics and Informatics
- State University Professional School No. 2 of Ust-Kamenogorsk
- Vocational Technical Lyceum
- East Kazakhstan College of Arts named after Nar.Artists of the Abdulins brothers
since 1950, VNIItsvetmet has been operating in the city, created by decision of the Council of Ministers of the USSR, as the All-Union Scientific Research Mining and Metallurgical Institute of Non-Ferrous Metals.
Ust-Kamenogorsk in culture
The city is mentioned in Nikolai Anov’s novel “The Missing Brother”, in Nikolai Chekmenev’s novel “Seven Rivers”, in the television series “Diamond Hunters”, in the movie “Crew”. Ust-Kamenogorsk is devoted to the poem by Pavel Vasilyev "The City of Seraphim Dagaev."
Events in Ust-Kamenogorsk
Famous people
In Ust-Kamenogorsk were born or lived:
The Saints
Writers and Poets
- Anov Nikolay - Russian Soviet writer, translator, one of the founders of the Ust-Kamenogorsk literary association "Altai Link".
- Bazhov Pavel - Russian writer, folklorist, who first performed the literary processing of the Ural tales.
- Bokeev Oralkhan - Kazakh Soviet, Kazakh writer, editor-in-chief of the Kazakh Literature newspaper.
- Vasiliev Pavel - Russian Soviet poet, representative of the so-called. "New peasant" direction in literature; repressed.
- Volkov Alexander - Russian Soviet writer, creator of a series of stories about the Magic Land.
- Egorov Alexander - Russian Soviet, Kazakhstani writer.
- Eremeev Sergey - Russian Soviet poet, writer.
- Anatoly Ivanov - one of the largest "soil workers" who wrote novels on a village theme, Hero of Socialist Labor, an honorary citizen of Ust-Kamenogorsk.
- Ivanusev-Altai Mikhail is a Russian Soviet writer, poet, translator, journalist, one of the founders of the Ust-Kamenogorsk literary association "Altai Link".
- Kaysenov Kassym - Writer, Veteran of the Second World War, commander of a partisan detachment, holder of orders - Halyk Kagarmany, Bogdan Khmelnitsky, Laureate of the International Prize named after A. Fadeev, public figure.
- Kurdakov Evgeny - Russian Soviet writer, translator from Turkic languages, Laureate of the 1999 All-Russian Pushkin Jubilee Prize.
- Obruchev Vladimir - Russian traveler scientist, science fiction writer.
- Permitin Efim - Russian Soviet writer.
- Potanin Gregory - Russian geographer, ethnographer, folklorist, one of the founders of Siberian regionalism.
- Chernykh Stanislav - local history writer, archivist, honored cultural worker, member of the USSR Writers Union.
- Chistyakov Mikhail - Russian Soviet poet, honorary citizen of Ust-Kamenogorsk.
Scientists and researchers
- Alekseenko Nikolay - a demographic scientist, the founder of the historical demography of Kazakhstan.
- Berda Eugene is a famous Kazakhstani design engineer.
- Bukhman Vladimir - solar scientist, solar power engineer, inventor of the solar concentrator.
- Golosov Gregory is a Russian political scientist.
- von Humboldt Alexander is a German traveler scientist.
- Dyatlov Dmitry is a modern Kazakhstani writer, psychologist, author of a number of psychosocial business methods.
- Koksharov Nikolay - Russian mineralogist.
- Michaelis Eugene - Russian scientist, local historian, political exile.
- Nurgaliev Kumash is the organizer of secondary education in Kazakhstan, the people's teacher of the USSR, the founder of the pedagogical dynasty.
- Pankratiev Dmitry is a naturalist scientist.
- Serikbaev Daulet - the organizer of higher education in Kazakhstan, the first rector.
- Shcherbakov Boris - Russian Soviet ornithologist, writer, honorary citizen of Ust-Kamenogorsk.
Politicians, military, public figures
- Gribakin Vasily - Chairman of the commune “The First Russian Society of Communal Diggers”.
- Kornilov Lavr - Russian military leader, one of the leaders of the White movement.
- Malenkov George - Soviet state and party leader.
- Muravyov-Apostol Matvey - Decembrist, member of the Southern Society, participant in the uprising of the Chernigov Regiment, political exile.
- Reish Bruno - Honored Doctor of the Kazakh SSR, excellent student of public health, chief surgeon of East Kazakhstan region, People's Deputy of the USSR.
- Roshchin Lev - pilot, participant in the Great Patriotic War, Hero of the Soviet Union.
