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ШЫҒЫС ҚАЗАҚСТАН - ӘРІ КӨНЕ ӘРІ ЖАС = ВОСТОЧНЫЙ КАЗАХСТАН - ДРЕВНИЙ И МОЛОДОЙ = EAST KAZAKHSTAN: ANCІENT BUT YOUNG

Bibliographic Description

Шығыс Қазақстан - әрі көне әрі жас = Восточный Казахстан - древний и молодой = East Kazakhstan: Ancіent but Young. – Өскемен : Астана Даму-21, 2004. – ISBN 9965-9522-0-5.

Publisher
Астана Даму-21
Year of publication
2004
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Language
Kazakh
Publication type
Book
Country of Publication
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Description

East Kazakhstan Region is located in the north-east of the Republic of Kazakhstan and borders Pavlodar, Karaganda and Almaty Regions, the Altai Krai, the Altai Republic of the Russian Federation, and the People's Republic of China. The region was formed in 1932, and in 1997 the abolished Semei (Semipalatinsk) Region was incorporated into it. The region's area is 283,300 square kilometres. As of 1 January 2009 the region's population numbered 1,417,800 people. Its administrative centre is the city of Oskemen (Ust-Kamenogorsk). Thanks to its favourable geographical position, East Kazakhstan has always played an important role during the periods of historical development of the tribes and peoples of Western Asia. As archaeological research shows, the history of settlement in our region began in deep antiquity. In the Altai and Zaisan basins, and on the Saur and Tarbagatai ridges, traces of mining workings, irrigation canals and many ancient structures have been found.

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