My town’s history

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Ust-Kamenogorsk

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Ust-Kamenogorsk • Ust-Kamenogorsk (Kaz. Skemen (inf.)) Is the largest city in the east of Kazakhstan, the administrative center of the East Kazakhstan region (since 1939).

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Ust-Kamenogorsk • In the 9th-13th centuries, the Naiman and Kerey tribes lived on the territory of the Irtysh region. In the 15th century, during the formation of the Kazakh Khanate, these tribes entered the Middle Zhuz [6]. In 1720, under the rule of the Dzungar Khanate, to search for gold in Yarkand, the Russian Empire founded the Ust- Kamenogorsk fortress, which in 1868 received the status of a city [7] [8]. Until 1932, the city was part of the Tomsk province, Omsk region, Altai province, Semipalatinsk province, Altai mountain district and Semipalatinsk district. Ust-Kamenogorsk

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Ust-Kamenogorsk • Ust-Kamenogorsk is located in the eastern part of modern Kazakhstan, at the confluence of the Ulba River with the Irtysh River, about 280 kilometers west of Belukha Mountain, the highest point of the Altai Mountains and 947 km from the capital Nur-Sultan. This region of the Altai mountain system is historically called the Rudny Altai.

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Ust-Kamenogorsk • At the heart of the coat of arms is a shield of a classical form, which depicts mountain peaks with water spaces between them, which symbolizes the Ulba and Irtysh rivers framed by green banks. In the upper part of the coat of arms there is the name of the city, in the lower part there is a watchtower entwined with a ribbon on which the year of the foundation of the fortress appears.

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Ust-Kamenogorsk • Thanks for attention