- Ushanov Yakov - the first chairman of the Ust-Kamenogorsk Council of Deputies.
- Sharov Vladimir is a public figure, an honorary citizen of the city.
Athletes
- Alexandrov Boris (1955-2002) - hockey player, champion of the Winter Olympics in 1976, multiple champion of the USSR.
- Barmashov, Dmitry Vladimirovich (b.1985) - Kazakhstan freestyle list of the Winter Asian Games 2011
- Galysheva, Julia Evgenievna (born 1992) is a Kazakhstan freestyle artist, winner and winner of the stages of the World Cup and European Cup, winner of the Winter Asian Games 2011
- Kvochkin Sergey (1938-2007) - Soviet football player, striker of Kairat (Alma-Ata), member of the Kazakhstan scorers club, international master of sports.
- Konysbaev Ulan (born 1990) - Kazakhstani footballer, attacking midfielder of the national team of Kazakhstan and the Astana club, the best football player of Kazakhstan in 2011.
- Eugene Nabokov (born in 1975) - hockey player, goalkeeper, pupil of the Ust-Kamenogorsk hockey school, 2008 world champion in the Russian national team.
- Paladiev Evgeny (1948-2010) - Soviet hockey player, defender. Honored Master of Sports of the USSR (1969), world champion 1969, 1970, 1973.
- Reicherd, Dmitry Alexandrovich (b.1989) - Kazakhstan freestyle artist, winner and medalist of the World Cup and European Cup, winner of the Winter Asian Games 2011
- Rodionova, Julia Sergeevna (born 1990) is a Kazakhstan freestyle artist, winner and medalist of the stages of the World Cup and European Cup, Winter Asian Games 2011
- Rybalova, Daria Vladimirovna (b.1988) - Kazakhstan freestyle list, winner and medalist of the World Cup and European Cup, winner of the Winter Universiade-2011
- Olga Rypakova (born in 1984) - Honored Master of Sports, Kazakhstan athlete, two-time Asian champion in the triple jump and heptathlon, Olympic champion in the triple jump (2012, London).
- Smagulov Aydin is a Kyrgyz judoka, bronze medalist of the 2000 Olympics.
- Turukalo Nadezhda - Soviet athlete (scuba diving), international master of sports, multiple champion and record holder of the USSR, Europe, the world, awarded the Order of Honor.
Singers, dancers, show business representatives
Twin cities
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Ust-Kamenogorsk It is located in the east, in a picturesque place where the Irtysh River connects with Ulba. This city is an important industrial, economic, sports and cultural center of the East Kazakhstan region, where many prominent poets and writers lived in different years. Today, it is well known for its magnificent sports schools, which even during the USSR gave the country many honored masters of sports, as well as an abundance of monuments and architectural structures that form the cultural heritage of the entire region.
Features
Modern Ust-Kamenogorsk plays an important role in the development of non-ferrous metallurgy in Kazakhstan, having a number of factories. A special place here is occupied by numerous sports schools. The famous local hockey club “Torpedo” in the Soviet years was considered the main forge of hockey cadres, regularly supplying new talents to the vast ice rinks of the Soviet Union. Now, when Soviet hockey has changed to Kazakh, and the club changed its name to “Kazzinc-Torpedo”, now playing in the VHL championship, the former greatness of victorious traditions is remembered by the townspeople with a sense of deep nostalgia and constant hope for a bright future. In addition to sports, much attention is paid in Ust-Kamenogorsk to the development of culture and education, which is noticeable in the presence of general educational and cultural institutions in the city, as well as in the abundance of monuments and museums. The ethnic composition of the capital of the East Kazakhstan region is formed mainly from Russians and Kazakhs. Other nationalities are represented in much smaller numbers.
general information
The area of \u200b\u200bUst-Kamenogorsk is 210 square meters. km, with a population of about 320 thousand people. Local time is 3 hours ahead of Moscow time. Daylight saving time is not currently available. UTC + 6 time zone. Phone code (+7) 7232. Official website www.oskemen.kz/kz.
