Uralsk Kazakhstan


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Uralsk Kazakhstan overview

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

Uralsk (Oral) Kazakhstan map location

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Uralsk Kazakhstan population - 210,000 (2006 est.).
Uralsk Kazakhstan phone code - +7 71122.

Uralsk (Oral) Kazakhstan main street

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Uralsk (Oral) Kazakhstan administration building

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Uralsk Kazakhstan history

Uralsk city was founded in 1613 by Cossacks fleeing a tsarist punitive campaign. Uralsk city was known as Yaitsky Gorodok until 1775, when its name was changed following the Pugachov Rebellion.

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Uralsk was a centre of both the Stenka Razin (1667) and Yemelyan Pugachov (1773) uprisings and was the headquarters of the Ural Cossacks.

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

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Uralsk Kazakhstan economy

Uralsk city industries today include leather and footwear, meatpacking, flour milling, some engineering and a licorice works.

Uralsk (Oral) Kazakhstan train station

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Uralsk (Oral) Kazakhstan bridge at night

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Uralsk (Oral) Kazakhstan night life

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Uralsk (Oral) Kazakhstan hotels

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Uralsk Kazakhstan main attractions

Uralsk Kazakhstan has teacher-training and agricultural institutes, the oldest theatre in Kazakhstan, and a museum with historic Cossack mementos.

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Uralsk (Oral) Kazakhstan architecture

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Uralsk (Oral) Kazakhstan theater

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Uralsk (Oral) Kazakhstan night views

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