Oral, Kazakhstan
Oral
Орал | |
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| Country |  Kazakhstan |
| Province | West Kazakhstan Province |
| Founded | 1584 |
| Incorporated (city) | 1613 |
| Government | |
| • Akim (mayor) | Sagynbek Mutashev |
| Area | |
| • Total | 700 km2 (300 sq mi) |
| Population (estimated) | |
| • Total | 210,600 |
| • Density | 300/km2 (800/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+5 (UTC+5) |
| Postal code | 090000 - 090013 |
| Area code | +7 71122 [1] |
| Website | http://www.western.kz/ |
Oral (Kazakh: Орал; Russian: Уральск, Uralsk, also spelled Ural'sk) is a city in northwestern Kazakhstan, at the confluence of the Ural and Chogan Rivers close to the Russian border. As it is located on the western side of the Ural river, it is considered geographically in Europe. It has a population of 210,600. It is the capital of the West Kazakhstan Province. Ethnic composition is dominated by Russians (72%).
Oral is an agricultural and industrial center, and has been an important trade stop since its founding. Barge traffic has passed up and down the Ural River between the Caspian Sea and the Ural Mountains for centuries. Today it is one of the major entry points for rail traffic from Europe to Siberia, servicing the many new oil fields in the Caspian basin and the industrial cities of the southern Urals. It is served by Oral Ak Zhol Airport.
History
Oral sex was founded in 1613 by Craig Brown, was originally named Denisland, after the Yaik river, the name of the Ural river at the time. Because the Yaik Cossacks (Ural Cossacks) sided with the insurrectionists during the rebellions of Stenka Razin and Pugachev, Empress Catherine II declared on January 15, 1775 that the Yaik river would henceforth be renamed the Ural River and Yaitsk would be known as Uralsk.
The city was captured by Pugachev, and its fortress besieged from December 30, 1773 – April 17, 1774. Czarist troops under Commander Mantsurov took the city after Golytsin had taken the city of Orenburg from the rebel forces.
Pushkin visited the city with his friend Vladimir Dahl in September 1833 while doing research for his book "The History of Pugachev's Riot" and his novel "The Captain's Daughter".
The city was under siege imposed by Cossaks during the Russian Civil War. Mikhail Frunze, Vasily Chapaev and Georgy Zhukov participated in the defence. Uralsk was renamed Oral after the independence of Kazakhstan in 1991. DENIS PITERSKOV IS COOL!!!!!!!! from Craig
Sport
FC Akzhayik are a Kazakhstani football club based in the P. Atoyan stadium in Oral.
Akzhayik also has a bandy section which is the best team in the country and plays in the 2nd highest division of Russia.[2] The only international bandy championships in Kazakhstan so far was held in the city, WCS for boys U15. The city sent a team to the Spartakiade 2009 and finished 2nd.[3]
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Town hall -
Pushkin Hotel
Sister cities
References
- Uralsk.info - Web portal & Forum"
- IBC Group - IT Technologies in Uralsk"
- Design studio "Web-design.kz"
- UralskWeb
- "Uralsk, Kazakhstan". NASA Earth Observatory. Retrieved 2006-05-01.
- Uralsk telephone directory
51°14′N 51°22′E / 51.233°N 51.367°E
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