A brief excursion into history
The city was founded in August 1720, when on the banks of the Irtysh and Ulba, construction began on the Ust-Kamennaya fortress, so named because of the terrain features. After its construction, barracks for soldiers, a military hospital, apartments of military leaders, all kinds of warehouses and prisons were located on the territory. Gradually, residential buildings began to be built around the fortress, where peasant families settled. In the second half of the 18th century, Siberian Cossacks and other immigrants joined them. Ust-Kamenogorsk received city status in 1868. By the beginning of the 20th century, trade began to actively develop here, a narrow gauge railway was laid and ore deposits were discovered. The end of the second decade was marked by the establishment of Soviet power and the subsequent construction of the Ust-Kamenogorsk Hydroelectric Power Station. During the Great Patriotic War, the city turned into a large evacuation center of various factories, enterprises and institutions. The post-war period was characterized by the rapid growth of industry and the rise of economic resources. With the collapse of the USSR, like many other cities of the great Soviet power, Ust-Kamenogorsk was waiting for a period of decline, giving way to a new rise closer to the beginning of the current millennium.
Climate
In this region, a sharply continental climate prevails. Winter in these places is extremely cold and the thermometer thermometer regularly drops below -15 degrees. In summer, the air temperature rises to +18 - +20 and above. Precipitation falls throughout the year, but their total amount is not significant. It is best to come here in summer or early fall, when it is sunny and warm.
How to get there
In addition to the international airport, which accepts flights from different countries, the regional capital has a railway and bus stations that provide suburban communication between cities and regions using railway trains and buses.
Transport
Trams are the most popular means of transportation within the city limits, although there are also buses, taxis and minibuses.
Attractions and entertainment
Among the main religious buildings of the city, which have long been assigned a special role in Ust-Kamenogorsk, the Muhamadi Mosque, with a blue domed building and two minarets 45 meters high, as well as the St. Zinovievsky Church, consecrated in honor of Zinovy \u200b\u200bSogrinsky in the fall of 2005, stand out. The Cathedral in the name of St. Apostle Andrew the First-Called, towering not far from the Holy Trinity Monastery, is also noteworthy. Among the most interesting buildings, the Palace of Culture of Metallurgists, the Drama Theater named after Zhambyl, the House of Culture of Builders, the Novo-Pokrovsky Church on Akmolinskaya Street, the house of Mikhail Shilyaev at the beginning of the 20th century and the two-story store of the merchant Semenov built in 1910 are among the most interesting buildings.
Among the monuments and sculptural compositions, it is worth noting Vuchetich’s magnificent sculpture “Swinging Swords for Oral”, the Victory memorial complex dedicated to those who died during the Second World War, the Abay monument, the original Zodiac fountain, which the locals like to make each other's appointments , the illumination construction “Baiterek” near the Irtysh bridge, the monument to Kirov and the sculptural composition “To the Stars”, which is displayed in front of the family recreation center - “Mesto”. Museum lovers should definitely visit the Regional Museum of History and Local Lore, the East Kazakhstan Regional Natural Landscape Museum-Reserve and the East Kazakhstan Museum of Art. The charming Zhastar Park, with its many trees and flower beds, is ideal for walking.
Kitchen
In the culinary establishments of Ust-Kamenogorsk visitors are offered a wide variety of dishes, from classic Kazakh delicacies to all kinds of hamburgers and fast foods.
Shopping
For fans of shopping on the shelves of shops and shopping malls of the city, goods of almost all directions are exhibited, so leaving the regional capital without gifts and souvenirs is not accepted.
Ust-Kamenogorsk has the charm characteristic of the Irtysh banks and, as a rule, gives a lot of pleasant impressions to its guests. Staying in this picturesque city allows you to get to know the Kazakhstan province, feel the hospitable atmosphere of these places and enjoy the extraordinary beauties of the East Kazakhstan region.
Ust-Kamenogorsk is a city located in the eastern part of Kazakhstan, at the confluence of two rivers: the Irtysh and Ulba. It was formed in 1720, and received the status of the city only in 1939. Ust-Kamenogorsk covers an area of \u200b\u200b54.4 thousand hectares. Which one.
This city is the administrative and industrial center of the East Kazakhstan region, and currently it houses a large number of educational, scientific, medical, sports and entertainment facilities. The main directions of economic life in Ust-Kamenogorsk are industrial enterprises that process ferrous and non-ferrous metals, the largest instrument-making and machine-building plants, as well as the only Lada automobile manufacturing plant in the republic. Visit.
How can I get to Ust-Kamenogorsk
There is an international airport in Ust-Kamenogorsk, which is located 11 km north-west of the city. The second class airport has two runways and serves domestic and international flights.
For the organization of railway communication in Ust-Kamenogorsk there is a station known under the name "Protection". This is the first major station located along the route from Russia to Kazakhstan and further to the west.
