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Kazakhstan–Russia Border
The Kazakhstan–Russia border (russian: Казахстанско-российская граница, kk, Қазақстан-Ресей шекарасы) is the international border between the Kazakhstan, Republic of Kazakhstan and the Russia, Russian Federation. It is the longest continuous international border in the world and the second longest by total length, after the Canada–United States border. It is in the same location as the former administrative-territorial border between the Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic and the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic. Geography The border starts in the west at the Caspian Sea and runs in a broadly west–east direction to the tripoint with China, though in places it is extremely convoluted. The border consists almost entirely of a series of overland lines traversing the Eurasian Steppe, though in sections rivers are utilised, such as the Maly Uzen, Ural (river), Ural and Uy (Tobol), Uy. The border runs across lake Botku ...
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Kazakhstan Political Map 2000
Kazakhstan, officially the Republic of Kazakhstan, is a List of transcontinental countries, transcontinental country located mainly in Central Asia and partly in Eastern Europe. It borders Russia to Kazakhstan–Russia border, the north and west, China to China–Kazakhstan border, the east, Kyrgyzstan to Kazakhstan–Kyrgyzstan border, the southeast, Uzbekistan to Kazakhstan–Uzbekistan border, the south, and Turkmenistan to Kazakhstan–Turkmenistan border, the southwest, with a coastline along the Caspian Sea. Its capital is Astana, known as Nur-Sultan from 2019 to 2022. Almaty, Kazakhstan's largest city, was the country's capital until 1997. Kazakhstan is the world's largest landlocked country, the largest and northernmost Muslim world, Muslim-majority country by land area, and the List of countries and dependencies by area, ninth-largest country in the world. It has a population of 19 million people, and List of countries and dependencies by population density, one of th ...
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Saykyn
Saykhin ( kz, Сайқын, ''Saiqyn''; russian: Сайхин) is a village in far western Kazakhstan on the border with Russia. It is the administrative center of Bokey Orda District in West Kazakhstan Region. Population: Geography Lake Botkul is located near Saykyn. There is a station of the Volga Railway The Privolzhskaya Railway (Приволжская железная дорога; "Volga Railway") is a subsidiary of the Russian Railways headquartered in Saratov. It serves the Saratov, Volgograd, and Astrakhan regions of Russia. Its three branch ... in the village. References Populated places in West Kazakhstan Region {{Kazakhstan-geo-stub ...
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Dombarovsky (rural Locality)
Dombarovsky (russian: Домбаровский) is a rural locality (a ''settlement'') and the administrative center of Dombarovsky District, Orenburg Oblast, Russia Russia (, , ), or the Russian Federation, is a List of transcontinental countries, transcontinental country spanning Eastern Europe and North Asia, Northern Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by area, largest country in the .... Population: Climate References Notes Sources * * * {{Authority control Rural localities in Orenburg Oblast ...
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Novotroitsk
Novotroitsk (russian: Новотро́ицк) is a town in Orenburg Oblast, Russia, located on the right bank of and along the Ural River, from Orenburg, on the border with Kazakhstan. In the east Novotroitsk almost borders Orsk: the distance between the two cities is less than . Population: History The history of Novotroitsk goes back to the beginning of the 20th century. Several families of peasants/immigrants from Ukraine settled near Silnov khutor and named their settlement Novotroitsk. Two more khutors Akkermanovsky and Beloshapochny as well as Khabarnoye stanitsa located nearby. The 1930s were the time of rapid industrialization in the Soviet Union. Alexander Fersman, a well-known academician and geologist, in his treatises described the abundance of mineral deposits near Orsk neighbourhoods and called Orsk-Khalilovo area the "true gem of the Urals." In the fall of 1929 geologist Joseph Rudnitsky discovered the Khalilovskoye hematite field. Khalilovskoye ores contained ...
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Orsk
Orsk (russian: Орск) is the second largest city in Orenburg Oblast, Russia, located on the steppe about southeast of the southern tip of the Ural Mountains. The city straddles the Ural River. Population: It lies adjacent to the Kazakhstan–Russia border. Geography The city is located where the Ural River turns from south to west and where the Or River comes in from the southeast (hence the name). It was part of the Orenburg Line of forts. History Orsk was founded (as Orenburg) in 1735 in the process of the Russian colonization of Bashkiria and the Southern Ural region.С.М.Стрельников. Географические названия Оренбургской области. — Изд. 2-е, доп. и испр. — Кувандык, 2002. — 176 с. The first settlement was founded by an expedition headed by Ivan Kirilov as a military fortification at the Mount Preobrazhenskaya on the left bank of the Yaik River (presently Ural River). Originally called Orenbu ...
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Ozinki
Ozinki (russian: Озинки) is an urban locality (an urban-type settlement) in Ozinsky District of Saratov Oblast, Russia. Population: It is located adjacent to the Kazakhstan–Russia border The Kazakhstan–Russia border (russian: Казахстанско-российская граница, kk, Қазақстан-Ресей шекарасы) is the international border between the Kazakhstan, Republic of Kazakhstan and the Russia .... References Urban-type settlements in Saratov Oblast {{SaratovOblast-geo-stub ...
