231 Articles of interest in Kazakhstan
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Kurchatov (in Kazakh and Russian: Курча́тов) is a town in East Kazakhstan Province in northeast Kazakhstan. Named after Soviet nuclear physicist Igor Kurchatov, the town was once the centre of operations for the adjoining Semipalatinsk Test Site. Wi…
Korgas (simplified Chinese: 霍尔果斯; traditional Chinese: 霍爾果斯; pinyin: Huò'ěrguǒsī, Kazakh: قورعاس, Uyghur: قورغاس, ULY: Qorghas), also known as Huoerguosi, Khorgos, Chorgos and Gorgos, is a Chinese city near the border with Kazakhstan. It is located…
The Emba River (Kazakh: Ембі or Kazakh: Жем, Russian: Эмба) in west Kazakhstan rises in the Mugodzhar Hills and flows some 400 miles (640 km) southwest into the Caspian Sea. It flows through the north of the Ust-Urt plateau, and reaches the Caspian …
Sharyn Canyon is an 80 km canyon in Kazakhstan on the Sharyn River, 200 kilometres (120 mi) east of Almaty, close to the Chinese border.
Site 31/6 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome, in Kazakhstan, is a launch site used by derivatives of the R-7 Semyorka missile. From 2011 onwards, it was supposed to be the launch site for manned Soyuz missions to the International Space Station, when launch…
Alashankou (Chinese: 阿拉山口; pinyin: Ālāshānkǒu; Mongolian: ᠠᠯᠠᠭ ᠠᠭᠤᠯᠠ) is a border city in Bortala Mongol Autonomous Prefecture, Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, China.
Soyuz 8 (Russian: Союз 8, Union 8) was part of a joint mission with Soyuz 6 and Soyuz 7 that saw three Soyuz spacecraft in orbit together at the same time, carrying a total of seven cosmonauts.
The BN-350 was a sodium-cooled fast reactor located at Aktau Nuclear Power Plant. The power plant was located in Aktau (formerly known as Shevchenko in 1964–1992), Kazakhstan, on the shore of the Caspian Sea.
Janaozen or Zhanaozen (Kazakh: Жаңаөзен / Jañaözen), formerly known as Novy Uzen (Russian: Новый Узень, until 1993), is a town in the Mangystau Region of Kazakhstan located south-east of the city of Aktau. The name of the town means "new river" in K…
Alakol Lake (Kazakh: Алакөл, Turkic "motley lake") is a lake located in the Almaty and Shyghyz provinces, east central Kazakhstan.
Betpak-Dala is a region in Kazakhstan. Betpak-Dala (from Turkic batpak, “swampy,” or Persian bedbaht, “unlucky” and Turkic dala, “plain”), also known as the Northern Hungry Steppe, a desert in the former Kazakh SSR, located between the lower reaches…
TM-28 was a Soyuz mission to the Mir space station.
Soyuz 12 (Russian: Союз 12, Union 12) was a 1973 manned test flight by the Soviet Union of the newly redesigned Soyuz 7K-T spacecraft that was intended to provide greater crew safety in the wake of the Soyuz 11 tragedy. The flight marked the return …
Otrar or Utrar (Kazakh: Отырар Otırar; also called Farab) is a Central Asian ghost town that was a city located along the Silk Road in Kazakhstan. Otrar was an important town in the history of Central Asia, situated on the borders of settled and agr…
The Medeu, (Kazakh: Медеу; Medeu) or Medeo (Russian: Медео) is an outdoor speed skating and bandy rink. It is located in a mountain valley (Medeu Valley, or the valley of Malaya Alma-Atinka River) on the south-eastern outskirts of Almaty, Kazakhstan…
Kazakhstan Sports Palace (Kazakh: Қазақстан спорт сарайы; Russian: Дворец спорта Казахстан) is a palace of sports located in Astana, Kazakhstan. It is mainly serves as the home of Barys Astana of the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL) and hosts various…
Soyuz TM-17 was a Russian mission to the space station Mir, launched on July 1, 1993. It lasted 196 days and 17 hours, making more than 3,000 orbits of the planet Earth. The Soyuz-TM crew transports (T - транспортный - Transportnyi - meaning transpo…
The Saryesik Atyrau Desert stretches for about 400 km south of Lake Balkhash in eastern Kazakhstan. It is a sand desert, relatively ecologically healthy with little erosion.