Intercity trips are carried out using buses that run from two bus stations in the city. The oldest bus station is located on the avenue to them. Abaya is near the Sports Palace and serves more than 35 destinations. From this bus station, buses leave not only in the republic and region, but also in some cities of Russia, for example, to Krasnoyarsk. The second bus station located on the street. The manor serves only 17 destinations and only in the region.
What interesting places to see in Ust-Kamenogorsk
In cultural terms, Ust-Kamenogorsk is attractive for tourists. There are a lot of monuments, there are 3 museums, the Zhambyl Drama Theater, 3 cinemas, the Sports Palace, the Muhamadi Mosque, several cathedrals and temples.
- The Regional Museum of History and Local Lore - the oldest museum in Kazakhstan, opened in 1915. Currently, this museum has become the largest repository of monuments of nature and natural sciences, and is in eastern Kazakhstan the largest center for scientific research, from ancient times to modern times.
- The East Kazakhstan Architectural and Ethnographic Museum includes several buildings located in different areas of the city, as well as 2 parks and a zoo. Here are collected unique collections representing the historical, cultural and ethnographic heritage of not only the Kazakh people, but also many other countries of the world.
- East Kazakhstan Museum of Art - in its fund more than 4,000 units of painting and graphics, arts and crafts, as well as sculptures of Kazakh and Russian masters are collected.
Another interesting attraction is located at an altitude of more than 500 m, on the mountain Ablaketka in capital letters (the height of each letter is 6 meters) the inscription "Kazakhstan" is laid out as in Hollywood. This inscription is visible in almost any part of the city.
Prices in Ust-Kamenogorsk
The currency used in Ust-Kamenogorsk is Kazakhstan tenge. At the current exchange rate, 1 US dollar is approximately 185 tenge, and 1 ruble is 5.25 tenge. Prices for many goods in stores are approximately equal to the average Russian prices.
There are several hotels in Ust-Kamenogorsk, and depending on the category they offer their guests a large number of rooms at various prices and a different set of related services. In economy class hotels, daily accommodation will cost about 1000 tenge (about 5 dollars or 190 rubles). In more "star" hotels per day you will have to pay from 3000 tenge (about 15 dollars or 570 rubles) and more.
In cafes and restaurants you can taste local dishes, there is also a large selection of dishes of European, Eastern, Russian and other cuisines. The average bill in a cafe is 1000-3000 tenge, in restaurants from 3000-5000 tenge.
A bit of the history of the founding of the city
In 1720, by decree of Peter the Great, a detachment led by Major I.M. was sent to the expedition to Lake Zaysan. Likharev. At the confluence of the Irtysh and Ulba, this detachment began the construction of a military fortress called Ust-Kamennaya or Ust-Kamenogorsk. The fortress got its name due to the fact that the Irtysh in this place seemed to be knocked out of the mouth of stone mountains. The fortress housed barracks, apartments of military leaders, a military hospital, and the penitentiary department, which still exist. Gradually, alongside the fortification, houses began to be built outside the fortress. That was the beginning of the city.
“The mouth at the foot of the stone mountains” - this is the meaning of the name Ust-Kamenogorsk, in Kazakh it sounds like “Oskemen”.
Natural reserves of Ust-Kamenogorsk
But the main attractions of Ust-Kamenogorsk are not museums or architectural monuments at all, but the nature around it of extraordinary beauty. Tourists are attracted by green reserves, beautiful mountains, picturesque lakes. All protected parks are located outside the industrial city.
Katon-Karagai National Nature Park is the largest natural park in Kazakhstan, with an area of \u200b\u200b643.5 thousand hectares. One third of the territory is covered with forest, mainly coniferous trees are represented here: fir, cedar, spruce, Siberian larch. The park is home to rare animals such as the snow leopard, black stork, peregrine falcon and others.
Markakolsky Nature Reserve - was created to study and preserve the unique ecosystem of the mountain lake Markakol. This lake has an area of \u200b\u200b455 sq.m. is one of the largest in Altai. More than 100 rivers and streams flow into Markakol Lake, and the only river flowing from it is the Kalzhyr.
West Altai Nature Reserve - its area is 86 thousand hectares and is occupied by dense fir-spruce forests. This reserve has an interesting natural monument “Stone Town”.
Kiin-Kerish or "City of Spirits" is a mysterious place in the vicinity of Lake Zaysan. Red rocks and cliffs, reminiscent of their forms of the tower, castles, located in the middle of the desert. Many attribute the presence of the strongest energy to the extraterrestrial landscape of Kiin-Kerish, therefore ritual sacrifices were carried out in this place in ancient times.
