Uralsk (Oral) Kazakhstan city

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• overview
• history
• economy
• main attractions

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Uralsk (Oral) Kazakhstan city overview

Uralsk (Oral) Kazakhstan city coat of arms

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 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 (Oral) Kazakhstan city map location

Uralsk (Oral) Kazakhstan city architecture

Uralsk (Oral) Kazakhstan city 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.

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

Uralsk (Oral) Kazakhstan city streets

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.

Uralsk (Oral) Kazakhstan city sceneries

Uralsk (Oral) Kazakhstan city economy

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

Uralsk (Oral) Kazakhstan city administration building

Uralsk (Oral) Kazakhstan city airport

Uralsk (Oral) Kazakhstan city bridge

Uralsk (Oral) Kazakhstan city World War II memorial

Uralsk (Oral) Kazakhstan city Afghanistan war memorial

Uralsk (Oral) Kazakhstan city 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 city monument

Uralsk (Oral) Kazakhstan city central square

Uralsk (Oral) Kazakhstan city stadium entrance

Uralsk (Oral) Kazakhstan city Yemelyan Pugachov museum

Uralsk (Oral) Kazakhstan city churches

Uralsk (Oral) Kazakhstan city mosque

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