The National Library of the Republic of Kazakhstan (NLRK) is the national library of Kazakhstan.
The Ascension Cathedral (Russian: Вознесенский собор, Voznesenskij sobor), also known as Zenkov Cathedral,is a Russian Orthodox cathedral located in Panfilov Park in Almaty, Kazakhstan.
The Almaty Central Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium in Almaty, Kazakhstan. It is currently used mostly for football matches. The stadium is shared by FC Kairat Almaty.
Alashankou railway station (Chinese: 阿拉山口站; pinyin: Ālāshānkǒu zhàn), also known as Alataw Pass railway station (also spelt Alatau and Ala Tau) is a railway station in Börtala Mongol Autonomous Prefecture of China's Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region.
Soyuz TM-24 was the 27th expedition to Mir. Soyuz TM-24 carried a crew of three. The crew consisted of Cosmonauts Valery Korzun and Aleksandr Kaleri, and the first French woman in space, Claudie André-Deshays. They joined American astronaut Shannon …
Sary-Arka Airport (Kazakh: Сарыарқа әуежайы, Russian: аэропорт Сары-Арка) (IATA: KGF, ICAO: UAKK) is the airport of Karagandy, Kazakhstan.
Saray-Jük (Сарай-Жүк) / Sarai-Dzhuk (Сарай-Джук) or Kishi Saray (Кіші Сарай) in the Kazakh language, Saraychyq (Сарайчык) in modern Tatar, and Saray Maly (Russian: Сара́й Ма́лый) literally "Little Sarai", to distinguish it from Old Sarai, was a medi…
Lake Zaysan (Kazakh: Зайсан көлі,Mongolian: Зайсан нуур/Zaisan nuur, ~noble lake) Russian: озеро Зайсан) is a freshwater lake, ca. 1,810 km² (700 mi²), in eastern Kazakhstan, in a hollow between the Altai and the Tarbagatai Mountains.
Aktobe International Airport (Kazakh: Ақтөбе халықаралық әуежайы, Russian: Международный аэропорт Актобе) (IATA: AKX, ICAO: UATT) is an airport in Kazakhstan located 1.5 km (0.93 mi) southwest of Aktobe. It has a small terminal with five airliner pa…
Ile Alatau (Kazakh: Іле Алатауы, Ile Alatauy), (Russian: Заилийский Алатау, Zailiysky Alatau), also spelt as Trans-Ili Alatau, etc., is a part of the Northern Tian Shan mountain system (ancient Mount Imeon) in Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan. It is the no…
Talgar (Kazakh: Талғар [tɑlˈɣɑr] ; Russian: Талгар) is a town in Almaty Province, southeastern Kazakhstan. It is the administrative center of Talgar District. The town is located between Almaty and Esik, 25 km from Almaty and several kilometres east…
Soyuz TM-26 is a Russian spacecraft that ferried cosmonauts and supplies to the Mir, the Russian space station. It was the 32nd expedition to Mir.
Soyuz TM-25 was the 30th manned spacecraft mission to visit the Russian Space Station Mir.
Soyuz 29 (Russian: Союз 29, Union 29) was a 1978 manned Soviet space mission to the Salyut 6 space station. It was the fifth mission, the fourth successful docking, and the second long-duration crew for the orbiting station.
Saryarka — Steppe and Lakes of Northern Kazakhstan is a part of the Kazakh Uplands (known in Kazakh as saryarka, or "yellow range") which has been designated a world heritage site by UNESCO. It was inscribed on July 7, 2008, and is the only natural …
Oral Ak Zhol Airport (formerly known as Uralsk Ak Zhol and Podstepnyy during the Soviet era) (IATA: URA, ICAO: UARR) is an airport in Kazakhstan located 12 km (7 mi) southeast of Oral (Uralsk). It is a small airport servicing medium-sized airliners.…
Mangyshlak or Mangghyshlaq Peninsula is located in western Kazakhstan.
Barsa-Kelmes (from Kazakh: "the land of no return") was the largest island in the Aral Sea which encompasses the Barsa-Kelmes Nature Reserve. Its area was 133 km2 in the 1980s, but has been steadily growing due to shallowing of the sea, until in the…
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