Kotyaevka ( kk, Котяевка, ''Kotiaevka'') is a small
village
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situated on the right bank of the Kigash River in the
Kurmangazy District
Kurmangazy District ( kk, Құрманғазы ауданы, , ) is a Districts of Kazakhstan, district of Atyrau Region in Kazakhstan. The administrative center of the district is the Village#Central and Eastern Europe, selo of Kurmangazy, Atyrau ...
of
Atyrau Region
Atyrau Region ( kk, Атырау облысы / ; russian: Атырауская область) formerly known as Guryev Region (russian: Гурьевская область) until 1991, is one of the regions of Kazakhstan, in the west of the cou ...
,
Kazakhstan
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. Geographical coordinates are: Latitude (DMS): 46° 32' 40 N, Longitude (DMS): 48° 45' 20 E.
It is located in 30 kilometers from
Ganyushkino
Kurmangazy ( kz, Құрманғазы, ''Qūrmanğazy'', قۇرمانعازى), before 2018 Ganyushkino ( kz, Ганюшкин, ''Ganiuşkın'', گانيۇشكٸن; russian: Ганюшкино, ''Ganyushkino'') is the administrative center of the K ...
, administrative centre of Kurmangazy district. Kotyaevka is situated on the
Kazakhstan
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's western border with
Russia
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.
From October 2007 Kurmangazy single check-point has started to operate for all those crossing Kazakhstani-Russian border. The opening ceremony of the check point was held in September 2007 and was attended by Russian Prime Minister
Viktor Zubkov
Viktor Alekseyevich Zubkov ( rus, Ви́ктор Алексе́евич Зубко́в, p=ˈvʲiktər ɐlʲɪˈksʲejɪvʲɪtɕ zʊpˈkof; born 15 September 1941) is a Russian civil servant, politician and businessman who served as the 36th Pr ...