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Alexandrov Gay
Alexandrov Gay (russian: Алекса́ндров Гай; kk, Алғай, ''Alǵaı'') is a rural locality (a '' selo'') and the administrative center of Alexandrovo-Gaysky District of Saratov Oblast, Russia, located near the Russo- Kazakh border. Population: History It was founded in 1762. Economy It is an entry point to Russia for natural gas trunklines from Central Asia (Central Asia-Center gas pipeline system) as also for the Russian natural gas export lines ''Soyuz'' and Orenburg–Novopskov Novopskov ( uk, Новопсков, russian: Новопсков) is an urban-type settlement in the Starobilsk Raion of Luhansk Oblast in Ukraine. It is located on the Aidar (river), Aidar, a left tributary of the Donets, in the basin of the Don ( .... Climate References {{Authority control Rural localities in Saratov Oblast Populated places established in 1762 Novouzensky Uyezd ...
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Pallasovka (town)
Pallasovka (russian: Палла́совка) is a town and the administrative center of Pallasovsky District in Volgograd Oblast, Russia, located on the Torgun River (which flows into the Volgograd Reservoir), northeast of Volgograd, the administrative center of the oblast. Population: History It was founded in 1907 as a settlement of Torgun () servicing the construction of a railway station of the same name. That same year, Torgun was renamed Pallasovka in honor of an academician Peter Pallas (1741–1811), who visited the area in 1773–1774. It was granted town status in 1967. Administrative and municipal status Within the framework of administrative divisions, Pallasovka serves as the administrative center of Pallasovsky District. As an administrative division, it is, together with three rural localities, incorporated within Pallasovsky District as the town of district significance of Pallasovka. As a municipal division, the territory of Pallasovka is incorporated with ...
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Kaysatskoye
Kaysatskoye (russian: Кайсацкое) is a rural locality (a selo) and the administrative center of Kaysatskoye Rural Settlement, Pallasovsky District, Volgograd Oblast, Russia. The population was 1,924 as of 2010. There are 23 streets. It is located on the Kazakhstan–Russia border The Kazakhstan–Russia border (russian: Казахстанско-российская граница, kk, Қазақстан-Ресей шекарасы) is the international border between the Kazakhstan, Republic of Kazakhstan and the Russia ..., 41 km south from Pallasovka. Novy is the nearest rural locality. References Rural localities in Pallasovsky District {{Pallasovsky-geo-stub ...
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Astrakhan
Astrakhan ( rus, Астрахань, p=ˈastrəxənʲ) is the largest city and administrative centre of Astrakhan Oblast in Southern Russia. The city lies on two banks of the Volga, in the upper part of the Volga Delta, on eleven islands of the Caspian Depression, 60 miles (100 km) from the Caspian Sea, with a population of 475,629 residents at the 2021 Census. At an elevation of below sea level, it is the lowest city in Russia. Astrakhan was formerly the capital of the Khanate of Astrakhan (a remnant of the Golden Horde), and was located on the higher right bank of the Volga, 7 miles (11 km) from the present-day city. Situated on caravan and water routes, it developed from a village into a large trading centre, before being conquered by Timur in 1395 and captured by Ivan the Terrible in 1556. In 1558 it was moved to its present site. The oldest economic and cultural center of the Lower Volga,
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Marfino, Astrakhan Oblast
Marfino (russian: Марфино) is a rural locality (a selo) and the administrative center of Marfinsky Selsoviet of Volodarsky District, Astrakhan Oblast Astrakhan Oblast (russian: Астраха́нская о́бласть, ''Astrakhanskaya oblast'', , ''Astrakhan oblysy'') is a federal subjects of Russia, federal subject of Russia (an oblast) located in southern Russia. Its administrative center ..., Russia. The population was 3,268 as of 2010. There are 62 streets. Geography Marfino is located 16 km east of Volodarsky (the district's administrative centre) by road. Kudrino is the nearest rural locality. References Rural localities in Volodarsky District, Astrakhan Oblast {{AstrakhanOblast-geo-stub ...
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Petropavl
Petropavl ( kk, Петропавл, Petropavl ) or Petropavlovsk () is a city on the Ishim River in northern Kazakhstan close to the border with Russia. It is the capital of the North Kazakhstan Region. Population: 218,956. The city is also known colloquially in Kazakh as Kyzylzhar ( kk, Қызылжар, Qyzyljar, "Red Cliff"). Petropavl is about from Kokshetau, northwest of the national capital Astana along the A1, from Omsk. Physical-geographical characteristics Geographical location Petropavl is located in the southwestern part of the West Siberian Plain, on the right bank of the Ishim river, the longest tributary of the Irtysh river. Not far from Petropavl there are many lakes and ponds, for example: Lake Bolshoe Beloe, Lake Pestroye, Lake Kishtibish, Lake Maloe Beloe and Bitter lake. Also, within the city can be found small forests, mostly consisting of birches and pine plantations. Climate The climate is a dry version of the humid continental (Köppen ''Dfb'') typ ...
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