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Ust-Kamenogorsk was founded in August of 1720 by leib-guardian mayor Ivan Liharev who was sent by Peter the First in search of gold in the environs of a Jungarian city called Erketi (present day Yarkent, a city in the Chinese province Sin-Tsyan). At the confluence of two rivers, the Irtysh and the Ulba, Liharev constructed the fortress Ust-Kamenogorsk which later became one of the most important positions in the frontier system of the Russian Empire. |
Today Ust-Kamenogorsk is one of the largest power supplying, industrial, and transport cities of the republic. There are works of non-ferrous metallurgy, mechanical engineering, metalworking industry, wood-working and food industries. Ust-Kamenogorsk is also an important cultural center. . |
It boasts three museums (the Museum of Arts, the Museum of History on the region, and the Museum of Ethnography), the Zhambil Theatre of Russian Drama, a philharmonic, a sports palace, four universities, various branches of institutions of higher education of Russia and Kazakhstan, and several colleges |
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| In A Nutshell: | "The center of gold mining" |
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MalenaN Sun Oct 26, 2003 08:18 UTC
I liked the photo of the river. It looks very beautiful. |
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