Atameken ( Kazakh and

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: ) is a rural settlement in the

Pavlodar Region Pavlodar Region (; ) is a region of Kazakhstan. The population of the region was and The latest official estimate (as at the start of 2022) was 756,511. Its capital is the city of Pavlodar, which had a population of 360,014 at the start of 201 ...

of Kazakhstan. It is subordinate to the . Its KATO code is 551045100.

Name

The settlement was named as Lenin () or Leninsky () before 2023.

Geographic location

Atameken is located 12 km west of

Pavlodar Pavlodar (; ; ) is a city in northeastern Kazakhstan and the capital of Pavlodar Region. It is located northeast of the national capital Astana and southeast of the Russian city of Omsk along the Irtysh River. In 2010, the city had a popul ...

History

It was founded in the beginning in 1914 in the tract ''Bidaik'', as an administrative aul behind No. 7. From 1938 to 1968, it was subordinate to Yermakovsky district (town Yermak). In the 1930s, the Lenin Machine-Tractor Station was founded here, which operated until 1957. In 1965, the settlement got township status and was named Leninsky. From 1973 to 1999 it was subordinate to Ilyichevsk district council (akimat). It is currently located in the rural area of Pavlodar.

Population

In 1999, the population of the village was 8,072 people (3,906 men and 4,166 women). According to the 2009 census, there were 8,619 people (4,225 men and 4,394 women) in the village. At the beginning of 2019, the population of the settlement was 9,982 (4,920 men and 5,062 women).

Transport

Bus route № 38 (terminal point - Pavlodar Railway Station)

Economy

* Rubikom LLP Meat-Processing Plant * Zholkuduk Elevator LLP * JSC MK Eurasia-Agro

Culture

Leninsky has a house of culture named after Zhayau Musa, two libraries, a sports school for judo "Batyr", playgrounds and a sports stadium.

Health Care

Leninsky has a physician's outpatient clinic and three pharmacies.

Notable people

Musician

Scriptonite Adil Oralbekuly Zhälelov, born Kulmagambetov (; ; born 3 June 1990), known professionally as Skryptonite (), is a Kazakhstan, Kazakh rapper, singer, songwriter, and Record producer, music producer. He is the founder of the record label ''Musica ...

(Adil Jalelov) grew up in Leninsky.

References

{{reflist Populated places in Pavlodar Region