Uralsk (Oral) Kazakhstan city

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Uralsk (Oral) Kazakhstan city overview

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Uralsk (also spelled Oral in Kazakh language) is a city and administrative center of West Kazakhstan oblast, western Kazakhstan, along Ural River.

Uralsk Kazakhstan city population - 210,000 (2006).
Uralsk Kazakhstan city land area - 700 sq. km.
Uralsk Kazakhstan city phone code - +7-71122.
Uralsk Kazakhstan city postal codes - 090000-090013.

Uralsk city architecture

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Uralsk (Oral) Kazakhstan city history

Uralsk was founded in 1613 by Cossacks fleeing a tsarist punitive campaign. Uralsk was known as Yaitsky Gorodok until 1775, when its name was changed following the Pugachov Rebellion. Uralsk was a center of both Stenka Razin (1667) and Yemelyan Pugachov (1773) uprisings and was the headquarters of Ural Cossacks.

Uralsk had a lively trade with European Russia in fish from Ural River and livestock products from Kazakh steppes. City of Uralsk commercial importance began to decline in the early 20th century when the new railway to Turkistan bypassed it.