Altai ( kk, Алтай, translit=Altai, russian: Алтай, translit=Altai), until 2019 known as Zyryan ( kk, Зырян, ''Zyrian'') or Zyryanovsk (russian: Зыряновск) is a town of regional significance in East Kazakhstan Region of

Kazakhstan Kazakhstan, officially the Republic of Kazakhstan, is a transcontinental country located mainly in Central Asia and partly in Eastern Europe. It borders Russia to the north and west, China to the east, Kyrgyzstan to the southeast, Uzbeki ...

, the administrative center of

Zyryan District Altai ( kk, Алтай ауданы, translit=Altai audany; russian: Район Алтай, translit=Raion Altai), until 2019 known as Zyryan ( kk, Зырян ауданы, ) or Zyryanovsk (russian: Зыряновский район) is a distric ...

. It was established in 1791 and was granted town status in 1941. Population:

Location

Zyryanovsk is located in the Rudnyi Altai, on the banks of the Berezovka River, a left tributary of the

Bukhtarma The Bukhtarma ( kk, Бұқтырма, translit=Būqtyrma, بۇقتىرما, ; russian: Бухтарма, translit=Bukhtarma) is a river of Kazakhstan. It flows through East Kazakhstan Region, and is a right tributary of the Irtysh. The river is l ...

. A 183-km railroad connects Zyrianovsk with

Ust-Kamenogorsk Oskemen ( kk, Өскемен, translit=Öskemen ), or Ust-Kamenogorsk (russian: Усть-Каменого́рск), is the administrative center of East Kazakhstan Region of Kazakhstan. Population: Name The city has two official names. In th ...

. Also through Zyryanovsk there passes a highways

– Rakhmanovskie Kluchi and

– Bolshenarymskoe.

Industry

Zyrianovsk owed its establishment to the exploitation of a complex-ore deposit, discovered in 1791 by a local inhabitant, G. G. Zyrianov. Zyrianovsk has a lead combinat (division "Kazzinc"). The combine is educated from two mines (Maleevsky and Grekhovsky), concentrating factory, non-productive departments.

Education

In the city the center of the East Kazakhstan state technical university, and also medical college, agrarian and technical college, humanitarian college, construction and transport college, industrial college functions. There are 8 schools, 3 kindergartens, 3 public libraries, Palace of culture, equipment and sports, the Equipments-House.

Notable residents

Alfred Koch Alfred Reingoldovich Kokh (Koch) (russian: Альфред Рейнгольдович Кох, german: Alfred Reingoldowitsch Koch, born 28 February 1961) is a Russian statesman, writer, mathematician-economist, and businessman. From 12 September ...

(born 1961) – Russian writer, mathematician-economist, and businessman *

Alexander Rosenbaum Alexander Yakovlevich Rosenbaum PAR (russian: link=no, Александр Яковлевич Розенбаум, ''Aleksandr Jakovlevič Rozenbaum'') (born September 13, 1951) is a Russian bard from Saint Petersburg. Graduated from the First ...

(born 1951) – Soviet and Russian bard

References

Populated places in East Kazakhstan Region Tomsk Governorate Populated places established in 1791 {{Kazakhstan-geo-stub