Akmol ( kk, Ақмол, ''Aqmol''), formerly Malīnovka until 2007, is a rural locality (
selo) and the administrative center of
Tselinograd District
Tselinograd District ( kk, Целиноград ауданы, ) is the district that surrounds the city and country capital of Astana in northern Kazakhstan. The administrative center of the district is the selo of Akmol
Akmol ( kk, Ақмол, ...
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Akmola Region
Akmola Region ( kz, Ақмола облысы, translit=Aqmola oblysy; russian: Акмолинская область, Akmolinskaya oblast) is a centrally located region of Kazakhstan. Its capital is Kokshetau. The national capital, Astana, is en ...
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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 ...
, roughly west of
Astana
Astana, previously known as Akmolinsk, Tselinograd, Akmola, and most recently Nur-Sultan, is the capital city of Kazakhstan.
The city lies on the banks of the Ishim River in the north-central part of Kazakhstan, within the Akmola Region, tho ...
. Population: As of 2012, it had a population of 5769 people. As of 2015, Zhanat Beisekeyev is the local ''akim'' (mayor).
Geography
The village is located on the bank of
Lake Zhalanash,
on the paved road which connects Astana and
Korgalzhyn.
Zhanazhol (5.4 km) and
Rodionovka (5.7 km) are nearby. The closest railway station is in Astana. Akmol is east of the
Korgalzhyn Nature Reserve
Korgalzhyn State Nature Reserve ( kk, Қорғалжын мемлекеттік табиғи қорығы, ''Qorğaljyn memlekettık tabiği qoryğy'') is a protected area in Aqmola and Karaganda regions of Kazakhstan, located west of the city of ...
, part of the UNESCO heritage site
Saryarka — Steppe and Lakes of Northern Kazakhstan.
History
The locality was founded in the 1930 as a settlement serving the prison camp. It was known as the ''26-ya Tochka'' and was part of Akmolinsky District of Akmolinsk Region. In the 1960s, both the district and the region were renamed Tselinograd. In 1976, the settlement was officially renamed Malinovka. On 9 January 2007, the administrative center of the district was transferred into the ''selo'' of Malinovka, which was simultaneously renamed Akmol.
Economy
Traditionally the local economy has been based on the poultry industry, with the prominent Akmola-Phoenix firm employing some 500 people. The Tekeli mining firm is also operational in
granite
Granite () is a coarse-grained ( phaneritic) intrusive igneous rock composed mostly of quartz, alkali feldspar, and plagioclase. It forms from magma with a high content of silica and alkali metal oxides that slowly cools and solidifies un ...
mining in the area and runs a processing plant.
[ The Akmol village has a regional telecommunication center, a cultural center, and a new regional court house.]
Landmarks
During the Stalin era, the locality became notorious for the presence of a labor camp for "wives and children of men who were interned elsewhere as 'betrayers of the motherland'" (, abbreviated as ALZhIR).Great Patriotic War
The Eastern Front of World War II was a theatre of conflict between the European Axis powers against the Soviet Union (USSR), Poland and other Allies, which encompassed Central Europe, Eastern Europe, Northeast Europe (Baltics), an ...
. A railway carriage depicting a deportation train stands alongside.[
The local theatre or "house of culture" has around 630 seats, and hosts various events, such as the Russian Folk Choir. The Malinowski Folk Choir was established in 1973. There is also a dance group and an orchestra of Kazakh folk instruments.][
The mosque in the town was completed between 1995 and 1998. The building has two towers and a dome height of , and caters for more than 200 worshippers. There is also a Roman Catholic parochial church (Our Lady of the Rosary), within the Archdiocese of Astana.][
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References
{{Akmola Region
Populated places in Akmola Region